Sony names CFO Hiroki Totoki as CEO, succeeding Kenichiro Yoshida, and PlayStation co-CEO Hideaki Nishino as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, from April 1
Hiroki Totoki is now the President and CEO. — Hideaki Nishino CEO of SIE. — Herman Hulst will continue to “lead the development, publishing and business operations of SIE's first party-content.” ...
Bungie says it will lay off 220 employees, or 17% of its workforce, and integrate an additional 155 roles into its parent company Sony Interactive Entertainment
The New Path for Bungie has Bungie's announcement of “difficult changes … X: Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier : Sony's Bungie is shrinking from 1,300 people to 850: - 220 laid off - 155 moving to Sony ...
Sony Interactive Entertainment announces two new CEOs: Hermen Hulst, who will lead studios, and Hideaki Nishino, who will lead platforms, effective June 1
Hulst will lead the Studios business, while Nishino takes charge of the platform side — News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B
Sony plans to lay off around 900 employees, or 8% of its global workforce, at its PlayStation division, and will close PlayStation's London Studio
read the full email employees received about it Willa Rowe / Kotaku : PlayStation Cancels Multiple Games Amid Massive Job Cuts Tom Gerken / BBC : PlayStation to axe 900 jobs and close London Studio Al...
Sony COO Hiroki Totoki says the company now plans to release six live service games by FY 2025, down from the originally planned 12 titles
THE COMPANY WANTS TO “ENSURE [THESE GAMES] ARE ENJOYED AND LIKED BY GAMERS FOR A LONG TIME” — Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) …
Sony notifies 6,791 US individuals, including current and former employees and their family members, that a MOVEit Transfer data breach on May 28 affected them
Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sony) has notified current and former employees and their family members about a cybersecurity breach that exposed personal information.
Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan plans to retire in March 2024; Ryan joined Sony in 1994, just before the first PlayStation debuted
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Sony Interactive Entertainment announces it is buying Bungie, which makes Destiny and other games, for $3.6B; Bungie will become an independent subsidiary
Destiny studio will remain multiplatform, able “to self-publish and reach players wherever they choose to play”
Sony Interactive Entertainment says it won't participate in E3 again this year, will instead attend “hundreds of consumer events” globally ahead of PS5 launch
The company will instead attend ‘hundreds of consumer events across the globe’ — PlayStation will miss E3 for a second year in a row.
Sony Interactive Entertainment says it is acquiring Insomniac Games, developer of PS4 hit Marvel's Spider-Man; Insomniac to join PlayStation's Worldwide Studios
Developer of Ratchet & Clank, Spyro, and Marvel's Spider-Man joins the PlayStation family — Sony is buying Insomniac Games …