Concord was a genre-defining disaster for Sony, so has it caused PlayStation to rethink its entire live service approach?

Sony’s list of live service projects is losing two games that were in development by Bend Studios and Bluepoint Games.

A God of War live service game has just been killed by Sony, along with another live game from another studio.

Sony has canceled two unannounced live service games. According to Bloomberg, a Sony spokesperson confirmed that they were canceled "following a recent review”. They were in development at two PlayStation studios, Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games.

Sony has canceled two more live-service games, one from its remake and remaster studio Bluepoint and another from Days Gone developer Bend Studio in Oregon, the company confirmed to Bloomberg. Neither studio will be closed,

A report by Bloomberg now reveals two further live service games - one from Days Gone developer Bend and one from Bluepoint - have been cancelled by PlayStation following a "recent review".

Now? Not so much. A new Bloomberg report reveals that "following a recent review" PlayStation has canceled two unannounced live service games in development at subsidiaries Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. Bend is best-known for Days Gone and, back in the day, Syphon Filter, while Bluepoint mainly handles high-profile remakes like Demon's Souls.

Sony's live service plans take another blow with the cancellation of two more previously announced games, with one title fans were hoping for.

According to Jeff Grubb, the high-profile failure of Concord has Sony reassessing all of its faltering live-service projects.

Sony canceled two major live service games that Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games were developing. The cancellation is speculated to be part of Sony’s decision to scale down live-service titles since the PS5 was released.