Housemarque Has Joined The PlayStation Studios Family

After years of working together extremely closely, Finnish game developer Housemarque and SIE Worldwide Studios have finally tied the knot. Housemarque, who have just come off the release of PlayStation 5 exclusive Returnal, has worked with Sony dating all the way back to 2007’s Super Stardust HD on the PlayStation 3. Acquiring Housemarque is a no-brainer for Sony, as they have developed exclusively for PlayStation hardware since 2013, releasing Resogun, Dead Nation, Alienation, Nex Machina, Matterfall, and more.

Ilari Kuittinen, the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Housemarque had this to say about the acquisition:

Today is a big day for Housemarque and it has been over 26 years in the making. Our strong partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment started with Super Stardust HD on PS3 and since then we have made arcade inspired games for all of the PlayStation platforms. With Returnal for PS5, our most recent release, our biggest foray into third-person action gaming solidified our voice and brand in the industry as delivering unique and quality player experiences.

We are so excited to finally join the PlayStation Studios family! This gives our studio a clear future and a stable opportunity to continue delivering on gameplay centric approaches, while still experimenting with new methods of narrative delivery and pushing the boundaries of this modern artform. Locally here in Helsinki, this also means that we will officially expand our PlayStation family to a growing industry hub and secure the legacy of the oldest game studio in Finland

Finally, what this means for our fans? We at Housemarque are gamers, and we have grown from the need to perfect and tinker with facets of games that we have found most fascinating. We are also not known for shying away from running our own course and trying out new combinations. With the backing of SIE and its family of studios supporting us, we can truly grow into our place in the industry and show what Housemarque can create with no limitations. We can’t wait to show everyone what will be in store in the upcoming years, and we hope to usher in more lasting memories and exhilarating titles for the next quarter century and beyond.

This studio acquisition is the first deal completed since Sony’s purchase of Insomniac Games back in August of 2019. Is Sony beginning a spending spree? Or was this just a one-off purchase? If a recent flub by PlayStation Japan’s Twitter account is to be believed, Bluepoint Games may also be joining the PlayStation Studios umbrella in the near future.