The two US-based Sony subsidiaries working on the now-cancelled games are not shutting down, though it's unclear if anyone will be laid off.

A God of War live service game has just been killed by Sony, along with another live game from another studio.

PlayStation's entry into the live-service market has been rocky at best, last year scoring a big win with Helldivers 2 while also suffering a setback with the shockingly abrupt shutdown of the online first-person shooter Concord, which resulted in the closure of developer Firewalk Studios.

Sony's live service plans take another blow with the cancellation of two more previously announced games, with one title fans were hoping for.

Sony’s live service woes are far from overs apparently, as the company has cancelled two more games, which were in development at Oregon-based Bend Studio and Texas-based BluePoint Games. The cancellations come courtesy of a report by Bloomberg,

Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported that the game in development at Bluepoint was a live-service God of War spinoff. Sony said the cancellations were made “following a recent

Sony canceled two major live service games that Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games were developing. The cancellation is speculated to be part of Sony’s decision to scale down live-service titles since the PS5 was released.