{"id":5165,"date":"2021-12-13T10:11:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T17:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/?p=5165"},"modified":"2021-12-13T10:11:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T17:11:54","slug":"sony-interactive-entertainment-buys-valkyrie-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/sony-interactive-entertainment-buys-valkyrie-entertainment","title":{"rendered":"Sony Interactive Entertainment Buys Valkyrie Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sony&#8217;s roster of acquired studios has grown further with another new acquisition. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/sony-interactive-entertainment-acquires-nixxes-software\" title=\"Sony Interactive Entertainment Acquires Nixxes Software\">Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/a> has revealed that it purchased Seattle-based developer Valkyrie Entertainment for an unknown sum. The terms of the transaction also remain undisclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valkyrie will join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/playstation-maker-sony-buys-returnal-developer-housemarque\" title=\"PlayStation Maker Sony Buys Returnal Developer Housemarque\">PlayStation Studios<\/a> as the seventeenth studio, known for offering content and co-development services to several renowned game developers. In addition, the studio will also assist in the development of important PlayStation Studios franchises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There won\u2019t be any significant managerial changes as Valkyrie Entertainment&#8217;s existing management team will handle day-to-day operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cValkyrie Entertainment is a highly adaptable and respected studio which has produced high-quality work on a range of platforms from console to PC; and a variety of styles from action to games-as-a-service titles,\u201d said Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios. \u201cValkyrie\u2019s diverse capabilities will be welcomed by every team at PlayStation Studios as we continue to focus on delivering extraordinary gaming experiences.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception in 2002, Valkyrie has worked on over 100 games, including PlayStation\u2019s popular franchises such as God of War, Twisted Metal, and InFamous 2. The studio is currently working with Sony for the launch of the upcoming God of War: Ragnarok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The studio has also worked on various AAA titles for other major publishers, including the Forza Motorsport series, Halo Infinite (Microsoft), Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment), Batman: Arkham Origins, Injustice 2, Valorant, League of Legends, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valkyrie became the fifth studio acquisition for Sony this year. This latest acquisition follows just weeks later after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/sony-acquires-shadow-of-the-colossus-demons-souls-remakes-studio-bluepoint-games\" title=\"Sony Acquires Shadow Of The Colossus &amp; Demon\u2019s Souls Remakes Studio Bluepoint Games\">Bluepoint Games<\/a> became a part of PlayStation Studios. Sony has been on a massive acquisition spree at the beginning of this year, having already purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/playstation-maker-sony-buys-returnal-developer-housemarque\" title=\"PlayStation Maker Sony Buys Returnal Developer Housemarque\">Housemarque<\/a>, Nixxes Software, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/voodoo-invests-in-fabrika-games\" title=\"Voodoo invests in Fabrika Games\">Fabrik Games<\/a>, Firesprite, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/sony-rts-jointly-acquires-evolution-championship-series-evo\" title=\"Sony &amp; RTS Jointly Acquires Evolution Championship Series (Evo)\">Evo<\/a> fighting game tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Send your news to news@gamesround.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony&#8217;s roster of acquired studios has grown further with another new acquisition. Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that it purchased Seattle-based developer Valkyrie Entertainment for an unknown sum. The terms of the transaction also remain undisclosed. Valkyrie will join PlayStation Studios as the seventeenth studio, known for offering content and co-development services to several renowned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[941,544,940,936,738,767,71,545,1156,649],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5165"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5171,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5165\/revisions\/5171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}