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more about #philharrison Chalkdust: They can take your position, Phil, but they'll never have your chewing gum. more » excaliburps: Damn! I wonder if he resigned or if he was forced to resign. If it's the latter then it's a major blow to his ego. Head of Sony then tried his luck wi... more » shatteredhalo :: Kojima-san doesn't have to make Metal Gear any more: Seriously, you guys need to stop with the big pictures. About had a heart attack... more » Mister Jack urges you to buy Machinarium: Oh geez. Does this mean he doesn't get to make the big decisions anymore? Atari was actually starting to look like it'd be coming around as a respec... more » El-Suave: He would have been a great David Reeves replacement at SCEE. Too bad that's probably not going to happen. more » metallicorphan: if he had anything to do with 360 not getting Ghostbusters in the UK then screw him if not...then....well,good luck with wherever your future takes you more » okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Go to Microsoft and rule with J Allard ;) more » X201: Phil, please, go back to SCEE. They need you, and we need you to be there. more » Paradox me: I miss him being at Sony, really think he should've stayed with them. But, best of luck to ya Phil. more » SocraticMethod: Good luck to Phil. As much of a Sony fanboy I am, he's the only Sony exec I probably ever liked. more » DigitalHero: I'll still support Sony. PS3 is the best turn around any gaming platform has ever made and many features were added to improve. I had it at launch a... more » Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.: All of this visiting of the past and it seems noone remembers DRE, which drove UP the price of first gen US PSX units (Due to the fact that they could... more » Zolbrod: I can't help but wonder what the world of video games would have looked like now if Nintendo and Sony had paired up... more » shouryuuken: ahh.. the original playstation.. how i hated thee so. i still look back at the system as rather bland, in the 4th gen... i didnt like the graphics. th... more » Mega-Driven: Phil Harrison with hair! more » excel_excel: Its really interesting, if you think about it the N64 and PS1 were so different in the games they offered at the time, man....was a good time back the... more » aw3str1k3r: Ah, back in the days of when Sony was all about putting games at the forefront of their system, not just pushing unproven technology as a primary sell... more » dgd1542: and now Nintendo's back on top more » excaliburps: I'm happy for Phil. At first I thought it was a bit risky for him leaving his cushy job for Atari which we know was in a bit of a hard time then... Gl... more » Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!: Phil is a genius of sorts, but I wonder what the people would look like at his company if it grew into a huge interactive media conglomerate. For what... more » -
#atari
Phil Harrison No Longer President Of Atari
Last year, in a major coup for the fledgling company, Atari managed to hire former Sony Worldwide Studios boss Phil Harrison to serve as President. Now? Now he's no longer President.
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#history
Edge Explores The Genesis Of The PlayStation
The history of Sony's original PlayStation is largely well known to gamers, born of a disagreement with Nintendo, who it once partnered with to provide a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo. More » -
#sony
Phil Harrison Originally Wanted To Found His Own Company
Phil Harrison, the game industry's gentlest, most sharply-dressed giant, worked at Sony for 15 years. Then he left. While he ended up joining Atari, turns out the original plan was to start his own company. More » -
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What Is Tetsuya Mizuguchi Doing These Days?
Well, not much with N3: Ninety-Nine Nights II, apparently! According to the upcoming issue of Famitsu, Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Rez, Lumines) isn't that involved in the game. More » -
#takingshots
Ghostbusters: Harrison Wants To Prove Activision Wrong
Atari's plucky bald president Phil Harrison would to show the world that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick made a big mistake in dropping the Ghostbusters game from the company's lineup. More » -
#buyselltrade
Atari Combats Resale WIth Expandable Experiences
With game companies all over the world depressed about the impact used game resales have on the industry, Atari offers up a simple solution - make games people don't want to let go of. More » -
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Atari Reviving Baldur's Gate, D&D, Test Drive Unlimited
Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Dungeons & Dragons and Test Drive Unlimited haven't been forgotten by Atari. The publisher plans to bring each of those series back to its line-up — but not until after 2009. More » -
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#philharrison
Check Out Phil's Going-Away Present From Sony
Phil Harrison didn't just work at Sony, the dude was Sony. Cut him and he'd bleed PlayStation. So when he upped and left for Atari earlier this year, there's no way all he was going to get was a pat on the back and a "thanks for your time". No, he was due something nice. Nicer than a gold watch, even. Something like this snazzy PlayStation-themed plaque, which SCE commissioned for him so he could hang it on his wall at Atari and remember the good old days, when he got to talk about games people actually gave a hoot about. More » -
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Sony Files Multi-Touch Portable Patent
Before Phil Harrison left Sony to work for Atari, he cleaned out his desk. But before that, he was inventing stuff. What kind of stuff? Futuristic stuff. A new Sony patent has surfaced for a handheld gizmo that features a touchscreen and "pressure pads" running around its edges. According to the US Patent and Trademark Office, it's a “handheld device with touchscreen and digital tactile pixels” that can also be used to control the touchscreen. There's no specific mention of the PlayStation Portable, but the patent does mention potential uses in phones, gaming devices and portable media players. What's more, it does sound suspiciously like what we heard last year about the rumored PSP2... Hit the jump for images of the patent. More » -
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Atari Is So Done With Big Single-Player Games
Atari's recent woes are common knowledge, and out of sympathy, don't bear repeating. Suffice to say, they're in their current pickle thanks to a trail of shitty releases over the past five years or so. So with new Infogrames man Phil Harrison looking to clean up shop, some stock has to be taken, and some changes made. One is an abandonment of big-budget, single-player games.I don't see that we're going to be making huge-budget, single-player games in the future. Now, that doesn't mean that we won't have ambition to do really incredible games that have high quality, high execution, and high innovation, but they won't be one-player, narrative-driven, start-middle-end games.
So...Atari need Alone in the Dark to do well. It's the only big game they've got this year. Yet if it does do well, they won't make any more games like it. Interesting! More »
