Japan Studio made my favorite game of all time (in collaboration with From Software): Bloodborne.
I had no idea they shuttered Japan Studio, that makes me sad...and even more depressed that Bloodborne will likely not get a PC Port or PS5 patch it rightly deserves.
Considering how similar Bloodborne is to other From Software games I assumed it was developed 100% at From with Sony as the publisher. But I have no idea what the reality is. Did Japan Studio do development work on the game too? If so, I’d be curious to know how they split up the development work between teams.
Japan Studio is credited in the game and actually pitched the original concept to Hidetaka Miyazaki because they specifically wanted to work with From Software. I’m not sure how “collaborative” the actual development was though. I guess the way I worded my original reply made it seem that Japan Studio was the primary developer but I’m pretty sure it was primarily From Software.
I had no idea they shuttered Japan Studio, that makes me sad...and even more depressed that Bloodborne will likely not get a PC Port or PS5 patch it rightly deserves.