Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sony Interactive Entertainment, LLC

File:Sony Interactive Entertainment headquarters 20160401.jpg SIE's headquarters in San Mateo, California
Formerly	Sony Computer Entertainment (1993–2016) Sony Network Entertainment
Company type	Limited liability company Subsidiary
Industry	Entertainment Video games
Founded	November 16, 1993 (1993-11-16) (as Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Headquarters	San Mateo, California , United States
Key people	Andrew House (Chairman) John Kodera (President and CEO) Shawn Layden (Chairman, Worldwide Studios) Shuhei Yoshida (President, Worldwide Studios)
Products	Video games consoles and handhelds PlayStation (PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4) PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Accessories and controllers PocketStation PlayStation Controller Dual Analog Controller DualShock Video games
Services	PlayStation Network PlayStation Vue PlayStation Video PlayStation Music PlayStation Store PlayStation Now
Number of employees	~8,000
Parent	Sony Corporation
Divisions	SIE Worldwide Studios
Subsidiaries	SN Systems Gaikai
Website	Official website

Sony Interactive Entertainment (abbreviated as SIE and formerly known as Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and Sony Network Entertainment) is an American multinational video game and digital entertainment company and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products and Services Group of Sony Corporation.

The company was founded and established on November 16, 1993, as Sony Computer Entertainment, to handle Sony's venture into video game development with its PlayStation brand. Since the successful launch of the original PlayStation console in 1994, the company has since been developing the PlayStation lineup of home video game consoles and accessories. Expanding upon North America and other countries, the company soon became Sony's main resource for research and development in video games and interactive entertainment. In 1994, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), began to produce the original PlayStation console in North America. In April 2016, SCE and Sony Network Entertainment was restructured and reorganized into Sony Interactive Entertainment, carrying over the operations and primary objectives from both companies.

Sony Interactive Entertainment handles the research and development, production, and sales of both hardware and software for the PlayStation video game systems. Alongside, it is also a developer and publisher of video game titles and is composed of several subsidiaries of Sony's largest markets: North America, Europe and Asia. As of September 2016, the company has sold more than 486 million PlayStation consoles overall worldwide.

History

Establishment, PlayStation release, and North American expansion

The corporate logo as Sony Computer Entertainment, used from 1993 to 2016

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. (SCEI) was jointly established by Sony and its subsidiary Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 1993 to handle the company's ventures into the video game hardware market. The original PlayStation console was released on December 3, 1994, in Japan.

The company's North American operations, Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA), were originally established in May 1995 as a division of Sony Electronic Publishing. Located in Foster City, California, the North American office was originally headed by Steve Race.

In the months prior to the release of the PlayStation in Western markets, the operations were restructured: All videogame marketing from Sony Imagesoft was folded into SCEA in July 1995, with most affected employees transferred from Santa Monica, California, to Foster City. On August 7, 1995, Race unexpectedly resigned and was named CEO of Spectrum HoloByte three days later. He was replaced by Sony Electronics veteran Martin Homlish. This proved to be the beginning of a run of exceptional managerial turnover, with SCEA going through four presidents in a single year. The PS console was released in the United States on September 9, 1995.

As part of a worldwide restructuring at the beginning of 1997, SCEA (currently Sony Interactive Entertainment America) was re-established as a wholly owned subsidiary of SCEI.

The launch of the second PS console, the PlayStation 2 was released in Japan on March 4, 2000, and the U.S. on October 26, 2000.

On July 1, 2002, chairman of SCEI, Shigeo Maruyama, was replaced by Tamotsu Iba as chairman. Jack Tretton and Phil Harrison were also promoted to senior vice presidents of SCE.

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) was SCEI's first foray into the small handheld console market. Its development was first announced during SCE's E3 conference in 2003, and it was officially unveiled during their E3 conference on May 11, 2004. The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in Europe and Australia on September 1, 2005.

Creation of SCE Worldwide Studios, Acquisitions, and restructure

On September 14, 2005, SCEI formed Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS), a single internal entity to oversee all wholly owned development studios within SCEI. It became responsible for the creative and strategic direction of development and production of all computer entertainment software by all SCEI-owned studios—all software is produced exclusively for the PS family of consoles. Shuhei Yoshida was named as President of SCE WWS on May 16, 2008, replacing Kazuo Hirai, who was serving interim after Harrison left the company in early 2008.

