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New Head of Sony Worldwide Studios Confirmed, Shuhei Yoshida Heads New Independent Developer Initiative

Peter Graham

At the end of September, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced that Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden would be leaving. As head of WWS, Hulst will now oversee all game development across the 14 studios under the WWS umbrella – which still includes Guerrilla which Sony Computer Entertainment acquired in 2005.

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Blood & Truth Dev Sony London Studio now has its own Dedicated Website

Peter Graham

This was the creation of London Studio, part of Sony Worldwide Studios. Today, Sony London Studio has launched a dedicated website for fans to check out what the team is up to. . One of the biggest PlayStation VR videogame releases in 2019 occurred at the end of May, with the arrival of Blood & Truth.

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‘Angry Birds Movie 2 VR’ Studio Raises $2M to Continue Development on AR/VR Games

Road to VR

XR Games previously worked with Sony and Rovio to create its Angry Birds-themed VR title. “We The investment is earmarked to help the studio expand its games portfolio through new projects with Hollywood film studios and world-famous media and entertainment companies, the company says is a press release.

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Every PSVR 2 Game Revealed At State Of Play

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Sony promised a sneak peek of games for its upcoming headset and it didn’t disappoint. Sony kicked off the show with a bang. The game will be a reimagining of the 2005 original with updated controls and new story elements. Did Sony convince you to pick the headset up? What reveals got you excited?

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Kratos in Amazon's 'God of War' series should be Christopher Judge's job to lose

Mashable VR

Since the first game launched all the way back in 2005, God of War has been a staple of PlayStation's lineup. Across seven releases, the teams at Sony laid out the tragic story of a Spartan warrior who becomes the Greek God of War, and a god-slayer himself, after his wife and child fall victim to the machination of Olympian deities.

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‘Shadow of the Colossus’ Creator Fumito Ueda is ‘Interested In Creating Something For VR’

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— it’s his 2005 masterpiece, Shadow of the Colossus , we’d most like to experience with a headset. He’s worked closely with Sony before, though there were obviously issues getting The Last Guardian out the door. Personally, we’d welcome an Ueda VR game with open arms.

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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

Road to VR

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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