Former PlayStation government Shawn Layden took to Twitter to share his ideas on the information of Concrete Genie, Entwined developer Pixelopus shutting down. Terming it a “deep lower” Layden praised the studio and despatched his finest needs to affected workers.
Pixelopus was established shortly after Shawn Layden turned SCEA CEO
Pixelopus was arrange as an in-house studio – comprised of Carnegie Mellon and San Jose State College college students together with a number of trade veterans – in 2014, shortly after Layden succeeded Jack Tretton as President and CEO of Sony Pc Leisure America (now Sony Interactive Leisure).
Though Pixelopus’ demise got here as a little bit of a shock, reactions have been combined as a result of the studio has not launched a brand new recreation since 2019’s award-winning Concrete Genie.
Nonetheless, like followers, Layden is disheartened by the event. He modified his Twitter profile banner in a present of solidarity with Pixelopus workers and wrote:
Sony understandably hasn’t defined its resolution to close the studio down past a typical assertion to IGN about realigning its strategic targets.
“PlayStation Studios usually evaluates its portfolio and the standing of studio initiatives to make sure they meet the group’s quick and long-term strategic targets,” Sony stated. “As a part of a latest evaluate course of, it has been determined that PixelOpus will shut on June 2.”
It seems like Pixelopus’ closure additionally got here as a shock to its personal workers as certainly one of its builders, Mark Vernon, revealed that he was only just hired back in January.
