Playstation VP Adam Boyes Leaves Sony To Return To Game Development

Playstation’s Vice President of publisher and developer relations, Adam Boyes, is leaving to return to game development.

Boyes announced the news via Twitter, and yesterday’s Playstation Blogcast. The Playstation executive writes that it was a hard decision to make, and that the past years at Sony have been an amazing experience.

After an incredible journey here at PlayStation, I've made the very hard decision to return to the world of game development!

— Adam Boyes (@amboyes) July 8, 2016

The past 4+ years have been an absolutely amazing experience! I'd like to start out by thanking the incredible PlayStation Nation fans!

— Adam Boyes (@amboyes) July 8, 2016

Boyes will be wrapping up his work at Sony the coming weeks, and points out that a great development and publishing team is still around at the company.

Lots of thanks to throw out over the coming week as I wrap things up to head out on my new adventure… stay tuned!

— Adam Boyes (@amboyes) July 8, 2016

The best news is that we have an incredible team here so the development & publishing community & gamers are in GREAT hands!

— Adam Boyes (@amboyes) July 8, 2016

Several key figures in the gaming community have congratulated Boyes with his move, including Microsoft’s head of Xbox marketing, Aaron Greenberg.

Congrats on the big move Adam, wish you all the very best, thanks for being cool to us Xbox guys over the years.

— Aaron Greenberg (@aarongreenberg) July 8, 2016

Boyes joined Sony back in 2012 as Vice President of Publisher & Developer Relations. Prior to his job at Sony, Boyes fulfilled positions at EA, Capcom, and Miday. He was president of Beefy Media from 2010 till 2012, and member of the Board of Directors at Starbreeze from 2011 till 2012.

Boyes famous for his 2013 Microsoft ‘Mocking’ Video

Gamers will likely recognize Boyes from Sony’s famous used game instructional video from 2013 – a video that mocked Microsoft’s initial Xbox One DRM route

oyes presented several Sony conferences, including last year’s E3 presser and Playstation Experience. During the conferences, Boyes announced the Final Fantasy VII Remake and Shenmue 3 for the PS4.