Archive for April, 2007

Ken Kutaragi “Retires”

Posted by Raoul on April 30th, 2007

The transition, which began with the appointment of Howard Stringer as CEO of Sony instead of Ken Kutaragi is now complete. Ken Kutaragi, the father of the PlayStation and current CEO of Sony’s games division is officially retiring from his executive position at Sony in June.
Ever since the December demotion, which saw Kutaragi replaced as […]

Studio News and Rumors

Posted by Raoul on April 23rd, 2007

Today, we are doing a round up of some the recent news regarding various developer studios.
First, last week’s cuts at Sony Europe. After Sony’s official announcement of their intention to “streamline” their operations, various employees were given their redundancy letters on Wednesday. We have somewhat of a breakdown of the different Sony studios affected by […]

GDC: Home, Part 2

Posted by Raoul on April 9th, 2007

As a stand alone product, Sony’s Home is sure to satisfy the demands of most users. As we’ve seen previously, the promised functionality is unique for consoles and Sony looks to deliver a completely new experience for consumers. We mentioned a few problems last time, all of which can be remedied at some point down […]