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Shuhei Yoshida will be awarded a BAFTA Fellowship at the BAFTA Game Awards on March 30.

The Fellowship recognises Yoshida's work "as a champion of independent developers," BAFTA said.

"Through his personal social media presence and his corporate endeavours he has consistently nurtured the creativity and innovation of the indie games industry, and regularly champions indie games through podcasts, official PlayStation videos, and the wider games media," the organisation added.

Yoshida currently is head of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s independent developer initiative, after spending his entire career at the platform holder in various roles since 1993. Among others, he was president of SIE Worldwide Studios from 2008 to 2019, before being replaced by Hermen Hulst.

Shuhei Yoshida to receive BAFTA Fellowship

Shuhei Yoshida will be awarded a BAFTA Fellowship at the BAFTA Game Awards on March 30. The Fellowship recognises Yoshi…

www.gamesindustry.biz

 

[jm89]

An award for someone that actually deserves it

 

[KaiserBecks]

Can’t think of anyone who would deserve this more. Certainly not Herman Hulst.

 

[Hobbygaming]

Shu deserves any award he gets! A true legend in gaming and he has a keen eye for good games

 

[Saber]

This guy has my ultmost respect. The PS4 era was all him, the guy is a legend.

 

[Hobbygaming]

 

[lh032]

Phil is going to acquire Shu

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Playstation legend! Congrats, Shu!

 

[Hendrick's]

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

This guy has my ultmost respect. The PS4 era was all him, the guy is a legend.

This man has been with Playstation since day one. He's the executive producer for stuff like Ape Escape, Gran Turismo, Legend of Dragoon, etc.

You're right about the PS4...and seeing him now turning things around for indies has been great for Playstation as well.

Finally someone that actually loves games is getting an award instead of executives like Phil and Jim.

Man's a legend and it'll be sad once he retires...he's like 60 now so probably not that long right?

 

[Hendrick's]

This guy has my ultmost respect. The PS4 era was all him, the guy is a legend.

It's really a stark contrast between now and then. Miss this guy.