Hermen Hulst of Guerrilla Games Becomes Head of PlayStation's Worldwide Studios

He is taking Shus job, not Laydens, no one will take laydens job, because its not needed.

I can't say I know much about him personally but given the direction of Guerrilla Games these last few years, this can only be a huge positive for Sony

now that is a good man for the job 👍

@Amppari yes, i should say that too

Great i always like hermen hulst.he is a cool guy.mr killzone is the man with the masterplan.word up son

It really makes sense to put the European guys to take care for the division Playstation as Playstation dominates in Europe like absolute. These guys, Hermen and Jim, definitely bring the right direction to Playstation soon. I'm really excited. Congrats to Hermen

Plus Yoshida is the perfect guy to look after Indie games. I mean it's the same guy who green-lit games like Demon Souls, LittleBigPlanet and Heavy Rain. Games he didn't understand or even didn't like but was objective enough to see the potential in those games. Perfect place for him.

Yush! Dutch guy at the top! I feel that dutch pride/ego of mine growing! (Yes stereotypical dutch people on the internet get ego boosts when dutch people do well.)

Great to have a European in charge too. Hopefully the days of forgetting the European market are over.

Something tells me that Herman is into something good.

Hermen "s***-eating grin" Hulst.
I hope this is a good move, a friend of mine worked at Guerrilla, said he was a good leader but not a people's person.

_{Language please - Quintumply}

I don't know much about him other than what I have seen in interviews but you see a lot of collab across First party studios and I think this makes it a great appointment.

@ApostateMage Comment of the week.

Who? Like...first I've heard of him.

Guy's always come across really well in interviews and stuff, seems like a good fit.

i'd thought for a while that hermen would be a good choice for a high-up position within WWS. i've always found him to be very articulate in interviews, and very open to new ideas and tech, but also has that dutch sense of pragmatism. it'll be good to have more european focus for WWS as well.

j-b and michiel have been at GG for a very long time. michiel's a very smart guy, he's been involved in guerrilla's technical direction for a long time. he's one of the reasons for guerrilla's technical prowess starting all the way back when they somehow managed to get KZ2 running on a PS3. together with angie, the studio will be in good hands.

@Athrum A friend of mine knew his grandma she told him he was a good boy. So he is the man for the job i guess.

i just hope there will be a new killzone game again. i have had enough of horizon and have no need to visit that again.

Does this mean we can finally liberate the Helghast?

This Is One Heck Of a Promotion

He seems a decent guy. See how it goes I suppose.

This is great! He looks a bit awkward but a competent and classy man.
'deliver compelling and diverse experiences at a steady cadence."
I feel that's the new PlayStation direction where they push for more effective, larger studios able to ship even more games.

I suspected they'd get someone from one of their existing studios, but I figured it would be Druckmann or Barlog. Fair play to him though 👍

@nookie_egg Balrog's Seems Like a Good Guy But With His Talk About Wanting to Put PS Games Like God Of War On PC I Don't Think He Would Go Over Very Well With People

@Areus I think Barlog would be a bad choice had to unfollow him on Twitter the other day tired of his political tweets most days. I do like him & love what he did with God Of War just not the man for the job IMO.

@David187 I Think He's Good Where He Is

If Barlog was talking about the idea of bringing the GOW games to PC, then he can definitely stay where he is... Exclusives is what make PS what it has always been and hopefully it will stay that way for the next generation.

It's my hope we get to see a lot more of the heads of PlayStation with the launch of PS5 incoming! I miss that connection feeling they gave then. I know they have all been very busy, But Sony seems very distant without hearing from them. It's important to feel that connection for many gamers.

A surprising appointment but I think it's great that someone with experience of managing a development studio is put into this role.

It's nice that someone passionate about games and actually a developers, not a suite, promoted to top position. I hope he does well and sony 1st party games will be more successful than ever before

Killzone was good, Horizon was great and what the team should have been doing. If he's responsible for Horizon, then this is a great decision.