13 may be an unlucky number for some… but perhaps not if a development team like Housemarque is joining in as the thirteenth developer to join the PlayStation Studios family. Sony Interactive Entertainment has today announced that they have completed their acquisition of Housemarque Oy (“Housemarque”), a long-time partner of their company. Being behind eight PlayStation-exclusive games, most recently the roguelike third-person shooter Returnal, this acquisition very likely indicates that fans can expect to see more of their games exclusively on the PlayStation 5 in the coming years.
The day-to-day operations will continue to be run by Housemarque’s current management team in conjunction with PlayStation Studios External Development team. Terms of this transaction including the acquisition cost are not disclosed due to contractual commitments.
Previous games developed by the Finnish video game developer include Resogun (PlayStation 4), Nex Machina (PlayStation 4, Windows PC) and Matterfall (PlayStation 4).