Japan Studio is known for some of PlayStation’s most iconic games. Ape Escape, LocoRoco, Patapon, Gravity Rush, and even Bloodborne all fall under this umbrella. So, with such a remarkable legacy with ...
"The development speed in China is amazing [and] they’re also quick at changing personnel, and all of the game development ...
The former President of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida with the Sacred Symbols + podcast explains why PlayStation's Japan Studio was shut down. Yoshida it was the ...
Raul is a freelance writer with four years of writing and editing experience in games journalism. Currently, he is a News Writer at Game Rant and the Managing Editor of Final Weapon, a Japanese gaming ...
Ex-Sony Worldwide Studios boss and indie lead, Shuhei Yoshida, has said that the SIE Studio Japan closed its doors as, despite doing a great job on the AA game front, management didn’t want to ...
Internet sleuths have unearthed a presentation for a Japan Studio PSP game titled Stamp, which never saw the light of day. The game’s pitch and trailer was found and published online by the ...
PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida has revealed during an interview on the Sacred Symbols podcast that he feels the decline of the double-A market contributed to the closure of Sony Japan Studio. When ...
Sony's Japan Studio was responsible for many of PlayStation's most beloved cult favorites, including the likes of Shadow of the Colossus, Gravity Rush, Ape Escape, and LocoRoco. The studio was ...
Sony Interactive Entertainment seems to be strategically shifting away from active AA game development. It doesn't seem like much when a bigger platform like PlayStation moves away from trying to make ...
Only a small fraction of developers’ ideas for games ever actually get made. Even ones that make it through the prototype stage often never see the light of day. A newly unearthed 2010 pitch for a ...
Alex Co has been writing about games for 15 years and running, and is a huge fan of online shooters and anything horror related. PlayStation does not see Nintendo as competition worldwide, focusing on ...