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It’s no longer Shuhei Yoshida you need to beg for Bloodborne 2, because the role of Worldwide Studios president has been handed to ex-Guerrilla Games managing director Hermen Hulst. The Dutchman hasn’t been in the role long, and so we’re hearing from him for the first time as part of a feature on PlayStation’s impressive 25th anniversary in Game Informer magazine.

Here’s what he had to say about the state of games: “Games have now fully entered the mainstream of pop-culture media. That is both amazing and exciting. Our challenge as creators is to be meaningful to so many people while simultaneously cherishing the counter-cultural aspects that make gaming the quirky, odd, off-kilter, surprising, and sometimes shocking expressions that they need to be. Our collective voices as game devs have become more diverse and therefore more interesting as a result. It’s exciting to look at a future where people around the world start seeing games as something significant, something sincere, and worthwhile.”

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It seems like Hulst views the impact of games as important, but he also wants to embrace the industry’s zanier side. This will come as refreshing news for fans of out-there experiences like, say, Tokyo Jungle, as it doesn’t sound like Hulst wants to do away with that aspect of PlayStation’s first-party output at all. We’re eager to see what the company produces with him at the helm.

[source gameinformer.com]