--- title: Housemarque co-founder Ilari Kuittinen exits from studio description: Ilari Kuittinen, co-founder and CEO of PlayStation-owned studio Housemarque, is stepping down after 31 years leading the company. He announced the move on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/housemarque-co-founder-ilari-kuittinen-exits-from-studio-y2zkz5jo2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Housemarque co-founder Ilari Kuittinen exits from studio | daily.dev og:description: Ilari Kuittinen, co-founder and CEO of PlayStation-owned studio Housemarque, is stepping down after 31 years leading the company. He announced the move on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/housemarque-co-founder-ilari-kuittinen-exits-from-studio-y2zkz5jo2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Y2zkz5jo2.png og:image:alt: Housemarque co-founder Ilari Kuittinen exits from studio og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Housemarque co-founder Ilari Kuittinen exits from studio **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ilari Kuittinen, co-founder and CEO of PlayStation-owned studio Housemarque, is stepping down after 31 years leading the company. He announced the move on LinkedIn, noting the studio has prepared for the transition for months, including appointing Sami "Haxu" Hakala as managing director. Kuittinen co-founded Housemarque in 1995 with Harri Tikkanen, building it into Finland's oldest active game studio and forging publishing ties with Sony that led to Sony acquiring the studio in 2021. His exit follows similar decades-long retirements from other PlayStation Studios leaders like Ted Price, Brian Fleming, and Evan Wells. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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