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How previous PlayStation employer views video gaming’s troubled time|Shawn Layden interview

How previous PlayStation employer views video gaming’s troubled time|Shawn Layden interview

Technology
Shawn Layden utilized to run Sony Interactive Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, a position that provided him special insight into the entire market and triple-A video games.Layden is now a consultant for business like Tencent Games, Streamline Media Group and Readygg. These speaking with functions assist him guide modern-day video game business as they browse what has actually ended up being a really hard organization-- with 10,500 layoffs in 2023 and 8,000 currently this year.For me, Layden was a lot more available than Jim Ryan, the existing PlayStation chief who is retiring. Instead of talk with us, Ryan spoke more to traditional publications like the Washington Post or Wired. I valued Layden's determination to engage in intellectual discourse.I had the ability to overtake Layden once ...
Halo music author Marty O’Donnell is running for Congress in Nevada

Halo music author Marty O’Donnell is running for Congress in Nevada

Technology
Marty O'Donnell, the developer of the music for Bungie video games like Halo and Destiny, revealed he is running for a seat in Congress in Nevada.O'Donnell resides in Lone Mountain, an area in Las Vegas, and he will run versus incumbent Democrat Susie Lee in November in Nevada's 3rd congressional district, presuming O'Donnell dominates in the Republican primary in June. O'Donnell needs to formally submit to run in March.He stated in an interview with GamesBeat he wishes to bring back peace of mind to Washington so we can reconstruct our economy to have a successful middle class, bring security to the nation and the border, and bring back the worths that result in strong households and strong neighborhoods.O'Donnell is quite popular in computer game circles as an author and audio director f...