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Vita’s been on a big roll as of late. The momentum from the back of gamescom and Tokyo Game Show continues today as PlayStation Vita gets its UK premiere at Eurogamer Expo.

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Eurogamer’s announced this morning that PlayStation Vita will make its debut in the UK at Eurogamer Expo at the end of the month.

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Sony’s announced that its signed LittleBigPlanet Vita developer Double Eleven to a deal which sees it working with PlayStation platforms.

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Sony has learned from its experience with the development-unfriendly PlayStation 3, and made the Vita as accessible as possible.

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SCE Worldwide Studios European head Michael Denny has apparently confirmed that PS Vita is region free to, says IGN, “the best of his knowledge.” This would mean Vita would have a big 1up over the region-locked 3DS. And there you have it. Go place some pre-orders down for Japanese imports.

Beating Xbox 360 will lay out PS3′s success, right? Nope. New IP like Heavy Rain, though, will do just that.

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Motion controller PlayStation Move will “absolutely” drive system sales, WWS Europe VP Michael Denny said at GDC last week.

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While GDC boss Meggan Scavio may think GDC isn’t “about announcing things,” Sony’s Worldwide Studios Europe VP Michael Denny begs to differ.

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Sony plans to incorporate motion controls into existing franchises once Arc is finally released, revealed the company’s European VP Michael Denny.

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PS3′s motion control wands are being see as a “platform” by Sony, PS3 studio boss Michael Denny’s told GI.

“The motion control system we’re putting in place going forward is we’re treating as more of a platform,” he said.

“You’re right that here in Europe we have a lot of experience helping develop the peripherals for our social games but we see the motion control solution and experience as being broader than that.”

The exec continued that is won’t just be social games that benefit from the peripherals, which launch next spring.

“We do believe it can come into a core experience as well,” Denny added. “The development of motion control software and games is a worldwide venture for us.”

There’s an interview through there.

Sony VP Michael Denny has told attendees at Develop Liverpool that new IP is worth the effort because it’s essential to the survival of the gaming industry.

“For me the answer is clear,” said Denny. “Simply, we must support new IP creation to survive as an industry. Consumers crave new things. If we want to stay relevant in an increasingly competitive marketplace, we have to continue to produce new experiences.

“New IP is truly the lifeblood of the industry and Sony’s commitment to producing new IP will continue. We believe we have a promising line up of exclusive new IPs for the year ahead and one that is particularly special to me and reflects a growth of emotional connection and story-telling, is Heavy Rain.”

Heavy Rain, people. Ever heard of it?

Thanks, GI.biz.

It’s been announced that the European head of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Michael Denny will open the inaugural Develop Liverpool with a keynote speech.

The keynote itself is called “Quality, Relevance, Innovation”.

“The Develop conference always represents an important gathering for the Industry, offering a great opportunity for sharing both knowledge and insights. The UK remains a beacon for the Global games development industry, and the North West has been a creative hub within the UK development scene for many years,” said Denny.

“I’m very much looking forward to the event, and it’s a privilege to be invited to deliver the opening keynote at this inaugural event in Liverpool.”

PR is after the break.

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In a recent interview with GI, SCEEs Michael Denny confirmed that the company’s Studio Liverpool (WipeOut) and Evolution Studios (Motorstorm) are to merge.

The two teams have already combined their “management structure” and are currently using “combined resources,” said Denny who went on to say that each studio will continue to have their own “internal concepting group” to think up “new opportunities and new IPs.”

Full interview through the link.

Thanks, PSF.

By Mike Bowden

In an interview with GI, Michael Denny, the senior vice president of Sony Worldwide Studios Europe, said that he sees network services as the next big challenge for the company adding that Sony has to learn what the LBP community needs.

When asked about about whether he could envisage a day where games were released on optical media and as digital download he said:

“Going back a couple of years when we launched a game on a disc, you developed it, you tested it, you put it on disc and marketed it, and that was the end of the game. Now, for some games it’s only the start of the game and the service.”

“With LittleBigPlanet’s user-generated content we have to service that correctly, we have to learn what the community needs and we have to make sure we’re providing additional content along the way. So it’s more about the network experience for us.”

Full interview through the link.

By Mike Bowden

Motorstorm: Pacific Rift has passed 1 million sales, Sony Europe studios boss Michael Denny’s told GI.

“We’re pleased with the high Metacritic rating of 82 per cent and it’s sold over a million units worldwide,” he said.

The games was released at the beginning of November, entering the charts at number 29 in the UK and then falling the following week to 35.

Just goes to show. More through there.

Speaking to GI, SCEE dev boss Michael Denny’s said that Heavy Rain has nothing to do with being “good” at games, but rather it’s about choice.

The title will appeal to the casual market as well as the core, the exec added.

“When you look at the game it is difficult to pigeon hole, and sometimes we talk about looking for new audiences. But sometimes it’s about creating a product that can may be cross over to a number of different audiences,” he said.

“We have a hope for that product that both core and casual can get into it. It’s a game that when you look about and when you understand it, it’s really not played on the control pad, as in your head.

“It’s about making choices and consequences, it’s not about twitch gaming and how good you are. We feel that the mature nature of the content can appeal to the core and then the consequence based gameplay can appeal to a newer audience, a more casual audience as well.”

There’s a full interview with Denny through there. Heavy Rain releases next year.

Nice to have some solidity among the scuttlebutt. Following confirmation this morning that Michael Denny has been promoted to SVP, Worldwide Studios Europe, SCEE has confirmed that the decision to can London Studios games Eight Days and The Getaway came from the higher-ups.

“It was a global decision,” said a rep when asked if Denny personally made the move.

Denny reports into Phil Harrison’s replacement, Shuhei Yoshida.

Eight Days and The Getaway were dropped in early June, with SCEE putting the cancellations down to “redistribution of resources and budget”.

Following rumour that European Sony studios boss Michael Denny was to be promoted into a more senior development management role at SCEE earlier this month, the firm confirmed this morning that the exec is to be promoted to SVP, Worldwide Studios Europe.

“I’m looking forward to this new challenge, and in particular, the opportunity to further my work with the many talented development teams, both internally & externally, that make up WWS Europe… we have an unprecedented portfolio of AAA titles this year, such as MotorStorm:Pacific Rift, Singstar, Buzz Quiz TV, LittleBigPlanet & Killzone 2, which we’re looking forward to showcasing further, over the coming months,” said Denny.

In addition, Scott Rohde – senior director at Sony’s San Diego studio since 2003 – will be promoted to VP, Worldwide Studios America.

Yasuhide Kobayashi will continue to manage Japan Studio as SVP.

After the break.

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Videogaming247 has heard talk today that Michael Denny, the SCEE exec in charge of European Studios development, has just been given a “new remit” and is moving into a more global role.

The chatter comes as SCEE announced today that work on Eight Days and The Getaway has been scrapped due to “redistribution of resources and budget”.

We’ve been old that Denny has recently returned from Japan with a wider job role, although details were scant.

Both talk of Denny’s repositioning and the binning of London Studios’ two action games comes following the departure of Phil Harrison and his replacement by Shuhei Yoshida.

SCEE’s been asked about the truth of Denny’s new role, if any, but hasn’t made comment as yet.