Sony Interactive Entertainment is strengthening by buying Valkyrie Entertainment

The year of acquisitions was therefore not quite completed at Sony Interactive Entertainment, which has just announced having found an agreement with Valkyrie Entertainment. The purchase of this studio based in Seattle will serve to strengthen the development of different games PlayStation Studios.

It may be a co-development studio, Valkyrie Entertainment officially becomes the 17th studio PlayStation, as it was already the case for Nixes, the other co-development studio that PlayStation had offered last July. Unlike most of the other studios, Valkyrie Entertainment is not intended to design its own original games, in any case not at first, but Herman Hurst ensures that its contributions to the development of large PlayStation franchises will be important.

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Valkyrie Entertainment is a very adaptable and respected studio that produced high quality work on a range of platforms ranging from the console to the PC, and in a variety of styles ranging from action to games as a service. The various Valkyrie Entertainment's skills will be welcomed by all PlayStation Studios teams as we continue to focus on extraordinary gaming experiences., comments on the director of PlayStation Studios.

Founded in 2002 by Oakum Waldemar, Valkyrie Entertainment contributed to more than 100 games, including PlayStation franchises like God of War, Infamous and Twisted Metal, but also Xbox games like State of Decay 2, Fora Motorsport 7 and the recent Halo Infinite. The studio was also hired by guests like Riot Games ( League of Legends, Valor ) or Warner Bros. Games ( The shadow of the war ). Two months ago, the studio announced on Twitter being involved in the development of God of War Ragnarök.

Valkyrie Entertainment has only one original title to its assets, it is Guns Up, a Free-to-Play strategy game published by Sony on PS4 and Steam, which attracted more than 4 million players. That said, the studio job offers report Real internal projects for consoles and mobiles, including a strategy game not announced, but there is nothing to say that these projects will still be relevant after the acquisition.

For our next chapter, we are delighted to continue our relationship with some of the world's most talented teams, expanding and contributing to the amazing game portfolio available for PlayStation fans, says Oakum Waldemar.

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