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SIE London Studio

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Short description: British video game developer
SIE London Studio
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Predecessor
Founded2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Headquarters
London
,
England
Products
ParentSony Interactive Entertainment
WebsiteOfficial website

SIE London Studio is an in-house Sony Interactive Entertainment developer located in London. London Studio is Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe's largest internal development studio, with staff working in a purpose designed 7-story building located in London's Soho district.

The development group includes the R&D group responsible for EyeToy, and various other research and development groups dedicated to the production of PlayStation games and development tools across all of SIE's gaming platforms. SIE London Studio operates as part of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios. The studio was formed in 2002 by the merger of SCEE Camden Studio and Team Soho.

LSSDK Engine

SIE London Studio developed a virtual reality (VR) rendering technology, called the LSSDK engine, which supports PlayStation 4 and PC. This engine was first used in PlayStation VR Worlds, which contained five virtual reality experiences: "The London Heist", "Into The Deep", "VR Luge", "Danger Ball" and "Scavenger's Odyssey". Their upcoming game Blood and Truth, which expands upon VR Worlds' The London Heist, is using an updated version of the same technology.[1]

Games developed

Game Year Platform(s)
This is Football 2003 2002 PlayStation 2
Hardware
This is Football 2004 2003
EyeToy
This is Football 2005 2004
EyeToy
SingStar
The Getaway
SingStar Party
EyeToy: Chat 2005
World Tour Soccer PlayStation Portable
Fired Up
SingStar Pop PlayStation 2
EyeToy
EyeToy
SingStar '80s
EyeToy
EyeToy
EyeToy: Kinetic Combat 2006
EyeToy: Play Sports
SingStar Rocks!
SingStar Anthems
Gangs of London PlayStation Portable
SingStar Legends PlayStation 2
World Tour Soccer 2 PlayStation Portable
SingStar Pop Hits 2007 PlayStation 2
SingStar 90s
SingStar Amped
SingStar Rock Ballads
Aqua Vita PlayStation 3
SingStar R&B PlayStation 2
Beats PlayStation Portable
SingStar PlayStation 3
SingStar Summer Party 2008 PlayStation 2
SingStar Vol. 2 PlayStation 3
SingStar ABBA PlayStation 2 & PlayStation 3
SingStar Vol. 3 PlayStation 3
PlayStation Home
SingStar Queen 2009
SingStar Pop Edition
SingStar Motown
EyePet PlayStation 3 & PlayStation Portable
SingStar Take That PlayStation 3
SingStar Guitar 2010
SingStar Dance
DanceStar Party 2011
EyePet & Friends
DanceStar Party Hits 2012
Wonderbook
SingStar: Ultimate Party[2] 2014 PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 3
PlayStation VR Worlds[3] 2016 PlayStation VR
SingStar Celebration 2017 PlayStation 4
Blood & Truth 2019 PlayStation VR

References

  1. ↑ "Fast and Flexible Technical Art". gdcvault.com. https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023665/Fast-and-Flexible-Technical-Art. Retrieved 2017-12-01. 
  2. ↑ "SingStar coming soon to PS4 with free microphone app". blog.eu.playstation.com. http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/05/21/singstar-coming-soon-ps4-free-microphone-app/. Retrieved 2014-05-21. 
  3. ↑ "PlayStation VR Worlds unveiled for PS4, from London Studio". blog.eu.playstation.com. 2016-03-15. https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2016/03/15/playstation-vr-worlds-unveiled-for-ps4-from-london-studio/. Retrieved 2016-03-15. 
Short description: Group of video game developers owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment
SIE Worldwide Studios
FormerlySCE Worldwide Studios (2005–2016)
TypeDivision
IndustryVideo games
FoundedSeptember 14, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-09-14)
Key people
Hermen Hulst (president)
Number of employees
2,700+[1] (2011)
ParentSony Interactive Entertainment
SubsidiariesSee § Studios
Websiteplaystation.com/en-us/corporate/playstation-studios/

Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SIE Worldwide Studios) is a group of video game developers founded in September 2005 by Sony Interactive Entertainment.[2]

It is a single internal entity overseeing all wholly owned development studios within SIE. It is responsible for the creative and strategic direction of development and production of all computer entertainment software by all SIE–owned studios, all of which is typically produced exclusively for the PlayStation family of consoles.

