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Journey developer no longer tied to Sony, thanks to new funding

Thatgamecompany, developer of acclaimed PlayStation Network titles like Journey, has raised $5.5 million, which it claims will allow the studio to make and release games independently. Since opening in 2006, Thatgamecompany has developed its titles as part of a three-game partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment America. That deal limited what platforms its games could appear on, and ceded some control over its projects to the publisher. Thatgamecompany’s co-founder and creative director Jenova Chen says that …