New PlayStation game coming from ex-Treyarch bosses' Deviation Games

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Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell head the new studio

Deviation Games at the Summer Game Fest
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A new PlayStation exclusive is coming from ex-Call of Duty developers. 

Two of the creators of the Call of Duty: Black Ops series from Treyarch have struck out to form their own studio, and their first project is a special collaboration with Sony.

"To be creatively unleashed and given the freedom to build something entirely new is a dream come true" says Deviation CEO Dave Anthony. "It's an honor to be working with Sony and their entire team. Their track record of producing high-quality, award-winning games is unparalleled, and we could not be more thrilled to embrace the opportunity to expand PlayStation's portfolio."

The news of PlayStation's partnership with Deviation arrives as Sony makes a massive push to invest in games from external developers as well as its own, internal PlayStation Studios. A similar announcement came back in March as Assassin's Creed co-creator Jade Raymond announced that her new studio, Haven, is working on a PlayStation exclusive for its first project.

PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst has confirmed that the company currently has 25 first-party PS5 games in development, with almost half of them set to be the start of brand new franchises. It's an exciting time to be a PlayStation fan - and also to play PlayStation games on PC, as long as you don't mind the wait.

Don't miss any of the other developments from the next few weeks of gaming news - get all the times and dates ahead of time with our E3 2021 schedule. 

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Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.