With the launch of the PlayStation 5 in 2020, Worldwide Studios brands all releases be it internal or externally developed under the "PlayStation Studios" label.[3]

History

SCE Worldwide Studios (SCE Worldwide Studios) was established on September 14, 2005, with Phil Harrison being appointed as president.[4] On May 16, 2008, Shuhei Yoshida became president.[5] In April 2016, Sony's Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI) divisions merged, creating SIE Worldwide Studios.[5] Hermen Hulst succeeded Shuhei Yoshida as president of SIE Worldwide Studios on November 7, 2019, with Yoshida being delegated to lead Sony's indie development.[6]

Studios

Name Location Founded Acquired
Bend Studio Bend, Oregon 1993[7] 2000[7]
Guerrilla Games Amsterdam 2000[7] 2005[7]
Housemarque Helsinki 2021[8]
Insomniac Games Burbank, California 1994[7] 2019[9]
London Studio London 2002[7] —
Malaysia Studio Kuala Lumpur 2020[10] —
Media Molecule Guildford 2006[7] 2010[7]
Naughty Dog Santa Monica, California 1984[7] 2001[7]
Nixxes Software Utrecht 1999[11] 2021[12]
Pixelopus San Mateo, California 2014[7] —
Polyphony Digital Tokyo 1998[7] —
San Diego Studio San Diego 2001[7] —
San Mateo Studio San Mateo, California 1998[13] —
Santa Monica Studio Los Angeles 1999[7] —
Sucker Punch Productions Bellevue, Washington 1997[7] 2011[7]
Team Asobi Tokyo 2021[14][lower-alpha 1] —
XDev Liverpool 2000[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[15] 2007[16] 2012[15] Closed[15]
Evolution Studios Runcorn 1999[16] 2007[16] 2016[17] Closed[17]
Guerrilla Cambridge Cambridge 1997[18] — 2017[18] Closed[18]
Incognito Entertainment Salt Lake City 1999[19] 2002[19] 2009[20] Closed[20]
Japan Studio Tokyo 1993[7] — 2021[21] Reorganized within SIE, primarily to Team Asobi[14]
Manchester Studio Manchester 2015[7] — 2020[22] Closed[22]
Studio Liverpool Liverpool 1984[16] 1993[16] 2012[23] Closed[23]
Zipper Interactive Redmond, Washington 1995[24] 2006[16] 2012[24] Closed[24]

Other divisions

ICE Team

Naughty Dog is home to the ICE Team, one of Sony's Worldwide Studios central technology groups. The term ICE originally stands for Initiative for a Common Engine which describes the original purpose of the group.[25] The ICE Team focuses on creating core graphics technologies for Sony's worldwide first party published titles, including low-level game engine components, graphics processing pipelines, supporting tools, and graphics profiling and debugging tools. The ICE Team also supports third party developers with a suite of engine components, and a graphics analysis, profiling, and debugging tool for the RSX. Both enable developers to get better performance out of PlayStation hardware.[26][27]

XDev

XDev Europe, established in 2000 and based in Liverpool, England,[7] collaborates with independent development studios across Europe and other PAL territories to publish content to PlayStation platforms all over the world. 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, Tearaway and Resogun. Partners include independent developers such as Quantic Dream, Magenta Software, Climax Studios, Novarama, Supermassive Games and Sumo Digital, as well as SCE subsidiaries such as Media Molecule and Guerrilla Games. In addition to funding projects, XDev offer full production, project management and game design support. Titles are also supported with community management, online production and dedicated outsourcing management facilities. XDev work directly with Marketing and PR teams in all Sony territories to promote and publish games worldwide.[28][29]

