Bluepoint Games Inc is an American

video game developer A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large ...

based in

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

. Founded in 2006 by Andy O'Neil and Marco Thrush, the studio is known for

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s and

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, such as '' Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection'' (2015), ''

Shadow of the Colossus ''Shadow of the Colossus'' is a 2005 action-adventure game developed by Japan Studio and Team Ico, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It takes place in a fantasy setting and follows Wander, a young man who ente ...

'' (2018), and ''

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'' (2020).

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acquired Bluepoint Games in September 2021.

History

Bluepoint Games was founded in 2006 by Andy O'Neil and Marco Thrush, two former

Retro Studios Retro Studios, Inc. is an American video game developer and subsidiary of Nintendo based in Austin, Texas. The studio is best known for its work on the ''Metroid Prime'' and ''Donkey Kong Country'' series, and has contributed to several other N ...

employees who had worked on ''

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''. The studio's first game, ''

Blast Factor ''Blast Factor'' is a downloadable game developed by Bluepoint Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3, Notable for being the first game on the console running at a resolution of 1080p and a framerate of 60 alongs ...

'', was released later that year. In August 2009,

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announced that remastered versions of ''

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'' and ''

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'' would be coming to the

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as ''

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''. The ports were handled by Bluepoint and released on November 17, 2009, in North America. The studio's remasters of ''

Ico is an action-adventure game developed by Japan Studio and Team Ico, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, released for the PlayStation 2 video game console in 2001 and 2002 in various regions. It was designed and directed by Fumito U ...

'' and ''

'' as ''

The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection ''The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection'' (known in PAL regions as ''Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Classics HD'') is a video game bundle that contains high-definition remasters of two PlayStation 2 games, ''Ico'' and ''Shadow of the Colossu ...

'' for the PlayStation 3 were released in September 2011. Years later, in 2018, Bluepoint would remake ''

'' for the PlayStation 4. The studio also handled the remastered HD versions of '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance'' and '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence'' included in the ''

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'', which was released on November 8, 2011. Bluepoint collaborated with

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to develop ''

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'' (2012), which was built on Bluepoint's proprietary engine. Bluepoint also ported the game to the

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. The studio collaborated with

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to port ''

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'' to the

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and PlayStation Vita in 2013, as well as with

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to develop the

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version of ''

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'' (2014). After ''Titanfall'', Bluepoint remastered the three PlayStation 3 releases of the ''

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'' franchise to the PlayStation 4 as '' Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection,'' as well as ''

Gravity Rush Remastered ''Gravity Rush'', known in Japan as ''Gravity Daze'', is a 2012 action-adventure video game developed by Japan Studio's Team Gravity division and published worldwide by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Vita. ''Gravity Rush Remaster ...

'', which was released in Japan at the end of 2015 and internationally in early 2016. O'Neil died in June 2019 aged 47. By August 2019, Bluepoint had hired several other former Retro Studios staff. Notable hires include designer Kynan Pearson in July 2013 and artist Elben Schafers in 2014. In June 2020, Bluepoint was announced as developing a remake of ''

''. The

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was released as a

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for

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in November 2020 and received universal acclaim from critics.

(SIE) acquired Bluepoint on September 30, 2021, making it part of

PlayStation Studios PlayStation Studios (formerly SCE Worldwide Studios and SIE Worldwide Studios) is a Division (business), division of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) that oversees the video game development at the studios owned by SIE. The division was est ...

. SIE had previously leaked its intent to buy the studio in June that year. At the time, Bluepoint and its roughly 70 employees were working on original content.

Games developed

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