At this time, I’m delighted to announce that Haven Studios is formally becoming a member of PlayStation Studios! Jade Raymond brings a wealth of expertise from her business achievements and an infectious ardour for creating video games, and the management crew at Haven is an equally spectacular group of business veterans who’ve collaborated on a number of the greatest and most beloved video games and franchises that many people nonetheless take pleasure in at this time.
We started working with Jade and her crew in early 2021 once they have been getting ready to asserting the formation of Haven Studios. From their first pitch, we have been impressed by Haven’s imaginative and prescient for creating a contemporary multiplayer expertise that brings avid gamers collectively in optimistic and significant methods. We have been assured of their inventive and technical experience to ship on such an formidable undertaking and have been thrilled to spend money on their journey creating a brand new, authentic IP for PlayStation.
We’ve had the privilege of working carefully with Haven this previous yr and have been impressed by the studio’s progress and progress. So now, virtually on the anniversary of after we made our partnership official, it’s particularly thrilling to formally welcome them into the PlayStation household. We will’t wait to see what the long run holds for Haven Studios.
Welcome to PlayStation Studios, Haven!
One yr in the past this month, we launched into a journey to start out Haven Studios with a small crew and massive ambitions. Our aim was to construct a studio the place we may make the sort of video games we’ve all the time needed to create – and video games we’ve longed to play!
We’ve made superb progress in a short while because of our proficient, passionate crew and their distinctive contributions. We established a tradition at Haven grounded in kindness, adaptability and braveness that unlocks creativity. Our first new IP for PlayStation is on observe to ship a AAA multiplayer expertise with a imaginative and prescient to construct a systemic and evolving world centered on freedom, thrill, and playfulness that can hold gamers entertained and engaged for years.
At this time, the Haven crew begins a brand new part of our journey, as a part of the PlayStation Studios household. Working with Hermen, Connie Sales space and the crew at PlayStation over the previous yr has been a profession spotlight. SIE is a supportive accomplice that actually understands the inventive course of and what it takes to make a blockbuster AAA recreation. They’ve empowered and inspired us to carry our daring imaginative and prescient to life and make our goals come true and we couldn’t be extra thrilled about this chance to strengthen our partnership.
As a SIE first-party studio, we may have the chance to collaborate with a number of the world’s most famous improvement groups, together with studios like Guerrilla, Naughty Canine, Media Molecule, and Insomniac Video games, the creators of video games which have impressed us as gamers and builders for years. We’re excited to be taught from these world-class studios, in addition to the distinctive central inventive, know-how and advertising and marketing groups whose experience will allow us to ship even higher video games to gamers.
To our Haven crew – an enormous thanks. It’s been one of the rewarding years of my profession – and to the gamers on the market, we will’t wait to share extra. We’re simply in the beginning of what’s positive to be a wondrous journey that can span generations.
Jade Raymond
CEO and Founder, Haven Studios
