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Former Hellblade Director & Ninja Theory Founder Explains Why He Left The Studio

Former Hellblade director and Ninja Theory co-founder has offered an explanation regarding his departure from the now Microsoft-owned studio.

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XiNatsuDragnel36d ago

I hope he forms a new studio soon

Cacabunga36d ago

It is a good studio.. i really enjoyed their dmc game that i platinumed it.
I did not try hellblade, because it doesnt tell me much.. Enslaved was very mehhh
Heavenly Sword was good not great. Amazing graphics back in the day but so repetitive and not so engaging in the long run.

stoney10135d ago

I really enjoyed Enslaved and Heavenly Sword back in the day. Wish they'd return to that sort of game. Hellblade isn't really for me to be honest. Not saying it's not a good game, I just couldn't get into it.

Popsicle35d ago (Edited 35d ago )

That is fair. I enjoyed Hellblade but can definitely see how it isn’t for everyone.

Would like to see how Heavenly Sword would have turned out if developed today. It’s easy to forget that games like Heavenly Sword were unprecedented and in their infancy.

shinoff218335d ago (Edited 35d ago )

Enslaved has been their favorite game for me. Loved the atmosphere.

1nsomniac35d ago

Heavenly sword was a staggeringly good game!! One of the most memorable of the PS3 generation in my opinion.

Babadook735d ago (Edited 35d ago )

Heavenly sword was good. It had ambitious graphics and as a result the frame rate suffered and as a result the gameplay suffered. But the story was phenomenal. Great acting, especially Andy Serkis as the king.

Jingsing35d ago (Edited 35d ago )

"Microsoft" we all read between the lines. We have seen the exact same thing happen with many of their other acquisitions

InUrFoxHole35d ago

Jesus man! Try reading the article at least.

cthulhucultist35d ago

One thing that pleasantly surprised me, was the Switch port, as back then it was my only console. The graphics were amazing and the artistic design helped a lot to enhance the visuals.I took some really impressive screen shots while playing which I still revisit them from time to time to remind me what a capable developer (QLOC) can achieve with weaker hardware.

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Helldivers II sales top 12 million

Gematsu writes: "Cooperative third-person shooter Helldivers II has sold 12 million units as of May 5, publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Arrowhead Game Studios announced."

shadowT54m ago

Congratulations Arrowhead Game Studios!

Hofstaderman54m ago(Edited 49m ago)

And well-deserved. I'm having a ball of a time so far. Just need to change out my heavy armour, it's a murder on my stamina and sprinting.

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MultiVersus Joker Trailer With Mark Hamill

Here is a look at the new Joker Trailer. Warner Bros. Games today released a new MultiVersus trailer revealing the first look at gameplay for The Joker, who will join the roster as a playable character when the upcoming free-to-play platform fighter videogame launches on May 28th.

darthv7211h ago

huh..... well this could get interesting.

VenomUK10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

I predicted it would be Hermen Hulst as the new CEO, I never predicted there would be another…

Hulst will likely Host the PlayStation press event and hopefully there will be a positive energy at this new beginning for the division. I’m encouraged that both he and Hideaki Nishino reference the future so it sounds like Sony has a plan.

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Lightning778h ago(Edited 8h ago)

I'm a bit skeptical. The new guy is unknown. Of all the leaders in the past 18 years Sony has had great leaders at the helm Carrying on the legacy of what made PS great. Sony's has a newer vision and focus for PS this time around. We'll see what happens.

As I said before two leads can be a good thing wherever they want to take PS they'll have a single joint focus and take PS to new heights (if said focus is gamer first) or bad if they have two different visions. Then you'll end up like the circus clowns over at MS.

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TTV_Obscure6h ago

The plan: everything on Steam day 1

Cacabunga5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Oh God no!! We have seen nothing since Hulst took over WW Studios. As a gamer ands PS fan I’m worried about what would happen

-Foxtrot3h ago

Well hopefully they have a plan because Herman hasn’t really done much since he got promoted last time

Remakes and remasters mainly

The Wood1h ago

Spencer killed the xbox console. You're gunna have to cap for Microsoft gaming now. There's only sony and Nintendo in the hardware game now

1Victor27m ago

@obscured “ The plan:”
Be as obvious as possible and make 10 new accounts after been banned.

Personally I’ll wait and see how they perform before judging them.
All that said this feel like a Japanese comedy duo one🤷🏿 one corporate man the other a delivery guy trying to save the company 🤣

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Eonjay9h ago

This is a really nice selection to me because Hulst is an actual game developer and has been doing so for decades. A developer in charge of making games. Not bad.

Plus the separation of responsibility is interesting and a nice way of handling an incredibly complex role.

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TTV_Obscure6h ago

PS studios has zero output under Hulst.

Only remasters and PC ports

Dude even managed to kill Naughty Dog

mkis0073h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Obscure

By that same logic you can say the same about phil...and hes had longer to accomplish something at xbox.

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Lightning778h ago

Joint venture could be very tricky. They need to be on the exact same page on things. It's two guys calling shots.

We know Herman, but we dont know the other guy or his motives/agendas. Obviously it's to make money but how he'll go about it we'll see soon enough.

JackBNimble7h ago

That's why they would need 3 , so when they disagree they can vote . 1 on 1 could be asking for trouble, but at least sony isn't letting 1 guy take playstation in "his own direction ".

ThinkThink11h ago

All studios can make Horizon games now!

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Brazz11h ago

Interesting. 2 CEOs sharing the workload.

darthv7211h ago

Two men enter (Hulst/Nishino)
One man leaves (Ryan)

Barlos4h ago

The Thunderdome reference wasn't lost on me 😎

mudakoshaka3h ago

@Barlos Had no idea that was from Thunderdome. I remember a similar line from Con Air when Steve Buscemi says it to Nic Cage after fighting the other guy in the cargo hold. Con Air must have taken it from Thunderdome.

romulus2310h ago

Hulst will be CEO of the studios business group, and Nishino CEO of Platforms.

Relientk7711h ago

Good luck to them and I hope they do great jobs. Let's see the games. Really hoping that rumored PlayStation Showcase is coming up soon.

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