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Sony is shutting down PixelOpus, the studio behind ‘Concrete Genie’

Written by Jeff Lampkin

PixelOpus, a small in-house studio inside PlayStation Studios, is closing down subsequent month. In an announcement to Engadget, a PlayStation consultant confirmed, “PlayStation Studios usually evaluates its portfolio and the standing of studio tasks to make sure they meet the group’s brief and long-term strategic targets. As a part of a latest evaluation course of, it has been determined that PixelOpus will shut on June 2.” Earlier right this moment, the studio tweeted that its “journey has come to an finish.” The developer of imaginative ardour tasks Concrete Genie and Entwined, PixelOpus had reportedly been engaged on a brand new PS5 recreation with Sony Photos Animation.

The Santa Mateo-based studio was based in 2014 below the Sony Interactive Leisure umbrella in response to the shock success of indie studio thatgamecompany’s Journey on the PS3. PixelOpus’ two video games strived for a similar sorts of authentic concepts: Entwined was a dual-stick rhythm recreation with a definite artwork model a couple of blue fowl and orange fish hovering by means of the cosmos, whereas Concrete Genie is a narrative about utilizing road artwork to face as much as bullying. Engadget’s Andrew Tarantola discovered the latter a “surprisingly nice and laid-back expertise.”

Sadly, it’s usually the experimental studios with outside-the-box concepts which are first on the chopping block when mega-corporation mum or dad firms look to chop prices. Though PixelOpus will quickly be gone, the unique and stylistic Concrete Genie stays available on the PlayStation Retailer for $30.

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Jeff Lampkin

Jeff Lampkin was the first writer to have joined gamepolar.com. He has since then inculcated very effective writing and reviewing culture at GamePolar which rivals have found impossible to imitate. His approach has been to work on the basics while the whole world was focusing on the superstructures.