The former chief of Microsoft’s shuttered Lionhead Studios has been headhunted by Sony’s own London Studio to lead the development of AAA PlayStation VR projects. Stuart Whyte, who’ll begin work this coming Monday, has a long and storied history in the industry, having held positions at legendary UK developers like Bullfrog and Microprose prior to his gig at Xbox.
London Studio has become one of Sony’s most reliable outfits when it comes to the creation of experimental, mainstream titles such as Singstar and EyePet. It most recently released PlayStation VR Worlds, a compilation of virtual reality experiences including the exceptional proof of concept, The London Heist.
“I'm super excited to be joining the London team to lead them further on their journey to becoming the world's leading AAA, VR team,” Whyte told Games Industry.biz. Expect more high-profile PlayStation VR titles to come out of London Studio in the future, then – we can’t wait to see what the developer’s up to.
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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Did anyone read that headline and immediately thought...Peter Molyneux?
This is really good news for VR from Sony, a sales research firm recently said PSVR sold over 325.000 units already this year and hopefully it means much more support down the line.
More VR can't be a bad thing, can it?
@adf86 I thought Molyneux as well.
@Simon_Fitzgerald Nope, great thing. Would love London Studio to flesh out The London Heist.
I loved PSVR Worlds in its concept (pricing quibbles aside). It gave a range of experiences and the London Heist was fun and I still occasionally load up the shooting gallery.
I wonder if we can expect a reveal or tease?
@get2sammyb I still want a fully-fledged 3D platformer in VR, maybe Ratchet and Clank would work well
@Simon_Fitzgerald They need to flesh out that VR Bots thing. I'm pretty confident they'll announce something like that.
@get2sammyb It's all well and good fleshing that out but they need a big IP to sell it, else it won't sell enough and just go down as a failure
@Simon_Fitzgerald Eh, I disagree personally. I know what you're saying, but I feel they're better off creating something cool and new around that idea rather than shoe-horning an existing franchise in.
There are two apps on the store for about 6 quid each, sharks and the Attenborough thing. Both are just about ten minutes. Disgraceful.
Agreed there is so much potential with London Heist.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Why is it disgraceful? Just don't buy them.
Best of luck to the guy! Hope London Studios grows even more successful and prospers. Lionhead reborn at Sony... now that would be crazy!!
@adf86 yeah and my second thought was "what game is he gonna **** up this time"
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi And that's relevant to an article about a developer getting a job because?
I'm still waiting for Eight Days and The Getaway 3
@get2sammyb just my opinion that they should be a couple of quid at the absolute most for vacuous 10 minute experience
@adf86 because VR, because world's was an overpriced amalgamation of experiences, deeply sorry.
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