Shawn Layden, a former executive at PlayStation, is calling for change to the developments of bigger and more expensive games and describes the standard AAA procedure as not sustainable. Layden spoke with Gamebeat as part of Gamelab Live yesterday where they discussed the development cycle as well as the recently released The Last of Us
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Major shake-ups are continuing to happen at PlayStation ahead of the PS5’s launch. Recently, Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden stepped down. Today,0 we learned that not only is Shuhei Yoshida stepping down from his role as President of Worldwide Studios to lead a new indie game-focused initiative, but that Hermen Hulst from Guerrilla Games is
After what seems like years and years of rumors and development, PlayStation fans might finally see Uncharted and The Last of Us on the big screen. Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced that it has opened PlayStation Productions, a brand new film studio dedicated to bringing its first-party titles to life on both the big screen and the small
Yesterday, Nintendo of America’s current President Reggie Fils-Aime announced that he would be retiring from the role come April 15 of this year. It was a surprising move that many didn’t see coming and since that time, lots of various people have been coming out of the woodwork to congratulate Fils-Aime on a long and
Over the past year, Sony has dealt with a lot of controversy surrounding cross-play. At first they were criticized for not allowing it at all while Microsoft and Nintendo were getting friendly with each other. Now, even after that policy has shifted to allow cross-play, the feature has been rolled out across PS4 games quite
As we enter a digital focused world, game streaming is becoming more popular. Not the kind dominated by Ninja, but the kind services like PlayStation Now, Google’s Project Stream, and Microsoft’s upcoming Project xCloud rely on. In a recent interview with CNet, Shawn Layden not only discussed why Sony pulled out of E3 this year,
One of the biggest bombshell pieces of news from the past few months came when Sony announced that it would be skipping out on attending E3 2019. It was a decision that nearly no one expected and also raised a lot of other questions about the reasons why Sony would miss out on the show.
Over on the PlayStation Blogcast, PlayStation’s social media director Sid Shuman said that fans should expect to find out more about the upcoming MediEvil remaster very soon. Sony’s very own Shawn Layden will apparently be making an appearance on the podcast to reveal more about the remake of the popular PS1 classic within the next week or two.
Sony had been very stubborn about enabling cross-play between consoles for quite a while. So it was a surprise to me and many others when Sony announced a beta program allowing Fortnite players on PS4 to play with others across Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Mobile, PC, and MAC. Shawn Layden, Chairman of PlayStation Worldwide Studios, recently discussed