SCE Worldwide Studios
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| Type | Division of Sony Computer Entertainment |
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| Industry | Interactive entertainment Computer and video games |
| Founded | September 14, 2005 |
| Number of locations | United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Japan |
| Key people | Shuhei Yoshida (President) |
| Owner(s) | Sony Corporation |
| Employees | 2700+[1] |
| Parent | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Website | Worldwidestudios.net |
Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, officially abbreviated SCE Worldwide Studios, is a group of video game developers owned by Sony Computer Entertainment which was established in 2005[2]. It is a single internal entity overseeing all wholly owned development studios within SCE. It is responsible for the creative and strategic direction of development and production of all computer entertainment software by all SCE-owned studios, all of which is produced exclusively for the PlayStation family of consoles.
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[edit] History
[edit] 2005
- Guerrilla Games, developers of the Killzone series, was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment as part of its SCE WWS.[3]
- 989 Studios, developers of various sport games, was closed.
[edit] 2006
- Zipper Interactive, developers of the SOCOM series, was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment as part of its SCE WWS.[4]
[edit] 2007
- Evolution Studios and Bigbig Studios, developers of the MotorStorm series and Pursuit Force series, were acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment as part of its SCE WWS.[5]
[edit] 2007
- Incognito Entertainment , developers of the Twisted Metal series and Warhawk, was closed.
[edit] 2010
- Media Molecule, developers of the PlayStation 3 game LittleBigPlanet, was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment as part of its SCE WWS.[6]
[edit] 2011
- Sucker Punch Productions, developers of the Sly Cooper series and Infamous series, was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment as part of its SCE WWS.[7]
[edit] 2012
- Bigbig Studios, developers of the Pursuit Force series, was closed.
[edit] Studios
SCE Worldwide Studios contains fifteen studios worldwide:
[edit] Asia
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- Team Ico part of Japan Studio
[edit] North America
- Naughty Dog - Santa Monica, California, USA
- ICE Team part of Naughty Dog
- SCE Bend Studio - Bend, Oregon, USA
- SCE Foster City Studio - Foster City, California, USA
- SCE San Diego Studio - San Diego, California, USA
- SCE Santa Monica Studio - Santa Monica, California, USA
- Sucker Punch Productions - Bellevue, Washington, USA
- Zipper Interactive - Redmond, Washington, USA
[edit] Europe
- Evolution Studios - Runcorn, UK
- Guerrilla Games - Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Media Molecule - Surrey, UK
- SCE Cambridge Studio - Cambridge, UK
- SCE Studio Liverpool - Liverpool, UK
- XDev - part of Studio Liverpool
- SCE London Studio - London, UK
- Team Soho part of London Studio
[edit] ICE Team
In addition, Naughty Dog is home to the ICE Team, one of Sony's World Wide Studios central technology groups. 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 hardwares.[8][9]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/110802_e.html
- ^ "SCE Establishes SCE Worldwide Studios" (PDF) (Press release). Sony Computer Entertainment. September 14, 2005. http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/050914ae.pdf. Retrieved 2005-09-14.
- ^ "Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Guerrilla Games" (Press release). London: Sony Computer Entertainment. December 8, 2005. http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/051208e.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Zipper Interactive" (Press release). Foster City: Sony Computer Entertainment. January 24, 2006. http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/060125be.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Evolution Studios and Bigbig Studios" (Press release). Tokyo: Sony Computer Entertainment. September 20, 2007. http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/070920de.html. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Media Molecule." (Press release). London: Sony Computer Entertainment. March 2, 2010. http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/100303e.html. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Sucker Punch Productions" (Press release). Sony Computer Entertainment. August 2, 2011. http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/110802_e.html.
- ^ http://www.naughtydog.com/site/careers/graphics_tools_programmer_ice/
- ^ http://www.ps3attitude.com/new/2009/06/sonys-secret-super-development-team/
[edit] External links
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