PlayStation Studios rank has grown with the addition of TeamLFG, a development studio born from Destiny 2 and marathon Developer Bungee and Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hermen Halst announced on Wednesday. Hulst said TeamLFG has been built as an incubation project at Bungie and is “now fully formed and ready to be introduced to the world.”
In a statement on Sony’s PlayStation blog, TeamLFG said, “It’s driven by a mission to create games where players can find friendships, communities and belongings. I want players to be excited when they log on to discover that their teammates are already hanging out online. We want to recognize familiar names and create myths and memes for each other. That play It changed the overall story of the match. ”
TeamLFG’s first project is “a team-based action game that takes inspiration from combat games, platformers, MOBA, Life Sims and Frog-type games.” The studio said that still in the title, what exactly is-is-a-frog-frog-game-anyway game will be set in “a light comedy world set in a brand new, mythical, science fantasy universe.” The platform and release date were not announced.
Bungie first teased TeamLFG’s project in the summer of 2023, increasing the adoption of projects that require “team members from diverse backgrounds.” Bungee said at the time that the incubation team “designed depth, mastery, and the feel of Bungee’s signature action, and was a friendly and inclusive community.”
TeamLFG’s mission statement creates “an immersive multiplayer world driven by action games that players can learn, play and master countless times.” Destiny 2 And restart marathon. However, the new studio’s untitled live service project sounds like it has a completely different tone and target audience.
Sony Interactive Entertainment acquired Bungie in 2022 as part of a $3.6 billion deal. The studio remained multi-platform and intended to be independent from SIE. However, for the next few years, Bungee delayed the project and fired hundreds of employees. In 2024, Bungee announced that it would “deepen integration with Sony Interactive Entertainment” and that it would move 155 employees to SIE. It also meant spinning the incubation project and team that would eventually become TeamLFG.
Bungee is still plugged in Destiny 2 – Studios announces two new extensions coming to the game on Tuesday, working on extraction shooters marathon Released in September.