On December 8, 2005, video game developer Guerrilla Games, developers of the Killzone series, was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment as part of its SCE WWS. On January 24, 2006, video game developer Zipper Interactive, developers of the Socom series, was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment as part of its SCE WWS.

In March 2006, Sony announced the online network for its forthcoming PlayStation 3 (PS3) system at the 2006 PlayStation Business Briefing meeting in Tokyo, Japan, tentatively named "PlayStation Network Platform" and eventually called just PlayStation Network (PSN). Sony also stated that the service would always be connected, free, and include multiplayer support.

The launch date for the PS3 was announced by Hirai at the pre-Electronic Entertainment Expo conference held at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, U.S., on May 8, 2006. The PS3 was released in Japan on November 11, 2006, and the U.S. date was November 17, 2006. The PSN was also launched in November 2006.

On November 30, 2006, president of SCEI, Ken Kutaragi, was appointed as chairman of SCEI, while Hirai, then president of SCEA, was promoted to president of SCEI. On April 26, 2007, Ken Kutaragi resigned from his position as chairman of SCEI and group CEO, passing on his duties to the recently appointed president of SCE, Hirai.

On September 20, 2007, video game developers Evolution Studios and Bigbig Studios, creators of the MotorStorm series, were acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment as part of its SCE WWS.

On April 15, 2009, David Reeves, president and CEO of SCE Europe, announced his forthcoming resignation from his post. He had joined the company in 1995 and was appointed as chairman of SCEE in 2003, and then president in 2005. His role of president and CEO of SCEE would be taken over by Andrew House, who joined Sony Corporation in 1990. The PSP Go was released on October 1, 2009, for North America and Europe, and on November 1, 2009, for Japan.

On April 1, 2010, SCEI was restructured to bring together Sony's mobile electronics and personal computers divisions. The main Japanese division of SCEI was temporarily renamed "SNE Platform Inc." (SNEP) on April 1, 2010, and was split into two divisions that focused on different aspects: "Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.", consisting of 1,300 employees who focused on the console business, and the network service business consisting of 60 to 70 employees. The network service business of SCEI was absorbed into Sony Corp's Network Products & Service Group (NPSG), which had already been headed by Hirai since April 2009. The original SCEI was then dissolved after the restructure.

The North American and European branches of SCEI were affected by the restructure, and remained as SCEA and SCEE. Hirai, by that time SCEI CEO and Sony Corporation EVP, led both departments.

On March 2, 2010, video game developer Media Molecule, developers of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) game LittleBigPlanet, was acquired by SCEI as part of its SCE WWS. On August 23, 2010, the headquarters of the company moved from Minami-Aoyama to the Sony City (Sony Corporation's headquarters) in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo.

On April 20, 2011, SCEI was the victim of an attack on its PlayStation Network system, which also affected its online division, Sony Online Entertainment.

On August 1, 2011, video game developer Sucker Punch Productions, developers of the Sly Cooper and Infamous series, was also acquired.

Launch of PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4, acquisitions, China expansion

On January 2012, BigBig Studios was closed and Cambridge Studio—renamed Guerrilla Cambridge—becoming a sister studio of Guerrilla Games. On March 2012, Zipper Interactive, developers of the SOCOM series, MAG and Unit 13, was closed. On June 25, 2012, Hirai retired as chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment; however, he remains on the board of directors.

On July 2, 2012, Sony Computer Entertainment acquired Gaikai, a cloud-based gaming service. On August 2012, Sony Liverpool developer of the Wipeout and Formula One series was closed.

A press release was published on August 20, 2013, announcing the release date of the PlayStation 4 (PS4) console. On that date, SCEI introduced the CUH-1000A series system, and announced the launch date as November 15, 2013, for North American markets and November 29, 2013, for European, Australasian and Central and South American markets.

Following a January 2014 announcement by the Chinese government that the country's 14-year game console ban would be lifted, the PS4 was scheduled to be the first Sony video game console to be officially and legally released in China since the PlayStation 2—the ban was enacted in 2000 to protect the mental health of young people.

