Sal.Paradise said: They're doing it now. They brought over Allan Becker from Santa Monica; he's the reason we're seeing Puppeteer and Rain. IIRC, Puppeteer was nearly finished years ago, but the team were distracted helping out with the Last Guardian .. http://www.ps3attitude.com/new/2012/08/rain-puppeteer-idea-japan-studio-allan-becker/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Ps3Attitude+%28PS3+Attitude%29 They are a sign that Allan Becker’s touch is “still very much alive”, according to David Jaffe, creator of God of War and Twisted Metal. Jaffe’s comment comes as part of a TwitLonger post which begins, “Very proud this week of Allan Becker, my former Sony boss and the man who started Sony Santa Monica.”
Back in February, Sony Worldwide Studio boss Shuhei Yoshida discussed with GameInformer the changes that were happening at Studio Japan and Becker’s role: |
Doesn't change the fact that all the execs need to get fired! I mean with the millions they'd save from firing them, they'd be able to keep Liverpool open.