Jason Blundell Reportedly Heading New Sony Studio For New Sci-Fi Game With Bungie

A former Call of Duty: Black Ops Executive Producer has joined Sony to work on a brand new game with Bungie for PlayStation.

According to GirlGlitcher, Jason Blundell has taken on a role as the head of a new studio within Sony. This studio is developing a new game alongside Destiny 2 developer Bungie that is “an action game set in a brand-new science-fantasy universe”.

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The claim says that Bungie had been working on this game already before Blundell’s arrival, and, likely, before Sony started restructuring the studio. It was also doubled down that it’s not in the Destiny or Marathon franchise.

Blundell spent over a decade at Treyarch working on Call of Duty before leaving in 2020 to form his own studio, Deviation Games. Deviation was working on a new game for PlayStation Studios before it was hit with layoffs and ultimately shut down in March 2024. Blundell had left Deviation in September 2022.

This isn’t the first time since Blundell left Deviation that he was linked with Sony. Back in May, it was reported that Sony had formed a new studio with former Deviation employees to work on an unannounced IP. It has yet to be confirmed that Blundell was working with this new studio, though all signs point to that being the case.

Insider Gaming has reached out to Sony and Bungie for comment on the claims. Should a response be received, this story will be updated accordingly.

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