People Can Fly – the Polish studio behind Bulletstorm and Outriders – has extended its production cooperation deal with Sony Interactive Entertainment to develop a brand new PlayStation IP, announced on March 14, 2025. The project, codenamed Project Delta, is structured as a milestone-based prototype under a work-for-hire model, meaning Sony owns the IP rights and People Can Fly receives fixed remuneration as development hits defined stages – with no guarantee yet that it progresses to a full game.
If that structure sounds familiar, it should. People Can Fly struck a near-identical deal with Microsoft back in February 2023 for Project Maverick, which was later revealed to be co-development work on Gears of War: E-Day. The studio – 230 staff across Warsaw, Copenhagen, and North Carolina – is currently juggling several projects simultaneously, including their self-funded co-op shooter Project Gemini, which makes this first-party-adjacent positioning on both sides of the platform divide a genuinely interesting place to be. With over 10 million lifetime game sales and Outriders shifting 3.5 million copies in its first two days alone, they’re not a small bet for Sony to make.
Details on what Sony IP Project Delta is building around remain unconfirmed, but the announcement phrasing points toward an older PlayStation property rather than something entirely new – which aligns with comments SIE’s Hermen Hulst made in late 2024 about leveraging Sony’s back catalogue of legacy IPs. Analysts have flagged People Can Fly’s high-intensity shooter DNA as a natural fit for a multiplayer-leaning project, and given the prototype timeline, this one could realistically land on PS5 and PS6 both. It’s early days – but it’s the kind of deal worth watching, especially as Sony continues shaping its first-party and exclusive strategy heading into the next hardware cycle.
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