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PlayStation's Founder Handoffs Are Piling Up, And Every Replacement Came From Inside

Three PlayStation studio founder-era leaders handed off control in 17 months. The verified timeline shows every successor came from inside the studio.

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Three PlayStation Studio Co-Founders Handed Off Leadership In 17 Months

Housemarque, Insomniac and Sucker Punch have all gone through founder-era leadership handoffs since March 2025, with each studio promoting from within.

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Ghost of Yotei dev says cutting features from games is "really important," so Sucker Punch had weekly meetings where "people would clap" every time something got deleted

There are too many great ideas, and too few resources

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Ghost of Yotei devs tried to add Zelda: Breath of the Wild-style rock climbing, but discovered "rock climbing is not a core aspect of being a wandering ronin"

"It was going to be magnificent"

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After 70 hours with Ghost of Yotei before the game even launched, I couldn't help but come back for more – and that's why it's my only platinum trophy of 2025

Year in Review 2025 | The open world of Ezo proved intoxicating in a year where finishing games felt like a chore for me

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Co-founder of Ghost of Yotei studio Sucker Punch steps down as studio head to usher in the "next chapter of creative leadership"

"I’ve decided it’s time to shake up the snow-globe"

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Sucker Punch co-founder Brian Fleming is leaving the Sly Cooper and Ghost of Yōtei studio, and passing the reins to two new studio heads

Sucker Punch co-founder Brian Fleming will leave the studio at the end of the year. He oversaw the development of Sly Cooper, Ghost of Yotei, and more.

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Ghost of Yotei lead was "saddened" he had to tone down the game's flashback mechanic, which was originally far more complex: "I knew it was the right choice"

Sucker Punch lead Jason Connell had to kill a darling

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Ghost of Yotei director says Sucker Punch didn't want to be violent for the sake of it in its open-world Japan epics, even if "in video games, you get a lot of pressure just to do it sometimes"

"very early on we talked about what's the level of violence we want to go with"

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Ghost of Yotei creative director says "the cognitive overload of all of the systems and all the buttons on the controller can be quite intense"

Sucker Punch's Jason Connell says "this is actually a real challenge when you're making the game"

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Ghost of Yotei has so much climbing because the devs wanted to focus on the "idea of freedom," and because Hokkaido really is that steep and "epic"

Lots to climb

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Ghost of Yotei lead says the "easier" Sucker Punch made the Tsushima sequel, "people liked it less" –but devs didn't want to "alienate a bunch of people" with its Lethal difficulty, either

"That balance is really tough"

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Ghost of Yotei devs "like having a clean screen" free of mini maps and yellow paint: "Why would we muck it up with all this stuff on the screen if we can figure out other ways to guide you?"

"We see that as an opportunity to immerse people"

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Ghost of Yotei lead says the Ghost of Tsushima sequel allows for "more freedom than any game we've ever had," so devs "don't care too much" how you play – "as long as you're having fun"

"We're just like, 'OK, that's your choice'"

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Ghost of Yotei's creative director reveals the "philosophical challenge" of open world RPGs and the joy of letting fans play how they like: "As long as you're having fun, we don't care too much"

Interview | Sucker Punch's Jason Connell on exploration, discovery, and offering "more freedom than any game" the studio has made before

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Ghost of Yōtei: a determined outsider seeks revenge in feudal Japan

The makers of the forthcoming open-world adventure explain how new gameplay features and an extra-resourceful sword-wielding protagonist set it apart from 2020 predecessor Ghost of Tsushima

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Ghost of Yotei swaps notes with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's magical music mechanic, offering songs that can "guide you" to treasure in the open world

"I love that the shamisen exists"

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"The beauty of open-world games is in the exploration," so Ghost of Yotei devs are aiming to solve Ghost of Tsushima's repetition problem

Beauty and mini-games that feel like a "chore" don't really go together

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Ghost of Yōtei will likely take just as long to beat as Ghost of Tsushima as the game's creative director says both games are similar 'in terms of the time commitment'

Sucker Punch has confirmed that Ghost of Yōtei will take around the same time to beat as Ghost of Tsushima.

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Ghost of Yotei has a "similar" time commitment to Ghost of Tsushima, and another 25-hour open-world RPG sounds heavenly to my swelling backlog

It shares the same "scale and scope" of the original

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"Frankly, it's just so dang convenient": Ghost of Yotei's new camping trips are an answer to traditional RPG mechanics like fast travel

And a way to show off the sequel's "way bigger" vistas

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Ghost of Yotei is an open-world game, "but there's still a linear story structure" as Sucker Punch wanted to make sure protagonist Atsu's journey "tears at the heartstrings"

Said structure is "very important"

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Ghost of Yotei leads praise "exquisite" open-world games like Elden Ring and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as "bar-setting" examples of the genre

The two are "great" at capturing the magic of open-world games

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Ghost of Yotei directors aren't worried about Assassin's Creed Shadows comparisons, they think it's "great" when they see more games like theirs: "We're big fans of feudal Japan"

They're just glad to see more games

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I asked Ghost of Yotei's creative directors all of my burning questions, and I don't want to get your hopes up but Sucker Punch's sequel sounds like feudal Red Dead Redemption 2

Interview | Sucker Punch's Nate Fox and Jason Connell dive into everything we saw at Ghost of Yotei's latest State of Play

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