Sony Sci-Fi, RPG shooter in development at XDEV studio, leaks online; Here's everything we know about this leak, the new IP & more

PlayStation Studios is now working on a new Sci-Fi shooter. A snippet of the game in development leaked online yesterday, which again raised talks of the future of Sony’s live-service games. Some people have claimed online that they’ve already seen more of the game, and the leaked video is one from the earlier stages in the development process. Here’s everything we know about this new game from Sony, and the footage that leaked online. 

Gameplay footage from PlayStation's XDEV leaks online- Details

Yesterday, a snippet of a game in development leaked online, in the form of a 5 seconds long video. It is now being claimed that it is a first party title from Sony. However it does look like some sci-fi RPG. In fact it is reportedly being “dubbed” as “Gears of Effect”, referring to its close resemblance to games like Gears of War and Mass Effect. 

The leak also claims that the game is being made in Unreal Engine 5 by XDEV studios. XDEV has been a major collaborator with some of the first party studios of Sony PlayStation like Quantic Dream and Sumo Digital. In case, this indeed does end up being a first party title from Sony, it’ll be XDEV’s debut as the primary developer of a title from Sony. Furthermore, the word out is that it is a brand new IP that Sony plans to provide live-service to. This makes sense since Sony’s plans of delivering more titles with live-service has long been out in the open. Maybe this is a nod in that direction.

As for the footage, we see a figure in some heavy gear, walking towards a balcony, shooting at some robotic monster. Clearly it is a leak from very early builds and nothing much can be said about the game or the apocalyptic setting. Regardless, we will reportedly get to see more of this game. Other live-service games in development at Sony include a Horizon multiplayer game, which the latest announced.

As for the footage making its way into the internet, such leaks are already pretty rampant and this is the latest from Sony’s games after the recent Returnal PC leak.