On March 6, 2014, Sony Computer Entertainment of America President and CEO, Tretton, announced he was resigning from his position at the end of the month, citing a mutual agreement between himself and SCEA for the cessation of his contract. Tretton had worked at SCEA since 1995, and was a founding member of the company's executive team. He was involved in the launch of all PlayStation platforms in North America, including the original PlayStation, PS2, PSP, PS3, PSN, PS Vita, and PS4. Tretton was replaced by Shawn Layden, who was the vice-president and chief operating officer (COO) of Sony Network Entertainment International, effective April 1, 2014. On April 2, 2015, it was announced that Sony Computer Entertainment had acquired the intellectual property of the cloud gaming service OnLive, and that its services would cease by the end of the month.

The beta version of Sony's first-ever cloud-based television service, PlayStation Vue (PSVue), was launched in the U.S. in November 2014. It was only offered on an invite-only basis for PS3 and PS4 users, prior to its official launch in early 2015. Sony signed deals with major networks, including CBS, Discovery, Fox and Viacom, so that users can view live streaming video, as well as catch up and on-demand content, from more than 75 channels, such as Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. Although pricing and release dates for other regions was not publicized, Sony confirmed that PSVue will eventually be available on iPad, followed by other Sony and non-Sony devices.

As Sony Interactive Entertainment

On January 26, 2016, Sony announced that effective April 1, 2016, Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment International would be re-organized and combined into a new company, Sony Interactive Entertainment. Unlike SCE, Sony Interactive Entertainment is based in San Mateo, California, and represents the entire PlayStation brand, regional subsidiaries, and its content operations.

On March 24, 2016, Sony announced the establishment of ForwardWorks, a new studio dedicated to producing "full-fledged" games based on Sony intellectual properties for mobile platforms such as smartphones.

Corporate affairs

Former SCEA headquarters in Foster City, California

The president, and CEO of SIE is John Kodera, replacing Andrew House, who stepped down in October 2017. House will serve as chairman until the end of 2017. House replaced Kaz Hirai as president and CEO in 2011, who himself had replaced longtime CEO Ken Kutaragi, also known as "The Father of the PlayStation". Kutaragi retired from his executive position at SIE on June 19, 2007, and holds the title of honorary chairman at the company. Shawn Layden and Jim Ryan currently serve as chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios and Head of Global Sales and Marketing, respectively. Shuhei Yoshida is the current president of SIE Worldwide Studios.

Headquarters

SIE currently has three main headquarters around the world: the global headquarters in San Mateo, California, US (Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC & Sony Interactive Entertainment America); Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo, Japan (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. and Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia) which control operations in Asia and was also formerly the headquarters for Sony Computer Entertainment; and London, United Kingdom (Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe) which controls operations in Europe and Oceania. SIE also has smaller offices and distribution centers in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, San Diego, California US; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Melbourne, Australia; and Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea and Liverpool, UK.

Game approval

SIE evaluates and approves games for its consoles. The process is more strict than for the Nintendo Seal of Quality, and developers submit game concepts to Sony early in the design process. Each SIE unit has its own evaluation process; SIEE, for example, approved Billy the Wizard for its consumers but SIEA did not. The company sometimes imposes additional restrictions, such as when it prohibited PS and PS2 games from being ported to the PSP without 30% of content being new to the Sony console.

Hardware

Main article: PlayStation

PlayStation brand logo

PlayStation

SCEI produces the PlayStation line of video game hardware that consists of consoles and handhelds. Sony's first wide home console release, the PlayStation (codenamed "PSX" during development,), was initially designed to be a CD-ROM drive add-on for Nintendo's Super NES (a.k.a. "Super Famicom" in Japan) video game console, in response to add-ons for competing platforms such as the TurboGrafx-CD and the Sega CD (sold as the PC Engine CD-ROM² System and Mega CD in Japan respectively). When the prospect of releasing the system as an add-on dissolved, Sony redesigned the machine into a standalone unit.

The PlayStation was released in Japan on December 3, 1994, and later in North America on September 9, 1995. By the end of the console 12-year production cycle, the PlayStation had sold 102 million units.

PlayStation 2

SCEI's second home console, the PlayStation 2 (PS2) was released in Japan on March 4, 2000, and later in North America and Europe in October and November 2000, respectively. The PS2 is powered by a proprietary central processing unit, the Emotion Engine, and was the first video game console to have DVD playback functionality included out of the box.

The PS2 consisted of a DVD drive and retailed in the U.S. for US$299. SCEI received heavy criticism after the launch of the PS2 due to the games released as part of the launch, difficulties that it presented for video game designers, and users who struggled to port Sega Dreamcast games to the system. However, despite these complaints, the PlayStation 2 received widespread support from third party developers throughout its lifespan on the market.

