Home » News » PlayStation Studios acquires Playroom developer Firesprite
firesprite
News

PlayStation Studios acquires Playroom developer Firesprite

Sony adds another studio to its portfolio.

Sony’s PlayStation Studios has acquired The Playroom and The Playroom VR developer Firesprite, it today announced.

The acquisition means that a total of fourteen developers now operate under the PlayStation Studios umbrella.

“Quite a few members of Firesprite come from SIE’s Studio Liverpool and we’re thrilled to welcome them back,” Head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst, wrote on the PlayStation Blog.

“Firesprite is a creative and ambitious studio that is exceptional at building incredible experiences that truly showcase the potential of our hardware. The team’s technical and creative capabilities will be paramount to growing our stellar catalogue of exclusive games, and I think you’ll be excited for what’s to come.”

“As a first party studio, we know we have the full support of PlayStation in furthering our heritage of combining creativity and technical innovation to offer some truly unique experiences for PlayStation fans,” Managing Director of Firesprite, Graeme Ankers, added.


This article may contain affiliate links, meaning we could earn a small commission if you click-through and make a purchase. Stevivor is an independent outlet and our journalism is in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative.

About the author

Steve Wright

Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.