Sony Terminates Ternox Games' PlayStation Agreement Without Explanation
Sony ended its publishing agreement with indie developer Ternox Games and hasn't said why, and the fallout includes a cancelled PS5 version of the studio's best-reviewed game.
What Ternox says happened
Ternox Games posted the news itself on August 16. Sony unilaterally terminated its PlayStation developer and publisher agreement, no reason given. The studio says PlayStation Support hasn't responded to its emails since. Sony hasn't issued any public statement on the matter as of this writing.
What it actually costs
STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator was already in development for PS5, with a physical disc edition planned for 2027. Both are cancelled now. The game sits at 97% positive on Steam, and it's still shipping on Switch and Xbox regardless of what happens with PlayStation.
Thirteen already-released Ternox titles come off the PlayStation Store after August 23: Nexoria: Dungeon Rogue Heroes, Taimumari: Complete Edition, Legend of Himari, Retro Highway, Unichrome, O-VOID, Bullet Beat, Dungeonloop, IN-VERT, Scrap Divers, Run & Jump Guy, Fox's Zen House, Boned Again: Survivors. Ten belong to Ternox. The other three came from separate publishers who partnered with the studio, so this pulls games that aren't even Ternox's own.
The part Sony isn't confirming
Sony pulled more than a thousand PlayStation Store listings in a shovelware purge back in March. Whether this termination is part of that same policy or something unrelated isn't something Sony has said, and nothing here proves a connection either way.