On December 28, 2012, Sony confirmed that it would cease production of the PS2 through a gradual process that started in Japan—the continuing popularity of the console in markets like Brazil and India meant that PS2 products would still be shipped, while games for the console were released in March 2013. The PS2 stands as the best-selling home video game console in history, with a total of 155 million consoles sold.

Writing for the ExtremeTech website at the end of 2012, James Plafke described the PS2 as revolutionary and proclaimed that the console "turn[ed] the gaming industry on its head":

Aside from being the “first” next-gen console, as well as providing many, many people with their first DVD player, the PlayStation 2 launched in something of a Golden Age of the non-PC gaming industry. Gaming tech was becoming extremely sophisticated ... Sony seemingly knew the exact route toward popularity, turning the console with the least powerful hardware of that generation into a juggernaut of success.

PlayStation Portable

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) was SCEI's first foray into the small handheld console market. Its development was first announced during SCE's E3 conference in 2003, and it was officially unveiled during their E3 conference on May 11, 2004. The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in Europe and Australia on September 1, 2005. The console has since seen two major redesigns, with new features including a smaller size, more internal memory, a better quality LCD screen and a lighter weight.

PlayStation 3

The launch date for the PS3 was announced by Hirai at the pre-Electronic Entertainment Expo conference held at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, U.S., on May 8, 2006. The PS3 was released in Japan on November 11, 2006, and the U.S. date was November 17, 2006. Technology journalists observed that Sony had followed what Microsoft did with the Xbox 360, and produced the PS3 in two versions: one with a 20GB hard drive and the other with a 60GB hard drive.

The PS3 utilizes a unique processing architecture, the Cell microprocessor, a proprietary technology developed by Sony in conjunction with Toshiba and IBM. The graphics processing unit, the RSX 'Reality Synthesizer', was co-developed by Nvidia and Sony. Several variations of the PS3 have been released, each with slight hardware and software differences, and each denoted by the varying size of the included hard disk drive.

PlayStation Vita

The PS Vita is the successor to the PlayStation Portable. It was released in Japan and other parts of Asia on December 17, 2011, and then in Europe, Australia and North America on February 22, 2012.

Internally, the Vita features a 4-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor and a 4-core SGX543MP4+ graphics processing unit, as well as LiveArea software as its main user interface, which succeeds the XrossMediaBar.

PlayStation 4

The PS4 was announced as the successor to the PS3 and was launched in North America on November 15, 2013, in Europe on November 29, 2013 and in Japan on February 23, 2014.

Described by Sony as a "next generation" console, the PS4 included features such as enhanced social capabilities, second-screen options involving devices like the handheld PlayStation Vita, a membership service and compatibility with the Twitch live streaming platform.

Following a January 2014 announcement by the Chinese government that the country's 14-year game console ban would be lifted, the PS4 was scheduled to be the first Sony video game console to be officially and legally released in China since the PlayStation 2—the ban was enacted in 2000 to protect the mental health of young people. Around 70 game developers, including Ubisoft and Koei, will service Chinese PlayStation users.

The Chinese release dates and price details were announced in early December, with January 11, 2015, confirmed by SCEI. The makers announced that both the PS4 and Vita consoles will be released in China, and the former's package will also consist of a 500GB hard drive and controller.

The 20th anniversary of the original PS console was celebrated on December 6, 2014, with the release of a limited-edition, anniversary-edition PS4 with an aesthetic design that recalled the original 1994 PlayStation.

