Apart from the conflict between Xbox and PlayStation around the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, Sony would have fallen in love with a new study.
If the catalog of the next Sony exclusives has been very discreet lately, Ballistic Moon may have joined the ranks of PlayStation Studios.
Ballistic Moon: a new acquisition for Sony?
Over the years, there have been quite a few PlayStation acquisitions. Bungie, Housemarque, Bluepoint Games or even Firesprit: the list is long and varied and, above all, it should allow the firm to further expand its field of action and the diversity of titles in development.
It would therefore not be surprising to see Sony will continue to target other companies in the months and years to come. This could already be the case since, as Colin Moriarty pointed out in Last Stand Media, Ballistic Moon Studio is listed as PlayStation-owned on PitchBook.com…
What about Ballistic Moon, the studio working with PlayStation on Project Bates? Sony hasn’t publicly acknowledged the team…so it’s interesting that they were bought.
All this and more in 4 Hour Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast.
— Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) February 17, 2023
In addition, this same site indicates the status “acquired/merged” with the mention “Sony” as the parent company. Additionally, PlayStation recently posted a job posting that just referenced the UK studio among other first-party development teams. Of, the offer in question has been modified and the mention in question has disappeared.
Ballistic Moon was created in 2019 and is composed former members of several major studios, including Supermassive Games, Quantic Dream, Guerrilla and Square Enix. Reports have even suggested that the company is working on a PlayStation-exclusive title called Project Bates. Seriousa survival-horror based on Decima Engine…