Sony isn’t simply renewing its push into PC gaming, it’s additionally eager to take PlayStation cell video games to the following degree, if the corporate’s new hires are any indication. As reported by MobileGamer.biz, Sony has tapped former Zynga and Kabam executives to take up senior roles. Kabam’s Kris Davis has joined PlayStation as senior director and head of cell enterprise improvement, and former Meta and Zynga govt Olivier Courtemanche has taken up the place of head of cell product.
PlayStation cell video games will make the most of common IPs
Again in February, Sony Group CFO Hiroki Totoki mentioned that Sony plans to launch cell video games and experiences based on popular PlayStation IPs. His feedback, which had been made throughout a name with buyers, echoed these of SIE CEO Jim Ryan’s, who noted in May 2021 that PlayStation has “an enormous catalog of various first-party IP that may transition to smartphone gaming and complement our AAA video games or stay service video games.” “We’ve been serious about how gamers get pleasure from our content material and have had some early success with experimenting with cell video games and apps to supply extra option to avid gamers,” Ryan mentioned on the time. “Cell is simply one of many areas we’re exploring to succeed in hundreds of thousands of avid gamers past our platforms.”
Web sleuths have since discovered quite a few patent functions that point out that Sony’s been tinkering with cell expertise. The corporate has already given its blessing to a cell model of Wipeout, with Ryan subsequently telling Axios that we’ll see the “first fruits” of Sony’s cell push before we expect. He’s of the view that PlayStation IPs shouldn’t be restricted to dwelling consoles solely.
In different information, somebody’s compiled a useful checklist of PS5 VRR compatible TVs and monitors, and Ubisoft’s elusive Skull and Bones might finally see the light of day following latest leaks.
[Source: MobileGamer via GamesIndustry]
