PlayStation Fans Fidgety as Control, The Last Guardian Devs Pick Epic Over Sony

An Epic move.

The next games from the creators of The Last Guardian and Control will launch on the PlayStation 5, but they will not be published by Sony, as many had expected. The awkwardly named genDESIGN is helmed by legendary creator Fumito Ueda, who previously operated as part of Japan Studio before going independent in 2011. He continued to work with the PlayStation first-party through the completion of The Last Guardian, but has now decided to collaborate with Epic on his next title.

Finnish developer Remedy, meanwhile, was strongly rumoured to have entered a publishing deal with the platform holder – we’d even heard whispers about it from very reliable sources. It too has decided to sign with Epic, alongside Inside creator Playdead. To be fair, the deal sounds extraordinary: all three teams will have 100 per cent of their development costs covered, but will retain the rights to any intellectual property they create, and will earn at least 50 per cent of the profits.

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