Harmonix vet Florian Hunziker grabs Adam Boyes’s old third-party relations gig at PlayStation

Among the three major console manufacturers, Sony has had arguably the strongest support from third-party indie developers and major blockbuster publishers this generation. Now, the company is looking to maintain the continuity of those partnerships under a new third-party relations chief.

Florian Hunziker, formerly the chief operating officer at Rock Band studio Harmonix Music Systems, is taking over as Sony Interactive Entertainment’s vice president of publisher and developer relations. In that role, he will oversee deals that bring games from outside of Sony’s internal studios to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation VR platforms. Those agreements may lead to bonus content for PlayStation versions of games or even full retail releases that are not available on competing consoles — like Street Fighter V.