{"id":643025,"date":"2026-06-17T06:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/643025\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T06:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:32:11","slug":"housemarque-hints-its-next-ps5-game-could-be-smaller-than-saros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/643025\/","title":{"rendered":"Housemarque Hints Its Next PS5 Game Could Be Smaller Than Saros"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Housemarque<\/a><\/p>\n

Sony studio Housemarque says it fully feels like a PlayStation first-party now it\u2019s shipped its first game since being acquired in 2021.<\/p>\n

Fans will know the Finnish outfit has been a long-time PS Studios partner, but it wasn\u2019t officially added to the Japanese giant\u2019s roster until after the release of Returnal<\/a>, having worked as a second-party for decades, dating all the way back to the PS3.<\/p>\n

The studio, founded in 1993, has grown tremendously under the PlayStation umbrella, with The Game Business<\/a> reporting it now stands at 120 employees strong.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s still quite small for a modern AAA team \u2013 and it required support from Nixxes to get Saros out of the door \u2013 but it\u2019s triple the number of staff the studio had just a decade ago, when it shipped Nex Machina<\/a> on the PS4.<\/p>\n

But does that mean its next game will be another mammoth endeavour, like Saros? Not necessarily, as co-founder Ilari Kuittinen has hinted the studio may explore a smaller project next.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, we are talking about how to proceed with Saros and discussing with the community. But then, of course, what we should do in the future? There are interesting opportunities we\u2019d like to look at that might not be at the scale of Saros. There are so many things that we want to explore, and we will find whether it\u2019s possible or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m intrigued by what Kuittinen could be referring to here.<\/p>\n

Obviously it sounds like nothing is decided and plans are up in the air, but I wonder if it\u2019ll attempt a more traditional arcade game like Super Stardust HD<\/a> or Resogun<\/a> next.<\/p>\n

In this era of indie abundance, it\u2019s difficult to see how a project like that would fit PlayStation\u2019s portfolio these days, but perhaps it fancies stretching its creative legs while it properly prepares for what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not against the idea, assuming that is what Kuittinen is alluding to.<\/p>\n

I think all of the latest gaming industry layoff news<\/a> has understandably left many fans concerned about the future of their favourite studios, especially with Saros apparently struggling to sell large numbers right now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Housemarque seems relaxed about it all at least.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will keep our core [and] keep educating the market that these are the coolest games you can play,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s our goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Damn right.<\/p>\n

[source thegamebusiness.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tRelated Games<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sony studio Housemarque says it fully feels like a PlayStation first-party now it\u2019s shipped its first game since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,174878,555,112,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-643025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-housemarque","tag-industry","tag-ps5","tag-sony","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}