More Details Leak About Bungie’s ‘Gummy Bears’ Live Game For Sony – Forbes
Gummy BearsDuring the last round of Bungie layoffs, Sony carved out a portion of the studio to continue work on Gummy Bears, now under Sony directly, and I suppose that makes this group technically not Bungie anymore.But without a name, and previously developed under Bungie, here we are, and now we have some new details about Gummy Bears thanks to an exclusive report from The Game Post. And I can corroborate at least some of this myself, based on what I’ve heard. The highlights:So, could this be a hit? A few things to consider.First, unlike Marathon, which is still a shooter, this is going to be far outside that core Bungie space. Second, as ever, the PvP market in any sense is very, very hard to break into. Yes, we just saw the massive success of Marvel Rivals but that is…a Marvel game, and a very good one.MarathonI am also reminded of Sony being very positive about Concord ahead of launch, citing early tests as being fun. I believe they said something similar about Fairgame$, a multiplayer game that has essentially disappeared.Aiming a PvP multiplayer game at a younger audience is also a risk. There are indeed other PvP games for this crowd (though played by all ages), something like say, Splatoon. Or Fall Guys. Or Among Us, but these are all wildly different genres. Square Enix’s Foamstars, released for PlayStation, eventually went free-to-play and last month, it was announced that seasonal updates were coming to an end. So that’s not great.There are just too many factors to know whether or not Gummy Bears will be a hit. A Smash Bros. MOBA live game? I mean, who knows. Bungie needs a win, and Sony needs another win (besides Helldivers 2) in the live service space, especially after Concord. But this still may be very far off.Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram.Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.One Community. Many Voices. Create a free account to share your thoughts. Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas and facts in a safe space.In order to do so, please follow the posting rules in our site’s Terms of Service. We’ve summarized some of those key rules below. Simply put, keep it civil.Your post will be rejected if we notice that it seems to contain:User accounts will be blocked if we notice or believe that users are engaged in:So, how can you be a power user?Thanks for reading our community guidelines. Please read the full list of posting rules found in our site’s Terms of Service.
