SIE Worldwide Studios
Studios
SIE Worldwide Studios owns 15 game studios worldwide.

SIE Worldwide Studios

Section Title: Studios
Table Section Text: SIE Worldwide Studios owns 15 game studios worldwide.

Studio name	Headquarters	Founded	Notes	Current status

Bend Studio	Bend, Oregon, USA	1993	Originally named Blank, Berlyn and Co. and Eidetic, it was acquired by Sony in 2000.	Active

ForwardWorks	Tokyo, Japan	2016	Aimed to deploy new services toward the ever-expanding smart device market.	Active

San Mateo Studio	San Mateo, California, US	1998	Responsible for overseeing the development of first-party games by external developers.	Active

Guerrilla Games	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2000	Acquired by Sony in 2005. Games developed include the Killzone series and Horizon Zero Dawn.	Active

Japan Studio	Tokyo, Japan	1993	Includes J.S.E.D.D., PlayStation C.A.M.P, Team Ico and Team Gravity. Games developed include Ape Escape, Soul Sacrifice, Tokyo Jungle, Patapon, Loco Roco, Ico, Shadow of Colossus and Gravity Rush.	Active

London Studio	London, UK	1993	Formed in 2012 by the merger of Psygnosis and Team Soho. Games developed include the SingStar franchise.	Active

Media Molecule	Guildford, UK	2006	Acquired in 2010. Games developed include the LittleBigPlanet series and Tearaway.	Active

Naughty Dog	Santa Monica, California, US	1984	Originally named as Jam Software, the studio was acquired in 2001. Games developed include Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter, Uncharted and The Last of Us.	Active

Manchester Studio	Manchester, UK	2015	Games for PlayStation VR. Formerly called North West Studio.	Active

PixelOpus	San Mateo, United States	2014	Announced by Sony Computer Entertainment as part of its SCE WWS at E3 2014, developer of Entwined and Concrete Genie.	Active

Polyphony Digital	Tokyo, Japan	1992	Originally a development group within Sony Computer Entertainment known as Polys Entertainment. Games developed include the Gran Turismo series.	Active

San Diego Studio	San Diego, California, US	2001	Games developed include the MLB: The Show series and The Mark of Kri.	Active

Santa Monica Studio	Los Angeles, US	1999	Games developed include the God of War franchise. It has an external development branch that funds and provides support for a wide variety of games.	Active

Sucker Punch Productions	Bellevue, Washington, USA	1999	Acquired by Sony in 2011. Games developed include Sly Cooper and Infamous. Currently developing Ghost of Tsushima.	Active

Visual Arts	San Diego, California, USA	2018	Also the home of SIE's motion capture studio.	Active

989 Studios	Los Angeles, US	1995	Closed in 2005. Developed numerous sport titles and several games in the Twisted Metal franchise.	Defunct

Bigbig Studios	Warwickshire, UK	2001	Closed in 2012. Games developed include Pursuit Force.	Defunct

Guerrilla Cambridge	Cambridge, UK	1997	Founded as SCE Cambridge Studio. In 2012 it became the sister studio of Guerrilla Games.	Defunct

Contrail	Tokyo, Japan	1997	Closed and absorbed into Japan Studio in 2000. Games produced include Legend of Legaia and Wild Arms 2.	Merged into Japan Studio

Evolution Studios	Cheshire, UK	1999	Acquired in 2007, closed in 2016. Games developed include the MotorStorm series, the WRC series and Driveclub.	Defunct

Incognito Entertainment	Salt Lake City, US	1999	Closed in 2009. Games developed include the Twisted Metal series and Warhawk.	Defunct

Studio Liverpool	Liverpool, UK	1985	Founded as Psygnosis. Acquired in 1993 and re-branded as Studio Liverpool; closed in 2012.	Defunct

Team Soho	Soho, London, UK	1994	was a video game developer of Sony Computer Entertainment which developed the series of The Getaway. The developer merged with Studio Camden to form SCE London Studio in 2004.	Merged into London Studio

Zipper Interactive	Redmond, Washington, USA	1995	Acquired in 2006, closed in 2012. Games developed include the SOCOM series.	Defunct

Sony Online Entertainment	San Diego, California, USA	1997	Founded in December 1997 and spun off to an independent investor in February 2015 as Daybreak Game Company. Games developed include the Everquest series and Planetside series.	Independent

Sentence(s)

Guerrilla Games, developer of the Killzone series, was acquired by Sony.

final_sentence: Guerrilla Games, developer of the Killzone series, was acquired by Sony.