Sony shut down PixelOpus, the studio that created Concrete Genie

Sony’s PixelOpus studio has announced it is closing. The California-based studio wrote: «Dear friends, our PixelOpus adventure has come to an end».

Ahead of a new future, we want to say a sincere thank you to the millions of passionate players who have supported us and our mission to create beautiful, imaginative games with soul. We are very grateful.

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The studio was founded in 2014 and released its first game, Entwined, the same year. The game was announced as a surprise during Sony’s E3 conference and became available the same day. It was followed in 2019 by Concrete Genie, a drawing-based adventure game that was nominated for multiple awards, including two BAFTA Game Awards.

In June 2021, it was announced that the third PixelOpus game would be a PS5 game developed in collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation. It’s unclear if that project is still active.

Talking about the studio’s closure, PixelOpus senior environment artist Bob Archibald wrote: «I like to think that with Concrete Genie we made the world a little better, and not many games these days have the opportunity to try to do that. I will always be grateful for the time I spent creating fantastic worlds with this incredible team».