PlayStation Studios

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PlayStation Studios
Formerly
  • SCE Worldwide Studios (2005–2016)
  • SIE Worldwide Studios (2016–2020)
TypeDivision
IndustryVideo games
FoundedSeptember 14, 2005; 16 years ago (2005-09-14)
Headquarters
San Mateo, California
Key people
Hermen Hulst (president)
Number of employees
2,700+[1] (2011)
ParentSony Interactive Entertainment
SubsidiariesSee § Studios
Websiteplaystation.com/en-us/corporate/playstation-studios/

PlayStation Studios (formerly SCE Worldwide Studios and SIE Worldwide Studios) is a division of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) that oversees the video game development at the studios owned by SIE. The division was established as SCE Worldwide Studios in September 2005 and rebranded as PlayStation Studios in 2020.

History[]

On September 14, 2005, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), the video game arm of Sony, announced the formation of SCE Worldwide Studios, combining all studios SCE owned at the time. Phil Harrison was appointed as the division's president.[2] Shuhei Yoshida succeeded him in May 2008.[3] Following the 2016 reorganization of SCE into Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), Yoshida reported to Shawn Layden.[4] When Yoshida moved to lead the indie game development of SIE, Hermen Hulst, previously of SIE's Guerrilla Games studio, became the president of SIE Worldwide Studios in November 2019.[5]

SIE announced the formation of PlayStation Studios in May 2020 as a brand to be formally introduced alongside the PlayStation 5 that released later that year. PlayStation Studios was to serve as the brand for its first-party game development studios, as well as used for branding on games developed by studios brought in by Sony in work-for-hire situations.[6]

XDev[]

XDev, established in 2000 and based in Liverpool,[7] collaborates with independent development studios to publish content for PlayStation platforms. XDev has helped to create and publish titles such as the LittleBigPlanet, Buzz!, MotorStorm and Invizimals series, Super Stardust HD, Heavenly Sword, Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, Tearaway and Resogun. Partners include Quantic Dream, Magenta Software, Climax Studios, Novarama, Supermassive Games and Sumo Digital. In addition to funding projects, XDev offers production, project management and game design support. Games are supported with community management, online production and outsourcing management facilities. XDev works with marketing and public relations teams to promote and publish games worldwide.[8][9]

Studios[]

Name Location Founded Acquired Notes
Bend Studio Bend, Oregon 1993[7] 2000[7] Developer of the Syphon Filter series and Days Gone[7]
Bluepoint Games Austin, Texas 2006[10] 2021[11] The studio is known for video game remasters and remakes, such as Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Shadow of the Colossus and Demon's Souls[7]
Firesprite Liverpool 2012[12] 2021[13] Developer of virtual reality titles for PlayStation VR[7]
Guerrilla Games Amsterdam 2000[7] 2005[7] Developer of Killzone series, Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West[7]
Housemarque Helsinki 1995[14] 2021[15] Developer of Super Stardust HD, Resogun and Returnal[7]
Insomniac Games Burbank, California 1994[7] 2019[16] Developer of Ratchet & Clank series, Resistance series, Marvel's Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales[7]
London Studio London 2002[7] — Developer of SingStar series, EyePet and Blood & Truth[7]
Malaysia Studio Kuala Lumpur 2020[17] — Support studio for art and animation[17]
Media Molecule Guildford 2006[7] 2010[7] Developer of LittleBigPlanet series and Dreams[7]
Naughty Dog Santa Monica, California 1984[7] 2001[7] Developer of Jak and Daxter series, Uncharted series, The Last of Us, and The Last of Us Part II[7]
Nixxes Software Utrecht 1999[18] 2021[19] Support studio known for porting games to Microsoft Windows[7]
Pixelopus San Mateo, California 2014[7] — Developer of Entwined and Concrete Genie[7]
Polyphony Digital Tokyo 1998[7] — Developer of Gran Turismo series[7]
San Diego Studio San Diego, California 2001[7] — Developer of The Mark of Kri, Pain and MLB: The Show series[7]
San Mateo Studio San Mateo, California 1998[20] — Support studio for second-party developers[21]
Santa Monica Studio Los Angeles, California 1999[7] — Developer of God of War series[7]
Sucker Punch Productions Bellevue, Washington 1997[7] 2011[7] Developer of Sly Cooper series, Infamous series, and Ghost of Tsushima[7]
Team Asobi Tokyo 2021[22][a] — Developer of The Playroom, Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Astro's Playroom[7]
Valkyrie Entertainment Seattle, Washington 2002 2021[23] Support studio on God of War and God of War: Ragnarok[7]
XDev Liverpool 2000[7] — Works with external developers with third-party projects, such as Until Dawn and Detroit: Become Human[7]
  1. ^ Team Asobi was first established in 2012 as an internal team of Japan Studio, and was spun off as its own independent studio in 2021.

Former[]

Name Location Founded Acquired Divested Fate
Bigbig Studios Leamington Spa 2001[24] 2007[25] 2012[24] Closed[24]
Evolution Studios Runcorn 1999[25] 2007[25] 2016[26] Closed[26]
Guerrilla Cambridge Cambridge 1997[27] — 2017[27] Closed[27]
Incognito Entertainment Salt Lake City, Utah 1999[28] 2002[28] 2009[29] Closed[29]
Japan Studio Tokyo 1993[7] — 2021[30] Reorganized within SIE, primarily to Team Asobi[22]
Manchester Studio Manchester 2015[7] — 2020[31] Closed[31]
Studio Liverpool Liverpool 1984[25] 1993[25] 2012[32] Closed[32]
Zipper Interactive Redmond, Washington 1995[33] 2006[25] 2012[33] Closed[33]

References[]

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