PlayStation-owned studios have produced a string of hits throughout their history, resulting in some of the most successful games ever made. In recent years, though, reports suggest that there's a lot of pressure to deliver, leading to some intense deadlines.
Based on a report from Bloomberg, one major PlayStation game is in trouble. Currently, it doesn't even have a release date yet.
According to Bloomberg, Naughty Dog is racing to meet an internal deadline for an internal demo of Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, the developer's newest game. For those unaware, Intergalactic is a sci-fi action adventure game starring bounty hunter Jordan Mun (performed by actress Tati Gabrielle), and the scope looks far bigger than most of their projects so far.
That scope has already been scrutinized by many pundits thus far (especially when director Neil Druckmann said that the trailer is "barely scratching the surface" of what the game has to offer), but there could be other issues brewing. Bloomberg alleges that the studio has been "pushing its staff to work long hours," with an alleged mandate of eight extra hours a week that began in late October. This is in addition to an apparent swap from a...
