SCE Santa Monica Studio

Santa Monica Studio
Type	Development Branch
Industry	Interactive entertainment
Genre	Action-adventure
Founded	1999
Founder(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Headquarters	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Key people	Shannon Studstill (Studio Director); Tina Kowalewski (Head of External Development)
Products	Kinetica; God of War series
Services	Video game development
Owner(s)	Sony Corporation
Parent	SCE Worldwide Studios
Website	worldwidestudios.net/santamonica

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Santa Monica Studio also known as Sony Santa Monica, is a video game developer and part of SCE Worldwide Studios which is owned by Sony Computer Entertainment. As implied by its name, it is based in Santa Monica, California and was established in 1999. It is mostly known for the development on the God of War series. It developed the Kinetica game engine that was first used on Kinetica and later on God of War and God of War II.

They also have an external development branch that funds and provides support for a wide variety of games. External development also runs an incubation program which has funded and housed independent developers, including Thatgamecompany.^[1]

[edit] Games developed

Game Title	US Release Date	Platform	Notes
Kinetica	October 14, 2001	PlayStation 2	Internally developed
God of War	March 22, 2005	PlayStation 2	Internally developed
The Con	October 18, 2005	PlayStation Portable	Collaborated development with Think & Feel Inc.
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie	November 26, 2005	PlayStation 2	Collaborated development with Idol Minds
Blast Factor	November 17, 2006	PlayStation 3	Collaborated development with Bluepoint Games
flOw	February 22, 2007	PlayStation 3	Incubated development with Thatgamecompany
God of War II	March 13, 2007	PlayStation 2	Internally developed
Calling All Cars!	May 10, 2007	PlayStation 3	Collaborated development with Incognito Entertainment
God of War: Betrayal	June 20, 2007	Mobile phone	Collaborated development with Javaground
PixelJunk Racers	September 13, 2007	PlayStation 3	Developed by Q-Games
Everyday Shooter	October 11, 2007	PlayStation 3	Developed by Queasy Games
Warhawk	August 28, 2007	PlayStation 3	Collaborated development with Incognito Entertainment
PixelJunk Monsters	January 24, 2008	PlayStation 3	Developed by Q-Games
Twisted Metal Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition	February 5, 2008	PlayStation 2	Collaborated development with Eat Sleep Play
God of War: Chains of Olympus	March 4, 2008	PlayStation Portable	Collaborated development with Ready at Dawn
flOw (PSP)	March 6, 2008	PlayStation Portable	Port handled by SuperVillain Studios
PixelJunk Eden	July 31, 2008	PlayStation 3	Developed by Q-Games
Linger in Shadows	October 9, 2008	PlayStation 3	Collaborated development with Plastic
Everyday Shooter (PSP)	December 4, 2008	PlayStation Portable	Port handled by Backbone Entertainment
Flower	February 12, 2009	PlayStation 3	Incubated development with Thatgamecompany
Fat Princess	July 3, 2009	PlayStation 3	Collaborated development with Titan Studios and Atomic Operations
God of War Collection	November 17, 2009	PlayStation 3	Port handled by Bluepoint Games
God of War III	March 16, 2010	PlayStation 3	Internally developed
PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe (PSP)	April 27, 2010	PlayStation Portable	Developed by Q-Games
Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake (PSP)	May 4, 2010	PlayStation Portable	Port handled by Super Villain Studios
God of War: Ghost of Sparta	November 2, 2010	PlayStation Portable	Collaborated development with Ready at Dawn
PixelJunk Shooter	December 10, 2010	PlayStation 3	Developed by Q-Games
PixelJunk Shooter 2	March 1, 2011	PlayStation 3	Developed by Q-Games
PixelJunk SideScroller	October 25, 2011	PlayStation 3	Developed by Q-Games
God of War: Origins Collection	September 13, 2011	PlayStation 3	Port handled by Ready at Dawn
Carnival Island	November 15, 2011	PlayStation 3	Collaborated development with Magic Pixel Games
Twisted Metal	February 14, 2012	PlayStation 3	Collaborated development with Eat Sleep Play
Escape Plan	February 22, 2012	PlayStation Vita	Collaborated development with Fun Bits Interactive
Journey	2012	PlayStation 3	Incubated development with Thatgamecompany
Sound Shapes	2012	PlayStation Vita	Collaborated development with Queasy Games
Sorcery	2012	PlayStation 3	Collaborated development with The Workshop
Datura	2012	PlayStation 3	Collaborated development with Plastic
PixelJunk 4am	2012	PlayStation 3	Developed by Q-Games
Starhawk	2012	PlayStation 3	Collaborated development with LightBox Interactive
God of War IV	TBA	PlayStation 3	Rumour