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SIE San Diego Studio

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Short description: American video game developer
SIE San Diego Studio
TypeSubsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment
IndustryVideo games
Founded2001
Headquarters
San Diego, California
,
United States
Number of employees
90+
ParentSony Interactive Entertainment

SIE San Diego Studio is a video game development team that was established in 2001 by Sony Interactive Entertainment, and is part of SIE Worldwide Studios. They are responsible for MLB The Show games. They are also known for other games, such as the NBA series, The Mark of Kri, Pain, High Velocity Bowling, and Sports Champions.

Games developed

Game title U.S. release date Platform Notes
The Mark of Kri July 29, 2002 PlayStation 2 Internally developed
NBA 2005 March 16, 2005 PlayStation Portable Internally developed
NBA '06: featuring the Life Vol. 1 October 4, 2005 PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable Internally developed
MLB 06 February 28, 2006 PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable Internally developed
NBA '07: featuring the Life Vol. 2 September 26, 2006 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Internally developed
MLB 07 February 26, 2007 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Internally developed
NBA '08: Games of the Week October 2, 2007 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Internally developed
Pain November 29, 2007 PlayStation 3 Collaborated development with Idol Minds
High Velocity Bowling December 6, 2007 PlayStation 3 Internally developed
MLB 08 March 4, 2008 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Internally developed
NBA 09: The Inside October 7, 2008 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Internally developed
MLB 09 March 3, 2009 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Internally developed
NBA 10: The Inside October 6, 2009 PlayStation Portable Internally developed
Pinball Heroes November 13, 2009 PlayStation Portable Internally developed
MLB 10 March 2, 2010 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Internally developed
ModNation Racers May 19, 2010 PlayStation Portable Collaborated development with United Front Games
Sports Champions September 7, 2010 PlayStation 3 Collaborated development with Zindagi Games
MLB 11 March 8, 2011 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Internally developed
Medieval Moves November 15, 2011 PlayStation 3 Collaborated development with Zindagi Games
ModNation Racers February 22, 2012 PlayStation Vita Internally developed
MLB 12 March 6, 2012 PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 Internally developed
Sports Champions 2 October 30, 2012 PlayStation 3 Collaborated development with Zindagi Games
LittleBigPlanet Karting November 6, 2012 PlayStation 3 Collaborated development with United Front Games and Media Molecule
MLB 13 March 5, 2013 PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 Internally developed
MLB 14 April 1, 2014 (PS3, Vita)
May 6, 2014 (PS4)		 PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 Internally developed
MLB 15 March 31, 2015 PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 Internally developed
Gnomageddon[1] July 20, 2015 (First Mention) PlayStation 4 Internally developed (Cancelled)
Guns Up! December 5, 2015 PlayStation 4 Collaborated development with Valkyrie Entertainment
MLB The Show 16 March 29, 2016 PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 Internally developed
Kill Strain July 19, 2016 PlayStation 4 Internally developed
MLB The Show 17 March 28, 2017 PlayStation 4 Internally developed
Drawn to Death April 4, 2017 PlayStation 4 Collaborated development with The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency
StarBlood Arena April 11, 2017 PlayStation VR Collaborated development with WhiteMoon Dreams
MLB The Show 18 March 27, 2018 PlayStation 4 Internally developed
MLB The Show 19 March 26, 2019 PlayStation 4 Internally developed
MLB The Show 20 March 17, 2020 PlayStation 4 Internally developed

References

  1. ↑ DidYouKnowGaming? (2017-08-12), Sony's Cancelled PlayStation 4 (PS4) Exclusive: Gnomageddon - Unseen64, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux2YRVokMGo, retrieved 2017-08-27 
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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