Pixelopus

Pixelopus
	File:PixelOpusLogo.jpg
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	2014 (SCE Studio)
Defunct	2 June 2023
Headquarters	San Mateo, California, United States
Key people	Dominic Robilliard (creative director)
Products	Entwined (2014); Concrete Genie (2019);
Parent	SIE Worldwide Studios

Pixelopus is an in-house Sony Interactive Entertainment developer located in San Mateo, California. Established in 2014, they worked on games including Entwined.^[1]

Their second game Concrete Genie was announced on 30 October 2017 and released on 8 October 2019.^[2]^[3]

History

In 2012, SIE's Foster City Studio (now known as SIE San Mateo Studio) product development group decided to work with small development teams following the success of Journey (2012) developed by the small studio, thatgamecompany, and published by SIE Santa Monica Studio.^[4] Soon after, SIE's Foster City sponsored a game development program for students at Carnegie Mellon University.^[4] They provided PlayStation Vitas for students to experiment with; Foster City were jubilant with students' ability in to rapidly prototype game ideas.^[4] In July 2013, Foster City offered six students from the development program at the Carnegie Mellon University and three students from San Jose State University.^[4] Additionally, a pair of industry veterans were hired to lead the 9-man team, forming Pixelopus.^[4] Dominic Robilliard is the creative director at Pixelopus.^[4]

Games


Year	Game title	Publisher	Platform(s)			Notes	Ref(s).
Year	Game title	Publisher	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Notes	Ref(s).
2014	Entwined	Sony Computer Entertainment	Yes	Yes	Yes	—	^[4]
2019	Concrete Genie	Sony Interactive Entertainment	No	Yes	No	—

References

^ Parker, Max (28 June 2014). "From Pittsburgh to Pixelopus: CMU grads are at the core of Sony's newest gaming studio". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Block Communications. Retrieved 23 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Robilliard, Dominic (30 October 2017). "Concrete Genie, From the Team Behind Entwined, Comes to PS4 in 2018". PlayStation.Blog. Sony Interactive Entertainment. Retrieved 30 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Romano, Sal (19 October 2018). "Concrete Genie delayed to spring 2019". Gematsu. Retrieved 21 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Leone, Matt (2014). "The story behind Sony's surprise PS4 launch". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 9 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[Parker_2014-1] Parker, Max (28 June 2014). "From Pittsburgh to Pixelopus: CMU grads are at the core of Sony's newest gaming studio". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Block Communications. Retrieved 23 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Robilliard_2017-2] Robilliard, Dominic (30 October 2017). "Concrete Genie, From the Team Behind Entwined, Comes to PS4 in 2018". PlayStation.Blog. Sony Interactive Entertainment. Retrieved 30 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Romano_2018-3] Romano, Sal (19 October 2018). "Concrete Genie delayed to spring 2019". Gematsu. Retrieved 21 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Leone_2014-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Leone, Matt (2014). "The story behind Sony's surprise PS4 launch". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 9 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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