Software development studios

Main article: SIE Worldwide Studios

First Party (SIE WWS)
Asia Japan Studio – Ape Escape series - LocoRoco series - Legend of Legaia series - The Eye of Judgment series - Echochrome series - Everybody's Golf series - Patapon series - White Knight Chronicles series - The Legend of Dragoon - Talkman - Rogue Galaxy - Mainichi Issho - Piyotama - The Last Guy - Demon's Souls - Trash Panic - Numblast - Kung Fu Rider - Beat Sketcher - Bleach: Soul Resurrección - Puppeteer - Knack - The Playroom - Destiny of Spirits - Bloodborne - The Tomorrow Children J.S.E.D.D. - Soul Sacrifice - Soul Sacrifice Delta - Freedom Wars PlayStation C.A.M.P. - Tokyo Jungle - Rain - Patchwork Heroes - Open Me! Team Gravity – Siren series - Gravity Rush - Gravity Rush 2 Team Ico - Ico - Shadow of the Colossus - The Last Guardian Polyphony Digital – Gran Turismo series - Motor Toon Grand Prix series - Tourist Trophy - Omega Boost ForwardWorks - Unannounced mobile games North America Naughty Dog - Crash Bandicoot series - Jak and Daxter series - Uncharted series - The Last of Us - The Last of Us Remastered - The Last of Us Part II Bend Studio - Syphon Filter series - Resistance: Retribution - Uncharted: Golden Abyss - Uncharted: Fight for Fortune - Days Gone San Diego Studio - MLB: The Show series - NBA series - ModNation Racers series - Sports Champions series - The Mark of Kri - Pain - High Velocity Bowling - Pinball Heroes - Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest - LittleBigPlanet Karting Santa Monica Studio - God of War series - Twisted Metal series - PixelJunk series - Fat Princess series - Kinetica - Downhill Domination - War of the Monsters - The Con - Neopets: The Darkest Faerie Blast Factor - Flow - Calling All Cars! - Warhawk - Everyday Shooter - Linger in Shadows - Flower - .detuned - Carnival Island - Escape Plan - Journey - Datura - Starhawk - Sorcery - Sound Shapes, The Unfinished Swan - PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale - Hohokum - Fat Princess: Piece of Cake - The Order: 1886 - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Bound Sucker Punch Productions – Rocket: Robot on Wheels - Sly Cooper series - Infamous series - Ghost of Tsushima Pixelopus - Entwined - Concrete Genie Europe Guerrilla Games – Killzone series - Horizon Zero Dawn London Studio - SingStar series - DanceStar Party series - EyeToy series, EyePet series - Wonderbook series - The Getaway series - This is Football series - World Tour Soccer series - Passport To... series - PlayStation Home - NBA ShootOut '97 - Porsche Challenge - Rapid Racer - Spice World - Team Buddies - Hardware: Online Arena - Fired Up - Gangs of London - Aqua Vita - Operation Creature Feature - The Trials of Topoq - Mesmerize Distort - Tori-Emaki - Mesmerize Trace - Beats - RA. One: The Game - DON 2 The Game North West Studio – New studio in North West England focused on creating VR games for PlayStation VR Media Molecule – LittleBigPlanet series - Tearaway - Tearaway Unfolded - Dreams Non-game development XDev XDev collaborates with independent development studios across Europe and other PAL territories to publish content to PlayStation platforms all over the world - LittleBigPlanet series - Buzz! series - Invizimals series - MotorStorm series - Killzone series - Pursuit Force series - Start the Party! series - Super Stardust series - Hustle Kings series - Super Rub 'a' Dub - Heavenly Sword - Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic - Crash Commando - Heavy Rain - Tumble - The Fight: Lights Out - Dead Nation - Move Fitness - Reality Fighters - Table Top Tanks - PulzAR - Table Ice Hockey - Smart As... - When Vikings Attack! - Table Mini Golf - Beyond: Two Souls - Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs - Tearaway - Resogun - Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition - Lemmings Touch - PlayStation Vita Pets - Murasaki Baby - Run Sackboy! Run! - The Hungry Horde - BigFest - Until Dawn - Tearaway Unfolded - Rime - Alienation - Wild - Shadow of the Beast Foster City Studio - Supported studio for SIE Worldwide Studios - Syphon Filter series - Jak and Daxter series - Socom series - Sly Cooper series - Ratchet & Clank series - Resistance series - Uncharted series - Infamous series - Jet Li: Rise to Honor - CounterSpy - Helldivers ICE Team - The ICE Team focuses on creating core graphics technologies for Sony's worldwide first party published titles
Second Party
