This weekend, PlayStation studio PixelOpus announced they will be closing its doors soon. Many fans of the brand and games from the Californian studio lamented the news, including one of PlayStation's most important executives.

We're talking about Shawn Layden, former head of SCE Worldwide Studios (now known as PlayStation Studios). Although he left the company several years ago (to be succeeded by Jim Ryan), he had the opportunity to work closely with PixelOpus and was mainly involved with the studio's latest project, Concrete Genie.

Through his Twitter account, Layden confessed that he resented the announcement and remembered how much he loved working with PixelOpus and watching it evolve while developing its projects.

Layden did not miss the opportunity to extol the qualities of the studio, especially the "culture of support, inclusion, and challenge."

"I'm not going to lie, it hurts deeply. I loved working with this team and seeing them level up to release the genre-bending game Concrete Genie, all while maintaining a culture of support, inclusion, and challenge. Now a new adventure awaits. All the best to every member of the team," expressed the former Sony executive.

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