A year ago, Sony revealed that it had canceled two more live-service projects from its first-party teams, one of which was a God of War live-service game developed at Bluepoint Games. At the time, it was a shocking announcement, especially considering the fact that God of War had primarily been a single-player experience and that Bluepoint only ever offered support help on Ragnarok.
Of course, that shock would be bested a year later when it was announced that Bluepoint Games was being shuttered.
Bluepoint Games has been shuttered by Sony after it acquired the studio several years ago.
Now, in a new report from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, we have a better idea of what exactly Bluepoint was going after with its live-service project, one that would've put Atreus front and center of the experience prior to its cancellation.
Following its acquisition, Bluepoint had "ambitions" to create its own game, rather than helping serve as a support studio on other titles or remaking existing titles. At that same time, Sony began going all in on live-service titles, and a God of War title that could be monetized was Bluepoint's objective.
The canceled project, per Schreier,...
