Bluepoint Games has been known as one of, if not the, best developer studio for porting games to other consoles for almost a decade now, but you might say that they've taken everything to another level with Shadow of the Colossus' PlayStation 4 remake. This lead to quite a few theories and hope as to what the studio will do next. Some wanted to see the studio make their own original game, while others dreamt of their favourite game "getting the Bluepoint treatment". The former's hope got crushed for the time being when the studio's job listings revealed that Bluepoint was working on another remake back in February. We still don't know which game it is, but now we at least know a very interesting detail.
Marco Thrush, Bluepoint president and co-owner, revealed that their new remake is "a bit bigger" than Shadow of the Colossus when speaking with Eurogamer:
"(...) our next step is, let's improve the art pipeline, let's improve the engine, let's improve workflow for artists, let's grow on the art side some more to handle our next project because it's a bit bigger. And our next focus is, all right, let's work on design and add new stuff to get to the next remake, because now that can be our sole focus of making sure that's where we put the time and everybody else, they're already at a level where we can perform".
This is definitely an intriguing detail, despite the fact that we still don't know exactly what they are working on. Many consider Shadow of the Colossus one of the most impressive PS4 games, so hearing that they're trying to raise the bar even further is something that gets our heart pumping. Those of you who still want to see Bluepoint doing their very own game shouldn't give up hope yet either however, as it sounds like the studio is considering it:
"One area that we've not explored very deeply is, 'What does our design prowess looks like? What is our ability to build something original and to expand it, rather than just upgrading something?' and so we look at those things and we are constantly trying to enhance and strengthen the studio to get to a point where, yeah, doing original development or whatever comes our way, we're fully capable of doing it."
Which classic game are you hoping Bluepoint is working on?