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The Latest Breaking News from Hermen Hulst

Pushing Buttons: When even PlayStation is cutting jobs, something is seriously wrong with games

In this week’s newsletter: Sony’s news that it is cutting jobs and cancelling projects for the mega-console underlines a depressing fact about game development – it’s go big, or go home

The Guardian - UK

Sony Announces Layoffs: The Impact On Gaming Industry And Workforce

Sony PlayStation announces layoffs affecting 900 employees globally, citing the need for restructuring amidst declining console sales.

International Business Times

PlayStation to shut down London Studio as it cuts 900 jobs

Some projects that were being worked on are now set to be scrapped

Evening Standard

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PlayStation cancels several unannounced projects amid heavy layoffs and a studio closure: "Sometimes, great ideas don't become great games"

PlayStation London's online game being the most obvious cancellation

GamesRadar

Horizon Zero Dawn studio director reveals their last-minute panic before original E3 reveal

"What if the whole idea of cave people fighting robot dinosaurs is just too silly?"

GamesRadar

Here's why the future of the PS5 is live service games - buckle up everyone

In a recent interview, PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst has confirmed more PS5 live service games are on the way.

TechRadar

PlayStation boss says Sony's live service games will target different genres and won't all be massive time-sinks

PlayStation's growing live service stable will see games of "different scales," says Hermen Hulst

GamesRadar

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Sony likes this studio's unannounced service game so much it bought it

The big corps really do love to acquire "expertise."

PC Gamer

PlayStation purchases Firewalk Studios in another effort to create live-service PS5 games

PlayStation continues to bet big on the live-service space by taking another independent multiplayer studio off the board

Daily Mirror

PlayStation isn’t giving up on single-player games

Sony Interactive Entertainment chief Hermen Hulst reassures fans that live service expansion will not impact what the company does best.

USA Today Sports Media Group

PlayStation Eyes New Investment for PC, Mobile Push

Sony Group Corp's gaming business is looking at fresh investment to bolster its push into PC and mobile, a senior executive said, as the PlayStation 5 maker competes for talent with deep-pocketed rivals and as industry dealmaking heats up. "Further investments in areas that will strengthen the expansion on to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

PlayStation will still make single-player games despite live-service push

The Last of Us and Ghosts of Tsushima aren't going anywhere.

USA Today Sports Media Group

PlayStation boss praises Destiny where other live service games ‘failed’

Hermen Hulst is a huge Bungie fan.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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