SIE Santa Monica Studio

Short description: American video game developer

SIE Santa Monica Studio

Type| Subsidiary
Industry| Video games
Founded| September 12, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-09-12) in Santa Monica, California[1]
Headquarters|

Los Angeles, California

United States

Key people

| Yumi Yang (head of studio)
Products| God of War series

Number of employees

| 200+ (2018)[2]
Parent| Sony Interactive Entertainment
Website| Official website

SIE Santa Monica Studio is an American first-party video game developer, part of SIE Worldwide Studios developers group, and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment, known for developing the acclaimed God of War series. It is based in Los Angeles, California and was established in 1999.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Games developed
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

Established in 1999, Santa Monica Studio became first known in 2005 with the success of God of War. Santa Monica Studio later turned into a pioneer in innovation and mentoring new voices in gaming. Based on a model established with video game studio Thatgamecompany, Santa Monica Studio has since acted as an incubator for studios as Giant Sparrow and SuperBot Entertainment.[3]

On January 29, 2014, it was reported that the company was moving from Santa Monica to Playa Vista, Los Angeles .[4] Their new facility occupied a 20-acre site and allowed the studio to house two independent studios, as well as having an "improved sound bay and a motion capture studio".[5]

On February 25, 2014, the studio was hit by layoffs due to the cancellation of a new intellectual property.[6][7]

## Games developed

Game title  | U.S. release date  | Platform  | Ref

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Kinetica | October 14, 2001 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4 | [8]
God of War | March 22, 2005 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita | [9]
God of War II | March 13, 2007 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita | [10]
God of War III | March 16, 2010 | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 | [11]
God of War | March 12, 2013 | PlayStation 3 | [12]
God of War | April 20, 2018 | PlayStation 4 | [13]

## References

1. ↑ @SonySantaMonica (September 12, 2019). "20 years. It’s been an incredible journey creating games from our internal team to external partners. What are your favorites?". https://twitter.com/SonySantaMonica/status/1172292062500114432.
2. ↑ "SANTA MONICA STUDIO". Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190607161822/https://sms.playstation.com/studio/. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
3. ↑ "thatgamecompany". http://getinmedia.com/employers/thatgamecompany.
4. ↑ Purchese, Robert (January 29, 2014). "A Peek At Our New Studio, expanding". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. http://sms.playstation.com/news/time-to-move/. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
5. ↑ "Sony Santa Monica not involved with The Last Guardian". http://www.computerandvideogames.com/472065/sony-santa-monica-unveils-new-logo-following-relocation/.
6. ↑ Moriarty, Colin (February 25, 2014). "Layoffs Hit God of War Studio Sony Santa Monica". IGN. Imagine Games Network. http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/25/layoffs-hit-god-of-war-studio-sony-santa-monica. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
7. ↑ Yin-Poole, Wesley (February 27, 2014). "God of War developer Sony Santa Monica suffers layoffs". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-02-26-god-of-war-developer-sony-santa-monica-suffers-layoffs. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
8. ↑ "Kinetica". 2001-10-14. http://sms.dev.realpie.com/kinetica/.
9. ↑ "Santa Monica Studio". http://sms.dev.realpie.com/god-of-war/.
10. ↑ "Santa Monica Studio". http://sms.dev.realpie.com/god-of-war-ii/.
11. ↑ "God of War III". 2010-03-16. http://sms.dev.realpie.com/god-of-war-iii/.
12. ↑ "Santa Monica Studio". http://sms.dev.realpie.com/god-of-war-ascension/.
13. ↑ "God of War Game - PS4". 2019-09-13. https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/god-of-war-ps4/.

## External links

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SIE Worldwide Studios

Franchises|

* Ape Escape
* Arc the Lad
* Bloodborne
* Boku no Natsuyasumi
* Colony Wars
* Dark Cloud
* Everybody's Golf
* Fat Princess
* G-Police
* God of War
* Gran Turismo
* Infamous
* Jak and Daxter
* Killzone
* LittleBigPlanet
* MediEvil
* MotorStorm
* PaRappa the Rapper
* Patapon
* Rally Cross
* Ratchet & Clank
* Resistance
* Shadow of the Beast
* Sly Cooper
* SOCOM
* Syphon Filter
* The Last of Us
* Tomba!
* Twisted Metal
* Uncharted
* Vib-Ribbon
* White Knight Chronicles
* Wild Arms
* Wipeout

Divisions|

* Bend Studio
* Japan Studio
* Team Gravity
* London Studio
* Pixelopus
* San Diego Studio
* San Mateo Studio
* Santa Monica Studio

Subsidiaries|

* Guerrilla Games
* Insomniac Games
* Media Molecule
* Naughty Dog
* Polyphony Digital
* Sucker Punch Productions

Former|

* 989 Studios
* Bigbig Studios
* Camden Studio
* Contrail
* Evolution Studios
* Guerrilla Cambridge
* Incognito Entertainment
* Psygnosis
* Studio Liverpool
* Team Ico
* Team Soho
* Zipper Interactive

Related|

* Sony Interactive Entertainment
* list of games

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