Ian Hetherington
Ian Hetherington (died 14 December 2021) was a British businessman who was a co-founder of Psygnosis, a company that developed computer games. Along with Jonathan Ellis, Hetherington founded Psygnosis from the ashes of the defunct game company Imagine Software where Hetherington was the Financial Director. Based in Liverpool, Psygnosis's team was responsible for publishing such games as Shadow of the Beast, Wipeout, and Lemmings.
Psygnosis was later acquired by Sony in 1993 to work on the PlayStation console. The name Psygnosis eventually became defunct, and the company became known as Studio Liverpool. There are currently multiple sequels to many of Psygnosis's games to date, including a PSP release of Wipeout, called Wipeout Pure.
Hetherington was also Chairman of Evolution Studios and Realtime Worlds. He counted racing Ferraris in club events as his hobby.[1]
His died on 14 December 2021. Psygnosis co-founder Jonathan Ellis paid tribute on social media.[2]
References
- ^ Hatch, Brands (22 July 2001). "Ferrari Festival". Barchetta.
- ^ Tagliaferri, Simone (15 December 2021). "Morto Ian Hetherington, uno dei fondatori di Psygnosis". Multiplayer.it. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
External links
- The demise of Imagine #1
- The demise of Imagine #2
- MobyGames' rap sheet on Hetherington
- How Ian Hetherington incubated gaming success (Sony PlayStation)
- Photograph of Ian Hetherington circa. 2005[permanent dead link]
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