SCE_Worldwide_Studios

PlayStation Studios
Formerly	SCE Worldwide Studios (2005–2016); SIE Worldwide Studios (2016–2020);
Company type	Division
Industry	Video games
Founded	September 1, 2005; 18 years ago
Headquarters	San Mateo, California
Key people	Hermen Hulst (president)
Number of employees	≈4,000 (2022)
Parent	Sony Interactive Entertainment
Divisions	PlayStation Studios Mobile
Subsidiaries	See § Studios
Website	playstation.com/en-us/corporate/playstation-studios/

PlayStation Studios

Group of video game developers owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment

PlayStation Studios (formerly SCE Worldwide Studios and SIE Worldwide Studios) is an American division of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) that oversees the video game development at the studios owned by SIE. The division was established as SCE Worldwide Studios in September 2005 and rebranded as PlayStation Studios in 2020.

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[15] Acquired by Firesprite, making Fabrik Games an indirect subsidiary of PlayStation Studios^[14]

[30] Team Asobi was first established in 2012 as an internal team of Japan Studio, and was spun off as its own independent studio in 2021.^[28]

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Name	Location/s	Founded	Acquired	Notes
Bend Studio	Bend, Oregon	1993^[11]	2000^[11]	Developer of the Syphon Filter series and Days Gone^[11]
Bluepoint Games	Austin, Texas	2006^[12]	2021^[13]	The studio specializes in video game remasters and remakes, such as Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Shadow of the Colossus and Demon's Souls^[11]
Fabrik Games	Manchester	2014^[14]	2021^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Support studio of Firesprite^[14]
Firesprite	Liverpool	2012^[15]	2021^[16]	Developer of virtual reality titles for PlayStation VR and titles outside of PlayStation Studios's main offerings^[11]
Firewalk Studios	Bellevue, Washington	2018^[17]	2023^[17]	Developer of Concord^[18]
Guerrilla Games	Amsterdam	2000^[11]	2005^[11]	Developer of the Killzone, and Horizon series^[11]
Haven Studios	Montreal, Quebec	2021^[19]	2022^[19]	Developer of Fairgame$^[20]
Housemarque	Helsinki	1995^[21]	2021^[22]	Developer of Super Stardust HD, Resogun and Returnal^[11]
Insomniac Games	Burbank, California	1994^[11]	2019^[23]	Developer of the Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, and Marvel's Spider-Man series^[11]
Insomniac Games	Durham, North Carolina^[24]	1994^[11]	2019^[23]
London Studio	London	2002^[11]	—	Developer of the SingStar series, EyePet and virtual reality titles such as PlayStation VR Worlds and Blood & Truth^[11]
Media Molecule	Guildford	2006^[11]	2010^[11]	Developer of LittleBigPlanet series and Dreams^[11]
Naughty Dog	Santa Monica, California	1984^[11]	2001^[11]	Developer of Jak and Daxter series, Uncharted series and The Last of Us series^[11]
Neon Koi	Berlin	2020^[8]	2022^[8]	Mobile video game developer, part of PlayStation Studios Mobile^[8]^[9]
Neon Koi	Helsinki	2020^[8]	2022^[8]
Nixxes Software	Utrecht	1999^[11]	2021^[25]	Support studio known for porting games to Microsoft Windows, development support and game optimization^[11]
Polyphony Digital	Tokyo	1998^[11]	—	Developer of Gran Turismo series^[11]
San Diego Studio	San Diego, California	2001^[11]	—	Developer of the MLB: The Show series for multiple platforms^[11]
San Mateo Studio	San Mateo, California	1998^[26]	—	Support studio for second-party developers^[27]
Santa Monica Studio	Los Angeles, California	1999^[11]	—	Developer of God of War series^[11]
Sucker Punch Productions	Bellevue, Washington	1997^[11]	2011^[11]	Developer of Sly Cooper series, Infamous series, and Ghost of Tsushima^[11]
Team Asobi	Tokyo	2021^{[lower-alpha 2]}	—	Developer of The Playroom, Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Astro's Playroom^[11]
Valkyrie Entertainment	Seattle, Washington	2002^[29]	2021^[29]	Support studio for various franchises such as Infamous, God of War and Twisted Metal^[11]
XDev	Liverpool	2000^[11]	—	Works with external developers with third-party projects, such as Until Dawn, Detroit: Become Human, and Rise of the Ronin^[30]^[31]
	San Mateo, California^{[citation needed]}
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Name	Location	Founded	Acquired	Divested	Fate
Bigbig Studios	Leamington Spa	2001^[32]	2007^[33]	2012^[32]	Closed^[32]
Evolution Studios	Runcorn	1999^[33]	2007^[33]	2016^[34]	Closed^[34]
Guerrilla Cambridge	Cambridge	1997^[35]	—	2017^[35]	Closed^[35]
Incognito Entertainment	Salt Lake City, Utah	1999^[36]	2002^[36]	2009^[37]	Closed^[37]
Japan Studio	Tokyo	1993^[11]	—	2021^[38]	Reorganized within SIE, primarily to Team Asobi^[28]
Manchester Studio	Manchester	2015^[11]	—	2020^[39]	Closed^[39]
Pixelopus	San Mateo, California	2014^[11]	—	2023	Closed^[40]
Studio Liverpool	Liverpool	1984^[33]	1993^[33]	2012^[41]	Closed^[41]
Zipper Interactive	Redmond, Washington	1995^[42]	2006^[33]	2012^[42]	Closed^[42]

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Formerly	SCE Worldwide Studios (2005–2016) SIE Worldwide Studios (2016–2020)
Company type	Division
Industry	Video games
Founded	September 1, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-09-01)
Headquarters	San Mateo, California
Key people	Hermen Hulst (president)
Number of employees	≈4,000^[1] (2022)
Parent	Sony Interactive Entertainment
Divisions	PlayStation Studios Mobile
Subsidiaries	See § Studios
Website	playstation.com/en-us/corporate/playstation-studios/