Returnal Dev Not Looking To Make Live-Service Or Free-To-Play Games

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Returnal developer Housemarque, which is owned by Sony, has said it isn’t planning to make live-service or free-to-play games, not so long as people are “buying premium games.”

Studio head Ilari Kuittinen told

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, “Our philosophy is that [our games] are an experience for a certain time of your life, and you experience that within a few days, or weeks, or whatever.”

He added: “You don’t need to spend the rest of your free time with our games.” Creative director Gregory Louden said Housemarque is “fully focused on single-player and premium” games.

Live-service games can be lucrative–if a game can break through popular ongoing games like Fortnite, Minecraft, GTA Online, and Call of Duty–and that’s proven to be challenging for some newcomers.

Housemarque’s next game is Saros, and it’s a spiritual sequel to Returnal. It is set for release in 2026 for PS5, and for lots more, be sure to read GameSpot’s coverage of everything we know about Saros.

There was a point in time when Sony was planning to release a dozen live-service titles by 2026, but the company later cut that number in half. One of Sony’s high-profile live-service games, Concord, had a disastrous launch in 2024 and was quickly shut down.

Some of Sony’s upcoming live-service games include Bungie’s Marathon and Fairgame$ from Haven Studios. Both of those projects have encountered issues lately, as Bungie admitted to using unauthorized art in Marathon, while a report said Fairgame$ had a rough external test, with studio boss ***** Raymond departing the company.

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