PlayStation Studios
Formerly Name:
SCE Worldwide Studios (2005-2016)
SIE Worldwide Studios (2016-2020)
Company Profile: Developer
Company Type:: Division
Parent Company: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Headquarters: San Mateo, California, USA
Founded: 14 September 2005
Founder: N/A
Fate: Active
PlayStation Studios (formerly SCE Worldwide Studios and SIE Worldwide
Studios) is a 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.
On September 14, 2005, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), the video game arm of Sony, announced the formation of SCE Worldwide Studios, combining all studios SCE owned at the time. Phil Harrison was appointed as the division's president. Shuhei Yoshida succeeded him in May 2008. When Yoshida moved to lead the indie game development of SIE, Hermen Hulst, previously of SIE's Guerrilla Games studio, became the president of SIE Worldwide Studios in November 2019. The studios productions are generally supported by the Visual Arts Services Group, founded in 2007 in San Diego.
SIE announced the rebranding of the division to PlayStation Studios in May 2020 as part of the introduction of the PlayStation 5, which was released later that year. PlayStation Studios serves as the publishing brand for Sony's first-party development studios, as well as for games developed by studios brought in by Sony in work-for-hire situations.
On April 20, 2023 SIE acquired Firewalk Studios under its PlayStation
Studios label, as game developer of an upcoming live-service for PlayStation 5 and PC.
Wikipedia contributors. "PlayStation Studios." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 20 Jan. 2024.
Company Structure
Bend Studio
Founded: 1993
Acquired: 2000
Fate: Developer of the Syphon Filter series and Days Gone
Bigbig Studios
Founded: 2001
Acquired: 2007
Fate: Closed 2012
Bluepoint Games
Founded: 2006
Acquired: 2021
Fate: The studio specializes in video game remasters and remakes, such as Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Shadow of the Colossus and Demon's Souls
Evolution Studios
Founded: 1999
Acquired: 2007
Fate: Closed 2016
Fabrik Games
Founded: 2014
Acquired: 2021
Fate: Support studio of Firesprite
Firesprite
Founded: 2012
Acquired: 2021
Fate: Developer of virtual reality titles for PlayStation VR and titles outside of PlayStation Studios's main offerings
Firewalk Studios
Founded: 2018
Acquired: 2023
Fate: Developer of Concord
Guerrilla Games
Founded: 2000
Acquired: 2005
Fate: Developer of the Killzone, and Horizon series
Guerrilla Cambridge
Founded: 1997
Acquired: N/A
Fate: Closed 2017
Haven Studios
Founded: 2021
Acquired: 2022
Fate: Developer of Fairgame$
Housemarque
Founded: 1995
Acquired: 2021
Fate: Developer of Super Stardust HD, Resogun and Returnal
Incognito Entertainment
Founded: 1999
Acquired: 2002
Fate: Closed 2009
Insomniac Games
Founded: 1994
Acquired: 2019
Fate: Developer of the Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, and Marvel's Spider-Man series
Japan Studio
Founded: 1993
Acquired: N/A
Fate: Reorganized within SIE, primarily to Team Asobi 2021
London Studio
Founded: 2002
Acquired: N/A
Fate: Developer of the SingStar series, EyePet and virtual reality titles such as PlayStation VR Worlds and Blood & Truth
Manchester Studio
Founded: 2015
Acquired: N/A
Fate: Closed 2020
Media Molecule
Founded: 2006
Acquired: 2010
Fate: Developer of LittleBigPlanet series and Dreams
Naughty Dog
Founded: 1984
Acquired: 2001
Fate: Developer of Jak and Daxter series, Uncharted series and The Last of Us series
Neon Koi
Founded: 2020
Acquired: 2022
Fate: Mobile video game developer, part of PlayStation Studios Mobile
Nixxes Software
Founded: 1999
Acquired: 2021
Fate: Support studio known for porting games to Microsoft Windows, development support and game optimization
Pixelopus
Founded: 2014
Acquired: N/A
Fate: Closed 2023
Polyphony Digital
Founded: 1998
Acquired: N/A
Fate: Developer of Gran Turismo series
San Diego Studio
Founded: 2001
Acquired: N/A
Fate: Developer of the MLB: The Show series for multiple platforms
San Mateo Studio
Founded: 1998
Acquired: N/A
Fate: Support studio for second-party developers
Santa Monica Studio
Founded: 1999
Acquired: N/A
Fate: Developer of God of War series
Studio Liverpool
Founded: 1984
Acquired: 1993
Fate: Closed 2012
Sucker Punch Productions
Founded: 1997
Acquired: 2011
Fate: Developer of Sly Cooper series, Infamous series, and Ghost of Tsushima
Team Asobi
Founded: 2021
Acquired: N/A
Fate: Developer of The Playroom, Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Astro's Playroom
Valkyrie Entertainment
Founded: 2002
Acquired: 2021
Fate: Support studio for various franchises such as Infamous, God of War and Twisted Metal
XDev
Founded: 2000
Acquired: N/A
Fate: Works with external developers with third-party projects, such as Until Dawn and Detroit: Become Human
Zipper Interactive
Founded: 1995
Acquired: 2006
Fate: Closed 2012
Key People: Hermen Hulst (president)