Sony's mysterious San Diego studio appears to be working on some of the company's existing franchises. As spotted on Reddit, the LinkedIn profile of one Sony veteran offers some more clues as to the existence of the team, and what games it's focused on.
The new information comes via the LinkedIn profile of Michael Mumbauer, who left Sony Worldwide Studios in November 2020 after more than 13 years with the company, where he worked as a studio head and the senior director of visual arts. Towards the bottom of his bio, one paragraph reads that Mumbauer's "latest achievement is having built a brand new, all-star, AAA action/adventure development team for PlayStation," which "was assembled to expand upon existing franchises and craft all-new stories for the next generation of gamers."
The kicker is that that team is "based in San Diego," where rumours of a second Sony studio (distinct from Sony San Diego, which was founded in 2001) have been circulating since 2018. Those rumours were most recently fanned by former Sony senior designer John Bautista, who appeared to announce his departure in November 2020.
