Playstation Studios Gets Another Big Shakeup as Studio Head Leaves

Housemarque co-founder follows similar departures from top-level Insomniac and Sucker Punch execs Another higher-up at a PlayStation-owned studio is leaving. Ilari Kuittinen, the co-founder and managing director at Housemarque, posted on X that today is his last day. In the message, Kuittinen says this transition has been in the works for some time, with Sami “Haxu” Hakala stepping into the managing director role on July 1. Kuittinen said he's going to take a break after 33 years in the gaming industry and 31 years at Housemarque, but he plans to stay connected by attending trade shows, consulting, and more. In his goodbye message, he writes the following: Together, we’ve achieved things I couldn’t have imagined when we started: · Pioneering Finnish game development on the global stage. · Creating studio defining titles-from Supreme Snowboarding, Super Stardust HD, and Resogun, to our breakthrough AAA success with Returnal and our latest release, Saros. · Evolving into a premier AAA developer while maintaining our unique creative identity Housemarque is a Finnish studio originally known for high-tempo, arcade-style action games. It has been around for decades, but fully burst onto