{"id":243558,"date":"2025-10-27T06:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T06:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/243558\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T06:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T06:31:10","slug":"bluepoint-games-cancelled-live-service-god-of-war-game-leaks-online-what-it-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/243558\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluepoint Games\u2019 cancelled live-service God of War game leaks online: What it reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/screenshot-of-bluepoint-games-cancelled-live-service-god-of-war-image-credit-twitterplay4index.jpg\" alt=\"Bluepoint Games\u2019 cancelled live-service God of War game leaks online: What it reveals\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Bluepoint Games, the studio behind popular remakes like Demon\u2019s Souls and Shadow of the Colossus, was reportedly working on a live-service God of War game for the PlayStation 5. The project, however, was later cancelled due to reasons not known yet. According to Bloomberg, the scrapped title, which would have returned the franchise to its original Greek setting, was one of two live-service games dropped by Sony earlier this year. In a latest, alleged screenshots of the game have leaked online. <\/p>\n<p>What the leaked screenshots of cancelled God of War reveal<\/p>\n<p>Surfaced through MP1ST, the leaked screenshots reveal large, open environments designed to support multiple players. The images show locations such as Hades\u2019 Armory, which reportedly changed appearance when in a \u201ccursed\u201d state, along with various in-game assets like Greek pottery and environmental props.The Bloomberg report said Sony cancelled the God of War live-service project and another title from Days Gone developer Bend Studio following \u201ca recent review.\u201d It added that Sony would continue to work \u201cclosely with Bend and Bluepoint to determine what are the next projects and plan to do everything we can to ensure there is minimal business impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bluepoint Games yet to comment<\/p>\n<p>Bluepoint, which is part of PlayStation Studios, has not publicly commented on the leaked material or the cancelled project. However, the developer recently posted job openings suggesting work on a new \u201cthird-person melee action\u201d game. The listing mentioned designing \u201cenemy and boss-type characters\u201d and refining \u201cengaging combat systems and mechanics,\u201d hinting that the studio\u2019s next project could once again focus on action gameplay.While the live-service God of War concept will never see release, the leaked images offer a rare look at a project that might have expanded the franchise in a new multiplayer direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bluepoint Games, the studio behind popular remakes like Demon\u2019s Souls and Shadow of the Colossus, was reportedly working&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,145177,145181,145178,145179,145180,105],"class_list":["post-243558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bluepoint-games","tag-bluepoint-games-cancelled-live-service-god-of-war","tag-god-of-war","tag-live-service-games","tag-shadow-of-the-colossus","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}