If Remakes Are The Safest Bet, Why Close The Studio That Does Great Remakes? - Beyond 935

About this episode

The episode discusses the closure of Bluepoint studio and the implications for video game remakes, particularly focusing on the God of War franchise and the potential for an Alfred Chicken reboot.

Well, this sucks: Sony has closed Bluepoint, the semi-recently acquired studio behind some of the best remakes of PlayStation games to date, like Demon’s Souls and Shadow of the Colossus, plus a slew of remasters and ports like the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, as well as bringing Gravity Rush from Vita to PS4. The last project we heard the studio was working on was a God of War live-service project, which seemed like the wrong fit, and even more so after the announcement that a remake of God of War’s original Greek trilogy is, in fact, in development. That remake is still a mystery, aside from a logo reveal and some tidbits of information from Kratos’ voice actor Christopher Judge (who is not in the remake.) Despite a complete lack of information, plenty of debate has sprung up around whether or not this eventual God of War Remake should include the sex minigames. A straight remake would be remiss to not include them, and a reboot would be likely need to retool them a bit. We’ll have to wait and see. Anyway, we also talk about Alfred Chicken, because it’s Friday and we’re a little loopy. Beyond! 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - If Remakes Are The…

People in this episode

Hosts: Max Scoville, Brian Altano

Topics covered

• video game remakes
• studio closures
• God of War
• Alfred Chicken
• PlayStation games

Keywords

• Bluepoint
• Sony
• remakes
• God of War
• Alfred Chicken
• video games
• Demon’s Souls
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Christopher Judge

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sony, Bluepoint

Books & works: Demon’s Souls, Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Gravity Rush, God of War, Bubsy 3D, Alfred Chicken

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