Hermen Hulst
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Biography
Hermen Hulst is a Dutch video game producer and executive who serves as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) Studio Business Group since June 2024, and president and CEO of PlayStation Studios since November 2019. Prior to PlayStation Studios, Hulst was the managing director and studio head of Guerrilla Games, a first-party game development studio under SIE. Hulst was a co-founder of Guerrilla Games, having been hired from the consulting firm Andersen Consulting in 2001. Under his leadership, Guerrilla was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2005, and the studio worked on numerous titles within the Killzone game series before pivoting to the Horizon franchise in 2017. In 2011, Hulst was made vice president of PlayStation Studios (then called Worldwide Studios) under Shuhei Yoshida, before succeeding Yoshida eight years later. Under Hulst's leadership, PlayStation Studios worked through the final years of the PlayStation 4 and the first half of the PlayStation 5's lifespan. In June 2024, Hulst and fellow executive Hideaki Nishino were promoted as joint chief executive officers of SIE.
Known For
A motor-mouthed outsider with no memory of his past is offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.
Twisted Metal
The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.
Gran Turismo
One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one...only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.
Until Dawn
Father and son Kratos and Atreus embark on a journey to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye. Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better god, while Atreus tries to teach his father how to be a better human.
God of War
A journey into the creative mind of the most iconic video game designer in the world. Featuring appearances from visionary artists Guillermo del Toro, Nicholas Winding Refn, Grimes, George Miller, Norman Reedus, Woodkid, CHVRCHES, this visually captivating documentary gives a rare insight into Hideo Kojima’s creative process as he launches his own independent studio.