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"In an effort to further strengthen business operations, SIE can confirm PlayStation Studios Japan Studio will be re-organized into a new organization on April 1" | MCV/DEVELOP

Bloodborne producer Masaaki Yamagiwa announced via Twitter that he is leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment at the end of [...]

PlayStations Japan Studio Will Be Restructured in April ✖ UPDATE: In a new message given to IGN, it was confirmed that Sony is restructuring Japan Studio. The full statement from Sony is as follows: "In an effort to further strengthen business operations, SIE can confirm PlayStation Studios JAPAN Studio will be re-organized into a new organization on April 1. JAPAN Studio will be re-centered to Team ASOBI, the creative team behind Astros PLAYROOM, allowing the team to focus on a single visi...

Sony is reportedly winding down one of its longest standing studios, as VGC says multiple sources have told it "the vast majority" of development staff at Japan Studio are being let go. According to the site, Sony is keeping Japan Studios business and localization staff, and the team behind the Astro Bot series of games, Asobi Team, will take on some of the Japan Studio developers and continue as a separate Sony-owned studio. VGC notes that a number of Japan Studio developers have announced or ...

Both worked on Bloodborne - Following in the footsteps of a couple of other departures, two more members of Sony Japan Stu...

PlayStation’s oldest first-party development group, Japan Studio, is reportedly being shut down by Sony. The news comes in from VideoGamesChronicle, reporting that Sony is winding down the original game development of the studio behind Ape Escape, Gravity Rush, and Knack. The studio’s annual contracts weren’t renewed ahead of the company’s new business year, which is set to kick off on April 1. According to the report, ASOBI Team, the group responsible for The Playroom, Astro Bot Rescue...

Sources told VGC that the scaling back is due to Japan Studio not being profitable in more recent years. As the developer focused on the Japanese market before considering global appeal, PlayStation wanted to focus on broad appeal of its other first-party studios out of the gate. Another source indicated that the writing was on the wall for Japan Studio more than a year ago, starting with the departure of  then president Allan Becker. This follows other recent reports of Sony “sidelining”...

Japan Studio is the oldest first-party team at Sony Worldwide Studios. According to VGC, this team is being downsized due to a lack of financial success, with internal game development slowing. Asobi Team, a group within Japan Studio that make the Astro games, are reportedly not affected. According to a report from VGC, Sony is winding down internal game development at Japan Studio, the oldest first-party studio at Sony Worldwide Studios. The "vast majority" of the developers at the studio have...

The creator of Silent Hill, SIREN, and Gravity Rush, Keiichiro Toyama, is currently working on a new horror video game with Bokeh Game Studio.

’Silent Hill' creator Keiichiro Toyama has teased plans for his upcoming horror game.