Guerrilla Games' Hermen Hulst is PlayStation's new head of Worldwide Studios

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PlayStation has named Guerrilla Games managing director and co-founder Hermen Hulst as its new head of Worldwide Studios.

He starts the role immediately and will manage all of Sony's game development across its 14 internal studios.

Meanwhile, Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida will leave his current role to lead a new initiative that will look after and nurture external, smaller independent studios.
The changes are part of Sony Interactive Entertainment's restructuring ahead of the launch of PS5. It also comes a month after the departure of Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden.

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More at the link:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...lst-is-playstations-head-of-worldwide-studios

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Jim cleaning house man

 

[sleepr]

Wow congrats to Hermen. Love that guy!

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

Yo what

 

[Pariah]

Very good. Farewell to Yoshida, excellent person but it was due time for a change.

 

[Chibs]

Wow! That's crazy! Congrats Hermen, and good luck!

 

[Milennia]

That's a huge promotion grats

 

[ArmGunar]

Great news, Hermen deserves it

Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, PlayStation CEO and president Jim Ryan said that Hulst's appointment will prove Sony is very much thinking globally as it moves into the next generation.

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[Gamer17]

Congrats he is a very sharp guy .I m assuming yoshida will replace layden??

Edit:maybe not replacing Layden according to article

 

[Patitoloco]

That's a damn fantastic choice. Congratulations!

 

[Adookah]

Great news! Congrats HH!

 

[Proven]

So is he going to be on stage or who is in charge of this company.

 

[Deleted member 44371]

woah thats incredible.

 

[packy17]

That's huge.

 

[vivftp]

Whoa, congrats to you Hermen. I know you'll make us gamers happy :)

 

[ArmGunar]

So Yoshida will leave his position to a new one !

 

[Deleted member 17990]

Awesome!

 

[RestEerie]

lead a new initiative that will look after and nurture external, smaller independent studios.

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that's the main crux.....wonder whether that means those indie collaboration with Sony Santa Monica (Journey, etc) will be back.

 

[modiz]

Congrats to hermen, GG has grown a lot and he showed great leadership imo.
He was VP of WWS until now, so he probably already knows what to do.

 

[Gamer17]

Another point that the article about US division of PS running the show was kinda BS. All the European ones are taking over .

 

[QuiteSomething]

"Meanwhile, Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida will leave his current role to lead a new initiative that will look after and nurture external, smaller independent studios."
That's the most interesting part for me

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Yeah EU is ruling the house now.

 

[RestEerie]

Yo what

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Yo! Videogames.

 

[Mathieran]

Seems like a good choice. He's done a good job with GG and seems like a genuinely nice guy

 

[Wallace Wells]

Great news

 

[Danielsan]

Wow, hot damn. Congrats Hermen.

 

[sleepr]

So is he going to be on stage or who is in charge of this company.

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He's in charge of managing, greenlighting projects, etc. He's also going to be on stage for sure.

Basically it's the role of Shuhei Yoshida.

 

[TetraGenesis]

Holy shit.

I came here to see what's up after Shu just posted a " :D " and this is not what I expected. Herman is great so I can't fault that choice at all — I just hope this new focus is what Shu actually wants. He's fostered so many incredible games and massive hits and has a spirit I don't want to see absent in Sony any time soon.

 

[vivftp]

Yeah, just noticed the part about Yoshida. Makes me feel REALLY good knowing he'll be handling that side of the business. Makes me feel like we're in for a real treat next gen

 

[BoxManLocke]

That's awesome, congrats

 

[MilesQ]

Now greenlight a new Killzone, Herman.

We demand justice for Killzone.

 

[ArmGunar]

Congrats to hermen, GG has grown a lot and he showed great leadership imo.
He was VP of WWS until now, so he probably already knows what to do.

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Better than this, he was VP of SIE

 

[DailyCalmSpirit]

Very cool for Hulst. Dude has put in the effort and time for sure.

Curious what in the world Shu's new position is. "Nurture and look after smaller independent studios?" What does that even mean? Is this something they already do?

 

[Knight613]

Great for Herman.

And great for Yoshida since he seems to appreciate a lot of the smaller indie games.

 

[Twiz]

I need a Hermen Jeb map mashup

 

[jett]

wow

Not even Yoshida is safe. That new position sounds like a demotion.

 

[TheDutchSlayer]

#DutchPride AWESOME :D

 

[Champion]

Shuhei Yoshida is tasked with looking after smaller, indie dev teams

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So did he get the Kobe contract or demoted? Either way EU is eating right now.

 

[KoolAid]

NVM, Yoshida is getting a new role. Congrats to both tho!

 

[Strings]

This is quite the plot twist.

Shuhei has done a phenomenal job forever, so it sucks to have his control lessened :/

 

[k4mon]

Very good changes. Great to see Hermen getting a role like that.

 

[idonteven]

dude is gonna do a great job

 

[crimilde]

Congrats to Hermen. Great choice imo. He's a cool dude.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Congrats to Herman .
Shu taking on a new role is nice but won't surprise me if he retired next gen .
He was thinking about it this gen but stay on .

 

[Fatoy]

There's been a major upsurge of game development talent in Europe this generation (and last, to some extent) so this makes good sense.

 

[DSP]

That sounds like a big demotion for yoshida, the kind of role you get before retiring shortly.

 

[Champion]

wow

Not even Yoshida is safe. That new position sounds like a demotion.

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I thought the exact same thing when I read the article. WTF?

 

[Jake_brake]

Nuke drop.

Herman seems like a good and intelligent dude. Sony should hopefully be in good hands

 

[danhz]

Yooo sounds great, he seems really cool.

 

[Desfrog]

That's great news, definitely allievates worries about Sony pushing Indies to the wayside.

 

[Osahi]

Good choice. Congrats Hermen, I'm sure you'll do great.