Bluepoint Games

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Bluepoint Games Inc
PlayStation Studios (2021–present)
Websitebluepointgames.com

Bluepoint Games Inc is an American

first-party developer for PlayStation Studios
.

History

Bluepoint Games was founded in 2006 by Andy O'Neil and Marco Thrush, two former

Sony Computer Entertainment announced that remastered versions of God of War and God of War II would be coming to the PlayStation 3 as God of War Collection.[4] The ports were handled by Bluepoint and released on November 17, 2009, in North America.[4][5] The studio's remasters of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus as The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection for the PlayStation 3 were released in September 2011.[6][7] Years later, in 2018, Bluepoint would remake Shadow of the Colossus for the PlayStation 4.[8] The studio also handled the remastered HD versions of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence included in the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, which was released on November 8, 2011.[9][10]

Bluepoint collaborated with

Gravity Rush Remastered, which was released in Japan at the end of 2015 and internationally in early 2016.[15][16]

O'Neil died in June 2019 aged 47.

launch title for PlayStation 5 in November 2020 and received universal acclaim from critics.[20][21] Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) acquired Bluepoint on September 30, 2021, making it part of PlayStation Studios. SIE had previously leaked its intent to buy the studio in June that year.[22][23] At the time, Bluepoint and its roughly 70 employees were working on original content.[1]

Games developed

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher(s) Ref(s).
2006 Blast Factor PlayStation 3
Sony Computer Entertainment
 [3]
2009
God of War Collection
 		[3]
2011 The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection [3]
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Konami [3]
2015 Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection PlayStation 4
Sony Computer Entertainment
 [24]
Gravity Rush Remastered
 		[25]
2018 Shadow of the Colossus Sony Interactive Entertainment [26]
2020 Demon's Souls PlayStation 5 [27]

Support

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher(s) Note(s) Ref(s).
2012 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale PlayStation Vita
Sony Computer Entertainment
 PlayStation Vita port [3]
2013 Flower PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita PlayStation 4 & PlayStation Vita ports [3]
2014 Titanfall Xbox 360 Electronic Arts Xbox 360 port [3]
2022 God of War Ragnarök PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 Sony Interactive Entertainment Additional work [28]

References

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  2. ^ "Bluepoint Games". BluepointGames.com. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Dyer, Mitch (January 28, 2014). "Who Is Bluepoint Games?". IGN. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Yoon, Andrew. "God of War Collection coming to PS3 this holiday". Joystiq. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  5. ^ Sinclair, Brendan (October 27, 2009). "God of War Collection strikes PS3 Nov. 17". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 8, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  6. Sony Computer Entertainment. Archived
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  7. Sony Computer Entertainment. Archived
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  8. ^ "How Bluepoint Rebuilt Shadow Of The Colossus For PS4". Game Informer. December 15, 2017. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  9. ^ Sterling, Jim (November 15, 2011). "Review: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection". Destructoid. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  10. ^ Leadbetter, Richard (March 17, 2012). "Tech Analysis: Metal Gear Solid Remastered". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  11. ^ a b Lanxon, Nate (September 23, 2012). "Q&A: How Sony simultaneously develops the same game for PS3 and Vita". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on June 7, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  12. ^ "PlayStation All Stars - Overview". Bluepoint Games. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  13. ^ Haywald, Justin (January 27, 2014). "Titanfall developer Respawn finally reveals studio working on Xbox 360 version of their game". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 18, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
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  15. ^ Mejia, Ozzie (September 15, 2015). "TGS 2015: Gravity Rush will come to PS4 in December; sequel announced for 2016 [Update]". Shacknews. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
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    from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  17. ^ Wolfe, Hunter (June 18, 2019). "Bluepoint Games' Co-founder Andy O'Neil dies at age 47". VG247. Archived from the original on June 6, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  18. ^ Robinson, Andy (August 13, 2019). "Half of the core Metroid Prime 3 team is still at Retro Studios". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  19. ^ Sirani, Jordan (January 26, 2019). "Who Is Now Making Metroid Prime 4 at Retro Studios?". IGN. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  20. ^ Gach, Ethan (June 11, 2020). "Demon's Souls Is Being Remade On PS5". Kotaku. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  21. ^ "Demon's Souls". Metacritic. Archived from the original on November 22, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  22. ^ Scullion, Chris (June 29, 2021). "PlayStation may have accidentally revealed that it's acquired Bluepoint Games". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  23. Push Square. Archived
    from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  24. ^ Linneman, John (August 22, 2015). "Uncharted: the Nathan Drake Collection is more than just a remaster". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  25. ^ Saed, Sherif (April 24, 2017). "Uncharted Collection and Gravity Rush Remastered dev Bluepoint working on project "to please the masses"". VG247. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  26. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (June 14, 2017). "Shadow of the Colossus on PS4 is a remake, not a remaster, says Shuhei Yoshida". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  27. ^ Dornbush, Jonathon (June 12, 2020). "Demon's Souls Remake for PS5 Announced". IGN. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  28. ^ Barker, Sammy (October 7, 2022). "Demon's Souls Remake Dev Bluepoint Games Assisted on God of War Ragnarok". Pushsquare. Retrieved October 7, 2022.

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