{"id":255725,"date":"2025-10-06T20:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2154539"},"modified":"2025-10-06T20:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:38:39","slug":"sony-has-been-working-with-deviation-games-on-its-new-playstation-exclusive-ip-for-over-a-year-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sony-has-been-working-with-deviation-games-on-its-new-playstation-exclusive-ip-for-over-a-year-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony has been working with Deviation Games on its new PlayStation-exclusive IP for over a year already"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sony-has-been-working-with-deviation-games-on-its-new-playstation-exclusive-ip-for-over-a-year-already.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-06-10-ex-call-of-duty-black-ops-devs-are-making-a-brand-new-ip-for-playstation\">Sony announced it had signed a deal with Deviation Games to make a brand new PlayStation IP<\/a> &#8211; the second such deal Sony has announced in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Deviation Games was set up in November 2019 by former Treyarch Studios developers Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell, both of whom played a key role in the success of the Call of Duty: Black Ops series.<\/p>\n<p>Blundell, one of the chief creators of Call of Duty&#8217;s popular zombies mode, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-02-29-call-of-duty-zombies-overlord-jason-blundell-exits-treyarch\">left Treyarch after 13 years at the developer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-06-14-sony-has-been-working-with-deviation-games-on-its-new-playstation-exclusive-ip-for-over-a-year-already\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-06-14-sony-has-been-working-with-deviation-games-on-its-new-playstation-exclusive-ip-for-over-a-year-already\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Sony announced it had signed a deal with Deviation Games to make a brand new PlayStation IP &#8211; the second such deal Sony has announced in recent months. Deviation Games was set up in November 2019 by former Treyarch Studios developers Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell, both of whom played a key role in the success of the Call of Duty: Black Ops series. Blundell, one of the chief creators of Call of Duty&#8217;s popular zombies mode, left Treyarch after 13 years at the developer. 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