Asia Clap Hanz – Everybody's Golf series - Q-Games - PixelJunk series - The Tomorrow Children Kojima Productions - Death Stranding North America Queasy Games - Everyday Shooter - Sound Shapes Ready at Dawn Studios – Daxter - God of War: Chains of Olympus - God of War: Ghost of Sparta - God of War: Origins Collection - The Order: 1886 Insomniac Games - Spyro the Dragon series - Ratchet & Clank series - Resistance series - Spider-Man - Flaming Bird of Prey series Europe Honeyslug - Frobisher Says! - Hohokum Housemarque - Super Stardust HD - Super Stardust Portable - Dead Nation - Super Stardust Delta - Resogun - Alienation Magenta Software - Buzz! Junior series - Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom - Muppet Monster Adventure -Disney's Treasure Planet (PS1 version) - Stuart Little 2 - Stuart Little 3: Big Photo Mode Adventure Novarama - Invizimals series - Reality Fighters Ovosonico - Murasaki Baby Plastic Games - Linger in Shadows - Datura Quantic Dream – Heavy Rain - Heavy Rain Move Edition - Beyond: Two Souls - Detroit: Become Human Supermassive Games - Until Dawn - Start the Party! series - Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs - Tumble - numerous DLCs for the LittleBigPlanet series Tarsier Studios – Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic - LittleBigPlanet PS Vita - numerous DLCs for the LittleBigPlanet series
Third Party
Asia Acquire - What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? series - Patchwork Heroes - Rain Alfa System - Ore No Shikabane Wo Koete Yuke series Alvion - Malicious - Malicious: Rebirth Aurona Technologies - Hanuman: Boy Warrior Bergsala Lightweight - Sky Diving Capcom Online Games - Deep Down Comcept - Soul Sacrifice - Soul Sacrifice Delta Dimps - Freedom Wars FromSoftware - Demon's Souls - Bloodborne Gameshastra - Cart Kings - Desi Adda: Games of India - DON 2 The Game - Kite Fight - Dare to Fly Game Yarouze - Echochrome Level-5 – White Knight Chronicles series - Dark Cloud series - Rogue Galaxy - Jeanne d'Arc Marvelous - Soul Sacrifice - Soul Sacrifice Delta Matrix Software - Alundra series - Dual Hearts - White Knight Chronicles: Origins Media.Vision - Wild Arms series - Crime Crackers series - Rapid Reload - Enkaku Sōsa: Shinjitsu e no 23 Nichikan Millennium Kitchen - Boku no Natsuyasumi series noisycrocak Co. Ltd. - What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord? series - echochrome - Patchwork Heroes Pyramid - Patapon series Q Entertainment - Destiny of Spirits Quirkat - Pro Foosball Racjin - Bleach: Soul Resurrección Shift - Devil Dice - XI Jumbo - XI Go - XI Coliseum - Ape Academy 2 - Ape Quest - Freedom Wars Trine Games - Street Cricket Champions series - Move Street Cricket series - RA. ONE: The Game WILL Co. Ltd. - Echochrome - Beat Sketcher Yuke's - Feel Ski Zener Works - Okage: Shadow King North America Armature Studio - The Unfinished Swan (PS4 & PS Vita versions) Bluepoint Games - God of War Collection - The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection - PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale (PS Vita version) Double Fine Productions - DLC My Alien Buddy for The Playroom Dynamighty - CounterSpy Fun Bits Interactive - Escape Plan Giant Sparrow - The Unfinished Swan - What Remains of Edith Finch Harmonix - Frequency - Amplitude - EyeToy: AntiGrav High Impact Games – Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters - Secret Agent Clank - Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier HumaNature Studios - Doki-Doki Universe Idol Minds - Pain - Cool Boarders 3 - Cool Boarders 4 - My Street - Neopets: The Darkest Faerie - Ratchet & Clank Collection - Ratchet: Deadlocked (PS3 version) Lightbox Interactive - Starhawk Magic Pixel Games - Carnival Island - assets for the PS Vita version of PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale - characters and environments for Sorcery Mass Media Inc. - Jak and Daxter Collection - Ratchet & Clank Collection (PS Vita version) Nihilistic Software - PlayStation Move Heroes - Resistance: Burning Skies One Loop Games - Uncharted: Fight for Fortune - Fat Princess: Piece of Cake Sanzaru Games - The Sly Collection - Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time - Secret Agent Clank (PS2 version) SuperBot Entertainment - PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale SuperVillain Studios - Flow (PSP, PS4 & PS Vita versions and the DLC Expansion Pack) - Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake The Workshop - Sorcery thatgamecompany – Flow - Flower - Journey Tin Giant - Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault (PS Vita version) - Ratchet & Clank Collection United Front Games – ModNation Racers - LittleBigPlanet Karting Valkyrie Entertainment - GUNS UP! - art and animation for Infamous 2 - Twisted Metal - LittleBigPlanet Karting - Sorcery - Infamous Second Son Wholesale Algorithms - PS4 versions of Escape Plan and Sound Shapes Zindagi Games – Sports Champions series - Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest Europe Arrowhead Game Studios - Helldivers Ashley Bolser Agency - t@g Big Head Games - Elefunk Clever Beans - When Vikings Attack! Climax Studios - ATV Offroad Fury series - EyePet & Friends - Smart As... - Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition - Dead Nation (PS Vita version) - Resogun (PS Vita version) ColdWood Interactive - The Fight: Lights Out - Move Fitness d3t Ltd - Lemmings Touch - collaborated in the development of Killzone: Shadow Fall Devil's Details - Top Darts - Table Top Tanks Double Eleven - LittleBigPlanet PS Vita EPOS Game Studios - Crash Commando - Hustle Kings (PS4 version) Exient Entertainment - Fireworks - PulzAR - collaborated in the development of Wonderbook: Diggs Nightcrawler Fireproof Studios - Art creation for LittleBigPlanet - LittleBigPlanet 2, art for multiplayer levels within Killzone: Mercenary - Killzone: Shadow Fall Firesprite - Run Sackboy! Run! - visuals for The Playroom FluffyLogic - Savage Moon - Eat Them! Four Door Lemon - Table Football - Table Ice Hockey - Table Mini Golf FreeStyleGames - Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam - Buzz! Junior: Monster Rumble Frontier Developments - Dog's Life Game Design Sweden AB - Kula World Gamoola Soft - Snakeball Heavy Spectrum Entertainment - Shadow of the Beast Just Add Water - Gravity Crash Kuju Entertainment - Nucleus - collaborated in the development of many titles in the SingStar - EyeToy series Leading Light Design - Stickers and DLC content for LittleBigPlanet - LittleBigPlanet 2 - concept art for Killzone 2 - concept art and in-game assets for The Shoot Lucid Games - Travel Bug - Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery Maverick Media - Intro videos and the in-game tutorial videos for the LittleBigPlanet series Moonbot Studios - Wonderbook: Diggs Nightcrawler Ninja Theory - Heavenly Sword Nosebleed Interactive - The Hungry Horde On The Metal - BigFest Playlogic Entertainment - EyePet - EyePet Move Edition - EyeToy Play: PomPom Party - Aqua Vita - Mesmerize Distort - Mesmerize Trace Ravn Studio - Snakeball Relentless Software - Buzz! series - DJ Decks & FX and collaborated in the development of EyeToy: Groove (Japan version) - EyeToy: Kinetic - SingStar Pop (Norway, Sweden and Australia versions) Spiral House - PlayStation Vita Pets - Cliff Diving - EyePet PSP - EyePet Adventures and collaborated in the development of MotorStorm - Wipeout Pulse - LittleBigPlanet StormBASIC Games - Ecolibrium Sumo Digital - LittleBigPlanet 3 - LittleBigPlanet 2 DLC Cross-Controller Pack - Super Rub 'a' Dub - Go! Sudoku Team17 - PSP and PS3 versions of Lemmings Testology - QA (quality assurance) for the LittleBigPlanet series - Tearaway The Chinese Room - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Virtual Toys - Disney•Pixar Cars 2 (PSP version) - Geronimo Stilton in The Kingdom of Fantasy The Videogame - Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (PSP version) - Geronimo Stilton Return to The Kingdom of Fantasy The Videogame - Disney's Muppets Movie Adventures VooFoo Studios - Hustle Kings (PS3 & PS Vita versions) Wild Sheep Studio - Wild
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First party studios 989 Studios - NFL GameDay series - Major League Baseball series - NBA ShootOut series - NCAA GameBreaker series - Twisted Metal III - Twisted Metal 4 - Cool Boarders 3 - Cool Boarders 4 - Jet Moto 3 - Rally Cross 2 - ESPN Extreme Games/1Xtreme - 2Xtreme - 3Xtreme BigBig Studios – Pursuit Force series - MotorStorm: Arctic Edge - Little Deviants Evolution Studios – World Rally Championship series - MotorStorm series - Driveclub Guerrilla Cambridge – MediEvil series - C-12: Final Resistance - Primal - Ghosthunter - 24: The Game - LittleBigPlanet PSP - TV Superstars - Killzone: Mercenary - collaborated in the development of the Killzone series - Wipeout series - EyeToy series - Heavenly Sword - PlayStation Home - PlayTV Incognito Entertainment - Twisted Metal series - Warhawk - War of the Monsters - Downhill Domination - Calling All Cars! Studio Liverpool - Wipeout series - Formula One series Zipper Interactive – Socom series - Mag - Unit 13 Second party studios Cellius – Ridge Racer Vita Cohort Studios - Buzz! Junior: Dino Den - Buzz! Junior: Ace Racers - The Shoot - PSN version for the titles of Buzz! Junior series and collaborated in the development of MotorStorm - Go! Puzzle - Go! Sudoku - Lemmings (PS3 version) Eat Sleep Play – Twisted Metal - Calling All Cars! Game Republic - Genji series - Folklore - Toy Home - Dark Mist Third party studios Artoon - Echoshift Blitz Games Studios - Disney's Lilo & Stitch - Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (PS Vita version) BottleRocket Entertainment - Rise of the Kasai Eurocom - Crash Bash - Athens 2004 - Disney's Tarzan - Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire Factor 5 - Lair SingleTrac - Warhawk - Twisted Metal series - Jet Moto series Slant Six Games – Socom: U.S Navy Seals Confrontation - Socom U.S. Navy Seals Tactical Strike - Socom: U.S. Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo 3 Titan Studios - Fat Princess Zoonami - Go! Puzzle

