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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 [...]
PlayStation's 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 Astro's PLAYROOM, allowing the team to focus on a single vision and build on the popularity of Astro’s PLAYROOM. In addition, the roles of external producti...
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 Studio's 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 implied their departures from the studio in recent days, among them Bloodborne producer Masaaki Yam...
Both worked on Bloodborne - Following in the footsteps of a couple of other departures, two more members of Sony Japan Stu...