Former Stadia chief Jade Raymond opens independent game studio in Montreal

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After Google closed its internal Stadia game studios in February, its former head Jade Raymond left the company. Now, over a month since its closure, Raymond has already moved on to her next role. She is opening a new independent studio in Montreal called Haven Studios. Her development studio is already working on an unannounced, original game for Sony's PlayStation.

The former EA and Ubisoft producer, who has worked on titles like Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs, wrote in a post on the PlayStation blog that she brings together "many of the talented game developers I have worked with for years" at Haven Studios. You can't entirely miss the subtle dig at Google in her post as she wrote, "It's time for us to refocus on GAMES in a place where we can practice our crafts without any barriers or impediments."

Source: Engadget

PlayStation Canada brings back two limited-edition PS4 controller colours this month

Just for this month, PlayStation Canada announced it's bringing back two unique colours for the PlayStation 4 controllers. Sunset Orange and Berry Blue will be available at select retailers while supplies last. Both controllers were launched in the fall of 2018. It seems Walmart Canada is the only listed retailer on the PlayStation site, but you could probably check in stores to see where else it might be available.

Source: PlayStation Canada

Sony’s ‘God of War’ gets behind-the-scenes documentary on YouTube

Do you want to see what happened behind the scenes when God of War was created? Well, you get a peek behind the curtains with this new two-hour documentary Sony’s PlayStation channel released on YouTube. Called Raising Kratos, it shows the five-year development process of one of last year’s biggest games. You can check out the full-length feature above.

‘Driveclub’ game franchise to shut down by end of March 2020

Sony is closing the door on the Driveclub series. All the games (Driveclub, Driveclub VR, and Driveclub Bikes) will be shut down by March 31, 2020. But before that, the games and all their DLC will be delisted from the PlayStation Network Store by August 31, 2019. After it goes from the PlayStation store, only single-player modes will be playable. As Polygon points out, the game relies heavily on multiplayer interaction, so there’s not much left to play. But you do have a year to play, if you still want to.