Tag Archives: Firewalk Studios

Concord’s release earlier this Summer marks perhaps the biggest flop in PlayStation history – with the live-service Hero Shooter being delisted in less than two weeks, and the devs (Firewalk Studios) being completely shut down shortly after. Sony has now officially commented on this most recent failure, claiming that “With regards to new IP, of course, you don't know the result until you actually try it.”

The CWA, a union that represents thousands of game developers, has spoken out against Sony following the closure of Firewalk Studios.

Yesterday, Sony made the decision to officially scrap development on Concord and shut down the studio behind it. In the aftermath, Firewalk Studios has released its own farewell letter.

Just over one year on from acquiring Firewalk Studios, and just a short time after the failed launch of Concord, Sony has announced it is closing the studio.

Sony and Firewalk Studios' failed live-service shooter, Concord, might be coming back to life on PC and PS5. Developers are actively working on the game.

Concord marked the latest attempt by Sony to capitalise off of the hype and perceived popularity surrounding live-service games. Released on the 23rd of August, the Destiny x Overwatch like Hero Shooter lasted less than two weeks before being fully shut down by Sony – refunding all of the roughly 25,000 copies which were estimated to have sold during that time. In the immediacy following this monumental failure, there have been a variety of opinions on just why this game flopped so spectacularly. While certainly not the only reason, I believe that the primary cause of its failings is simple: Hero Shooters are boring.

The situation surrounding Sony's recently released, and quickly delisted game, Concord, continues to get more confusing. As it turns out, there really was a huge amount of positivity around the project internally at Sony, despite the total lack of public interest from fans. On top of that, it has been …

Earlier this year, Sony unveiled its next big live-service game, Concord. With two betas coming up for both console and PC, the team at Firewalk has shared the minimum and recommended hardware requirements to play the game at 1080p/60FPS, 1440p/60FPS or 4K/60FPS.  The minimum PC requirements aren't particularly high but …

Over the course of January we have heard an increasing amount regarding a supposed upcoming PlayStation State of Play. One of the included titles said to appear at the showcase is PlayStation Studios’ Concord – which so far has had little to nothing revealed about it. According to the leaks, …

Sony has announced its latest acquisition. After completing its acquisition of Bungie earlier this year, Sony has now acquired Firewalk Studios, a company formed by ex-Bungie employees. Firewalk Studios hasn't released its first game yet, having formed in 2018, before announcing a publishing partnership with Sony for its first game, …

Jim Ryan recently claimed that the PlayStation 5 will have the largest library of PlayStation exclusives yet. While not owning as many studios as Microsoft, PlayStation has formed many second-party agreements, such as with Final Fantasy XVI and Forspoken. The console manufacturer has now announced its latest partnership with Firewalk …