References

  1. ↑ "Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Sucker Punch Productions, Developer of Top Selling Infamous Franchise". August 2, 2011. https://www.sie.com/en/corporate/release/2011/110802.html. 
  2. ↑ "SCE Establishes SCE Worldwide Studios" (PDF) (Press release). Sony Computer Entertainment. September 14, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2005. Retrieved September 14, 2005.
  3. ↑ Dring, Christopher (May 12, 2020). "PlayStation Studios brand will launch alongside PS5". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-12-sony-unveils-playstation-studios-brand-to-launch-alongside-ps5. 
  4. ↑ "SCE Establishes SCE Worldwide Studios" (PDF) (Press release). Sony Computer Entertainment. September 14, 2005. Retrieved 2005-09-14.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Bitsummit". http://bitsummit.org/2015/?page_id=3388. 
  6. ↑ "Sony appoints Guerrilla Games' Hermen Hulst new head of PlayStation worldwide studios". https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2019/11/07/sony-appoints-guerrilla-games-hermen-hulst-new-head-playstation-worldwide-studios/. 
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 Barker, Sammy (August 28, 2019). "Guide: All Sony First-Party Studios and What They're Working On". http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/08/guide_all_sony_first-party_studios_and_what_theyre_working_on. 
  8. ↑ Leedham, Robert (June 29, 2021). "Why PlayStation bought Returnal developer Housemarque: the inside story". https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/housemarque-sony-playstation-acquisition. 
  9. ↑ "Quarterly Securities Report For the three months ended December 31, 2019". p. 39. https://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/library/Sony_Quarterly_Securities_Report_2019Q3.pdf. 
  10. ↑ "PlayStation to open development studio in Malaysia". November 8, 2019. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-11-08-playstation-to-open-malaysian-development-studio. 
  11. ↑ "About us". July 1, 2021. https://www.nixxes.com/about-us/. Retrieved July 1, 2021. 
  12. ↑ Makuch, Eddie (July 1, 2021). "Sony Buys Another Game Studio, Avengers And Rise Of The Tomb Raider's Nixxes Software". GameSpot. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-buys-another-game-studio-avengers-and-rise-of-the-tomb-raiders-nixxes-software/1100-6493477/. Retrieved July 1, 2021. 
  13. ↑ Varela, Ramón (January 16, 2020). "PlayStation: Todos sus estudios y los juegos en desarrollo" (in es). https://vandal.elespanol.com/reportaje/playstation-todos-sus-estudios-y-los-juegos-en-desarrollo. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 LeBlanc, Wesley (June 2, 2021). "Team Asobi Officially Announced as a PlayStation Studio, Reveals New Logo". https://www.ign.com/articles/team-asobi-official-playstation-studios-dev-new-logo. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Yoon, Andrew (January 10, 2012). "Sony shuts down Little Deviants, Pursuit Force dev". https://www.shacknews.com/article/71918/sony-shuts-down-little-deviants-pursuit-force-dev. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 MCV Staff (August 2, 2011). "IN DETAIL: Sony's sixteen first-party studios". https://www.mcvuk.com/in-detail-sonys-sixteen-first-party-studios/. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Brightman, James (March 22, 2016). "Sony confirms closure of Evolution Studios". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-03-22-sony-confirms-closure-of-evolution-studio. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Frank, Allegra (January 12, 2017). "Sony shuts down 20-year-old studio in European restructuring". https://www.polygon.com/2017/1/12/14251842/guerrilla-cambridge-closed. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Cifaldi, Frank (May 13, 2011). "How Moving To Austin Energized Starhawk". https://gamasutra.com/view/feature/134746/how_moving_to_austin_energized_.php. 
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Plunkett, Luke (January 16, 2012). "Every Game Studio That's Closed Down Since 2006". https://kotaku.com/every-game-studio-thats-closed-down-since-2006-5876693. 
  21. ↑ Robinson, Andy; Calvin, Alex (February 25, 2021). "Sources: PlayStation is winding down Sony Japan Studio". Video Games Chronicle. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-playstation-is-winding-down-sony-japan-studio/. Retrieved June 30, 2021. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Dring, Christopher (February 4, 2020). "PlayStation to close Manchester VR studio". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-04-playstation-to-close-manchester-vr-studio. 
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Yin-Poole, Wesley (July 21, 2015). "WipEout: The rise and fall of Sony Studio Liverpool". https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-22-wipeout-the-rise-and-fall-of-sony-studio-liverpool. 
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Moriarty, Colin (March 31, 2012). "Confirmed: Sony Closes Zipper Interactive". https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/03/30/confirmed-sony-closes-zipper-interactive. 
  25. ↑ Mark Cerny's "Road to the PS4" @ Gamelab 2013 . YouTube (June 27, 2013). Retrieved on July 16, 2013.
  26. ↑ Naughty Dog Careers . Naughtydog.com. Retrieved on July 16, 2013.
  27. ↑ Sony’s Secret Super Development Team . PS3 Attitude (June 5, 2009). Retrieved on July 16, 2013.
  28. ↑ Sony XDev Europe . Official Site
  29. ↑ Worldwide Studios/XDev . XDev on Worldwidestudios.net






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