{"id":8617,"date":"2026-04-16T03:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2127244"},"modified":"2026-04-16T03:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:29:27","slug":"silent-hill-creator-leaves-sony-to-form-new-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/silent-hill-creator-leaves-sony-to-form-new-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill creator leaves Sony to form new studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/silent-hill-creator-leaves-sony-to-form-new-studio.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Keiichiro Toyama, creator and director of Silent Hill, has left PlayStation after more than 20 years at SCE Japan Studio. <\/p>\n<p>Toyama has formed a new company, Bokeh Game Studio, and is joined by The Last Guardian and Puppeteer&#8217;s Kazunobu Sato, along with Gravity Rush lead designer Junya Okura and other former colleagues. <\/p>\n<p>During his time at Sony, Toyama worked on the Siren games and then Gravity Rush and its sequel for PS4 and Vita. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-03-silent-hill-creator-leaves-sony-to-form-new-studio\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-03-silent-hill-creator-leaves-sony-to-form-new-studio\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keiichiro Toyama, creator and director of Silent Hill, has left PlayStation after more than 20 years at SCE Japan Studio. 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