Sal.Paradise said:
darkknightkryta said:
Unless Hots Shot is getting Cross Play, I think Kaz needs to do some spring cleaning with SCEJ. They've done jack all in the past 6 years and if all they can come up with are some PSN titles, they seriously need to get shut down. Hell they're the ones holding back the firmwares. |
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.”
Jaffe describes him as “instrumental” in kick-starting his career and credits him for spearheading some of Sony’s biggest games, from bringing Gran Turismo 2 to the US to pushing God of War, Flower and Twisted Metal: Black. Becker is now head of Japan Studio “after a very, very successful run as the SM studio head”.
Rain and Puppeteer are the first two titles to come out of the revamped Japan Studio under Becker’s leadership, and Jaffe wanted to give him a shout out, “since the press NEVER covers him (which is prob. how he likes it)”.
Back in February, Sony Worldwide Studio boss Shuhei Yoshida discussed with GameInformer the changes that were happening at Studio Japan and Becker’s role:
“But in terms of the state of the studio in Japan, we have a new head of studio, Allan Becker. He’s been with PlayStation from the beginning. He founded Sony Santa Monica Studio. I asked him to move to Japan to instill his philosophy of making games. He’s also bringing these two different cultures together. He started in April last year as the head of the Japan Studio and has already made a big impact.”
Judging by Puppeteer and Rain, that “big impact” has been Becker championing some of Sony’s most inventive and stylistic games. We’re sure that’s a philosophy we can all get behind.
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