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 is set to freshen up the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for Extra and Premium subscribers with a bunch of new additions in January. The obvious headliner here is God of War Ragnarök (PS4 and PS5),

Sony has canceled two unannounced live service games, including a God of War game. Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games will not be shut down.

Players who subscribe to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium have a great new set of games coming their way in January.

Ragnarok is one of several games coming to PlayStation Plus this January, rounding out a disappointing month for Essential subscribers.

More than a dozen new games have been added to PlayStation Plus this January, including God of War: Ragnarok and Grand Theft Auto V.

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.

Sony has canceled two live service games from Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. The projects were in development for at least three years, and Sony is working with both studios to figure out their next projects.

As Sony continues to reexamine its future slate of games following the disastrous launch of Concord last year, the publisher has axed two unannounced games from first-party studios. The canceled projects were in development at Bend Studios and Bluepoint Games.

Sony’s list of live service projects is losing two games that were in development by Bend Studios and Bluepoint Games.