Almost precisely a yr to the date Sony mentioned it was working with Jade Raymond’s on a brand new gaming IP, the corporate has now . Financial phrases of the deal haven’t been disclosed, however Sony and Haven did share a tidbit of details about the sport they’ve been engaged on collectively for over a yr.

“Our first new IP for PlayStation is on track to deliver a AAA multiplayer experience with a vision to build a systemic and evolving world focused on freedom, thrill and playfulness that will keep players entertained and engaged for years,” Raymond mentioned. That’s not so much to go on, but it surely feels like Haven is engaged on a live-service sport that the studio plans to assist over a few years. Sony didn’t share a launch date for the venture.

Sony’s acquisition of Haven is the most recent signal the online game trade is round a handful of huge gamers. We could solely be a couple of months into 2022 however already each Microsoft and Sony have introduced a few offers to carve out the trade into opposing camps. It all began in January when the previous revealed it was shopping for writer Activision Blizzard for . Less than two weeks later, Sony stunned everybody with the information it was gobbling up Destiny 2 developer Bungie for .