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

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 initiatives to make sure they meet the group’s quick and long-term strategic targets. As a part of a latest assessment course of, it has been determined that PixelOpus will shut on June 2.” Earlier at this time, the studio tweeted that its “journey has come to an finish.” The developer of imaginative ardour initiatives Concrete Genie and Entwined, PixelOpus had reportedly been engaged on a brand new PS5 recreation with Sony Footage Animation.

The Santa Mateo-based studio was based in 2014 beneath 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 fashion a few blue chook and orange fish hovering by means of the cosmos, whereas Concrete Genie is a narrative about utilizing avenue artwork to face as much as bullying. Engadget’s Andrew Tarantola discovered the latter a “surprisingly pleasant and laid-back experience.”

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