Sony Interactive Entertainment could have bought a new studio, according to a rumor. Is about Ballistic Moonan independent studio at the moment that has not published any games yet, but we know that they are working on a game for Sony PlayStation.
The origin of this rumor is interesting and it originated from Reddit. He comes from a job offer as a Senior Dialogue Designer at the UK subsidiary of PlayStation.
The body of the offer mentioned the possibility of working on AAA games from projects from their studios such as “Naughty Dog, Santa Monica Studio, Guerrilla Games, Firesprite, Ballistic MoonLondon Studios, Housemarque, Media Molecule, Insomniac Games, Sucker Punch Productions y más”.
Later, as they say in PushSquare, the mention of Ballistic Moon was removed from the text, which ignited speculation.
There are two possible options. Most likely, the person in charge of writing that offer confused Ballistic Moon with a first party studio, since we know for sure that Ballistic Moon are collaborating with SIE for a game (a survival horror codenamed “Bates,” according to leaked documents).
The other option is that Sony is in negotiations to acquire the studio and incorporate it into its portfolio of studios around the world, but it hasn’t been announced yet.
What is Ballistic Moon, the studio that Sony could have bought?
Ballistic Moon is a studio founded in London in 2019 by Neil McEwan, Chris Lamb, y Duncan Kershawthree industry veterans.
Ewan worked on games like House of the Dead: Overkill and Syndicate; Lamb worked on Until Dawn; and Kershaw worked on games like Heavy Rain or Sleeping Dogs, as well as some licensed games like Finding Nemo or Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
They haven’t officially announced what they’re working on, but Gematsu reported that an employee posted on Linkedin that they were working on a game for Sony with a motion capture director who previously worked on Until Dawn.
