It?s official: Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Studio is undergoing reorganization,  which explains the string of recent high-profile departures.
This news came straight from the horse?s mouth following a Video Games Chronicle report that Sony is scaling down game development in one of its oldest studios as part of its efforts to make games with global appeal. In a statement to IGN, Sony said that Japan Studio is being ?re-centered? around Astro?s Playroom developer, Team Asobi.

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