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PlayStation Studios

PlayStation Studios, formerly SCE Worldwide Studios and SIE Worldwide Studios, is a video games company owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

PlayStation Studios
Formerly
  • SCE Worldwide Studios (2005–2016)
  • SIE Worldwide Studios (2016–2020)
Company typeDivision
Headquarters
San Mateo, California
,
United States
Key people
Hermen Hulst (CEO)
ParentSony Interactive Entertainment
SubsidiariesSee "List of studios"
Websiteplaystation.com/en-us/corporate/playstation-studios

History

SCE Worldwide Studios was founded in 2005. When Sony rebranded Sony Computer Entertainment to Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2016, the company was also rebranded to SIE Worldwide Studios.

In 2020, the company changed it's name to PlayStation Studios with the release of the PlayStation 5.

List of studios

Current

Name Location(s) Founded Acquired Notable games
Bend Studio Bend, Oregon 1993[2] 2000[3] Syphon Filter, Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Bluepoint Games Austin, Texas 2006[4] 2021[5] Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Shadow of the Colossus
Firesprite Liverpool 2012[6] 2021[7] Run Sackboy! Run, Horizon: Call of the Mountain[3]
Guerrilla Games Amsterdam 2000[3] 2005[3] Killzone, Horizon[3]
Haven Studios Montreal, Quebec 2021[8] 2022[8] Fairgame$[9]
Housemarque Helsinki 1995[10] 2021[11] Super Stardust HD, Dead Nation
Insomniac Games Burbank, California 1994[3] 2019[12] Spyro, Ratchet & Clank
Durham, North Carolina[13]
Malaysia Studio Kuala Lumpur 2020[14] — Support for first-party titles, such as The Last of Us Part I and MLB The Show 22[15]
Media Molecule Guildford 2006[3] 2010[3] LittleBigPlanet, Tearaway
Naughty Dog Santa Monica, California 1984[3] 2001[3] Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter
Nixxes Software Utrecht 1999[3] 2021[16] Microsoft Windows ports of Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon
Polyphony Digital Tokyo, Japan 1998[3] — Gran Turismo, Motor Toon Grand Prix
San Diego Studio San Diego, California 2001[3] — The Mark of Kri, NBA
San Mateo Studio San Mateo, California 1998[17] — Support for second-party developers[18]
Santa Monica Studio Los Angeles, California 1999[3] — Kinetica, God of War[3]
Sucker Punch Productions Bellevue, Washington 1997[3] 2011[3] Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yōtei[3]
Team Asobi Tokyo, Japan 2021[a] — Astro Bot, The Playroom
Valkyrie Entertainment Seattle, Washington 2002[20] 2021[20] Support studio for several franchises, such as Infamous and God of War
XDev Liverpool 2000[21][22] — Works with third-party developers and projects, such as Until Dawn and Rise of the Ronin[21]
San Mateo, California
Tokyo, Japan

Former

Name Location(s) Founded Acquired Defunct/divested Fate
BigBig Studios Leamington Spa 2001[23] 2007<[24] 2012[25] Closed[25]
Evolution Studios Runcorn 1999[24] 2007[24] 2016[26] Closed[26]
Firewalk Studios Bellevue, Washington 2018[27] 2023[27] 2024[28] Closed[28]
Guerrilla Cambridge Cambridge 1997[29] — 2017[29] Closed[29]
Incognito Entertainment Salt Lake City, Utah 1999[30] 2002[30] 2009[31] Closed[31]
Japan Studio 1993[3] — 2021[32] Rearranged within SIE (merged with Team Asobi and other studios)[19]
London Studio London 2002 — 2024[33] Closed[33]
Manchester Studio Manchester 2015[3] — 2020[34] Closed[34]
Neon Koi Berlin 2020[35] 2022[35] 2024[28] Closed[28]
Helsinki
Pixelopus San Mateo, California 2014[3] — 2023 Closed[36]
Studio Liverpool Liverpool 1984[24] 1993[24] 2012[37] Closed[37]
Zipper Interactive Redmond, Washington 1995[38] 2006[24] 2012[38] Closed[38]

Notes

  1. ↑ The studio was founded in 2012 as a division of Japan Studio, but spun off to be an independent studio in 2021[19]

