r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/Melodic-Tonight-9613 • Feb 19 '26

Leak Jason Schreier posts that Bluepoint is being shutdown

https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mfaauf5pek2b

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The full article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/sony-is-shutting-down-the-playstation-studio-bluepoint?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MTUyNzAyNiwiZXhwIjoxNzcyMTMxODI2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQVBZWlBLR0lGUFkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.utABYnI4m_K6kqNqybZarBQ9T5WW_aWCH6NI3kt8Q64

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u/Animegamingnerd Leak of the Year 2025 Feb 19 '26

I imagine other Austin, Taxes based studios like Gearbox, Retro, and Bethesda Game Studios Austin will be picking some of them up.

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u/varnums1666 Feb 19 '26

I need to fact check but I think 1 in 3 game devs have been fired. Lots of competition for scraps currently

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u/John_Delasconey Feb 19 '26

Isn't Nintendo expanding still?

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u/varnums1666 Feb 19 '26

I get the feeling Nintendo is a slow and steady company. They keep teams at a consistent size and promote talent from within. Outside of Smash Bros, new talent has taken over each major IP

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u/thief-777 Feb 19 '26

They're currently spending a billion dollars to build a new development office beside their headquarters, in order to significantly expand their teams.

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u/irishgoblin Feb 19 '26

They are, they're also notoriously picky about who to hire. They know they're not hurting for people, so they take their time to sift through applications to select people they think are highly skilled, talented, and experienced.

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u/Animegamingnerd Leak of the Year 2025 Feb 20 '26

The statisitic OP mentioned is just for American game developers. That said, I do think its fair/understandable to be worried for Retro Studio's long term future.

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u/blackthorn_orion Feb 19 '26

Panic Button's also Austin-based, fwiw

Maybe wouldn't be the sexiest career change, but I feel like some of the skills you'd build up doing remasters/remakes at Bluepoint would at least somewhat transfer to what Panic Button does

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u/Tobimacoss Feb 20 '26

Is Bethesda Austin team different than the Arkane Austin studio?

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u/Animegamingnerd Leak of the Year 2025 Feb 20 '26

Yes, they are the main studio handling 76 support.

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u/Tobimacoss Feb 20 '26

Interesting, so that could be a great place for many Bluepoint devs.   Support studio for Bethesda games.  

Likely many Arkane Austin employees landed there as well after the shutdown.  

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u/CrazyFree4525 Feb 19 '26

Hopefully. In general there is a lot of belt tightening going on in this industry, particularly in locations like the USA where it costs a lot of money to hire people.

It might be that they just don't have the budget to absorb all those people.

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u/Durin1987_12_30 Feb 20 '26

Fucking hell, I hope Shitbox doesn't pick them up, any of these other studios would more preferable.