References

  1. ↑ Totilo, Stephen. PlayStation to broaden line-up, but won't abandon roots, studio chief says. Axios (October 4, 2022). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  2. ↑ Barker, Sammy. PlayStation Studios: All Sony First-Party Developers and What They're Working On. Push Square (October 4, 2024). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named PushSquare.
  4. ↑ Dyer, Mitch. Who Is Bluepoint Games?. IGN (January 28, 2014). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  5. ↑ Tailby, Stephen. Sony Finally Confirms Acquisition of Demon's Souls PS5 Dev Bluepoint Games. Push Square (September 30, 2021). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  6. ↑ Scullion, Chris. Sony's Firesprite is moving to an office more than 20 times larger than its current one. Video Games Chronicle (June 10, 2022). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  7. ↑ Why PlayStation is buying Firesprite, one of the UK's fastest growing studios. September 8, 2021. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-09-08-why-playstation-is-buying-firesprite-one-of-the-uks-fastest-growing-games-studios. Retrieved December 25, 2024. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dring, Christopher. Jade Raymond's Haven Studio is already inspiring other PlayStation studios - and not just with its game. Gamesindustry.biz (July 11, 2022). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  9. ↑ Fairgame$ Is the First Game From Jade Raymond's Haven Studios (May 24, 2023). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  10. ↑ Schreier, Jason (June 29, 2021). Sony Buys Game Developer of PlayStation Bestseller Returnal. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-29/sony-buys-game-developer-of-playstation-bestseller-returnal. Retrieved December 25, 2024. 
  11. ↑ Leedham, Robert. Why PlayStation bought Returnal developer Housemarque: the inside story. British GQ (June 29, 2021). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  12. ↑ McAloon, Alissa. Sony's 2019 acquisition of Insomniac Games priced at $229 million. Game Developer (February 10, 2020). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  13. ↑ Remo, Chris. In-Depth: Insomniac Talks New North Carolina Studio. Gamasutra (June 4, 2008). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  14. ↑ PlayStation to open development studio in Malaysia (November 8, 2019). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  15. ↑ How PlayStation Studios Malaysia is Playing a Growing Role in Sony's Most Important Franchises (October 13, 2022). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  16. ↑ Makuch, Eddie. Sony Buys Another Game Studio, Avengers And Rise Of The Tomb Raider's Nixxes Software. GameSpot (July 1, 2021). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  17. ↑ Varela, Ramón. PlayStation: Todos sus estudios y los juegos en desarrollo (in es). Vandal (January 16, 2020). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  18. ↑ Tolbert, Samuel. PlayStation Studios: Everything we know Sony Worldwide Studios is working on in 2021 for PS5. Android Central (December 16, 2021). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 LeBlanc, Wesley. Team Asobi Officially Announced as a PlayStation Studio, Reveals New Logo. IGN (June 2, 2021). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Reiner, Andrew (December 10, 2021). "Sony To Acquire Developer Valkyrie Entertainment". Game Informer. https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/12/10/sony-to-acquire-developer-valkyrie-entertainment. Retrieved December 25, 2024. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Barker, Sammy. Guide: All Sony First-Party Studios and What They're Working On. Push Square (August 28, 2019). Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  22. ↑ Barker, Sammy. Sony XDEV's Japan Division Assisting with PS5's Rise of the Ronin. Push Square (September 19, 2022). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  23. ↑ Yoon, Andrew. Sony shuts down Little Deviants, Pursuit Force dev. Shacknews (January 10, 2012). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 "IN DETAIL: Sony's sixteen first-party studios". MCV/Develop. August 2, 2011. https://www.mcvuk.com/development-news/in-detail-sonys-sixteen-first-party-studios/. Retrieved December, 25, 2024. 
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BigBig.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Brightman, James. Sony confirms closure of Evolution Studios. GamesIndustry.biz (March 22, 2016). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 PlayStation to acquire AAA multiplayer developer Firewalk Studios (20 April 2023). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 An Update from PlayStation Studios. Sony Interactive. Retrieved December, 25, 2024.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Frank, Allegra. Sony shuts down 20-year-old studio in European restructuring. Polygon (January 12, 2017). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Cifaldi, Frank. How Moving To Austin Energized Starhawk'. Gamasutra (May 13, 2011). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Plunkett, Luke. Every Game Studio That's Closed Down Since 2006. Kotaku (January 16, 2012). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  32. ↑ Robinson, Andy. Sources: PlayStation is winding down Sony Japan Studio. Video Games Chronicle (February 25, 2021). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Yin-Poole, Wesley. PlayStation London Studio Issues Heartfelt Goodbye After Sony Studio Closure. IGN (May 21, 2024)Ziff Davis. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Dring, Christopher. PlayStation to close Manchester VR studio. GamesIndustry.biz (February 4, 2020). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Polygon Savage.
  36. ↑ Concrete Genie Developer PixelOpus Is Shutting Down (May 5, 2023). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Yin-Poole, Wesley. WipEout: The rise and fall of Sony Studio Liverpool. Eurogamer (July 21, 2015). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 Moriarty, Colin. Confirmed: Sony Closes Zipper Interactive. IGN (March 31, 2012). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
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