Owned franchises and properties

• .detuned
• Aconcagua
• Afrika
• Alienation
• Alundra
• Ape Escape
• Aqua Vita
• Arc the Lad
• ATV Offroad Fury
• Baby Universe
• Beat Sketcher
• Beats
• Beyond the Beyond
• Beyond: Two Souls
• BigFest
• Blade Dancer
• Blast Factor
• Blasto
• Bloodborne
• Boku no Natsuyasumi
• Bombastic
• Bound
• Bust a Groove
• Buzz!
• C-12: Final Resistance
• Calling All Cars!
• Cardinal Syn
• Carnival Island
• Cart Kings
• Codename: Tenka
• Colony Wars
• Cool Boarders
• CounterSpy
• Crash Commando
• Crime Crackers
• DanceStar Party
• Dare to Fly
• Dark Cloud
• Dark Mist
• Datura
• Days Gone
• Dead Nation
• Death Stranding
• Demon's Souls
• Desi Adda
• Destiny of Spirits
• Destruction Derby
• Detroit: Become Human
• Devil Dice
• Diggs Nightcrawler
• DJ: Decks & FX
• Dog's Life
• Doki-Doki Universe
• Downhill Domination
• Drakan
• Drawn To Death
• Dreams
• Driveclub
• Dropship: United Peace Force
• Dual Hearts
• Eat Them!
• Echochrome
• Echoshift
• Ecolibrium
• Eight Days
• Elefunk
• Elemental Gearbolt
• Enkaku Sōsa: Shinjitsu e no 23 Nichikan
• Entwined
• Epidemic
• Escape Plan
• Everybody's Golf
• Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
• Extermination
• EyePet
• EyeToy
• FantaVision
• Farpoint
• Fat Princess
• Feel Ski
• Fired Up
• Firebugs
• Flower
• Folklore
• Freedom Wars
• Frequency
• Frobisher Says!
• G-Police
• Gangs of London
• Genji
• Ghosthunter
• Global Force: Shin Sentou Kokka
• God of War
• Gran Turismo
• Gravity Rush
• Grind Session
• Gunners Heaven
• GUNS UP!
• Hardware
• Heavenly Sword
• Helldivers
• Here They Lie
• Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic
• High Velocity Bowling
• Hohokum
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Hustle Kings
• Ico
• Imaginstruments
• Infamous
• Intelligent Qube
• Invizimals
• Jak and Daxter
• Jeanne d'Arc
• Jet Moto
• Jet X2O
• Jinx
• Journey
• Jumping Flash!
• Jungle Party
• Killstrain
• Killzone
• Kinetica
• Kingdom of Paradise
• Kingsley's Adventure
• Kite Fight
• Kileak: The DNA Imperative
• Knack
• Kula World
• Kung Fu Rider
• Lair
• Legend of Legaia
• Lemmings
• Lifeline
• Linger in Shadows
• LittleBigPlanet
• Little Deviants
• LocoRoco
• Mad Maestro!
• Mag
• Medieval Moves
• MediEvil (series)
• Mesmerize
• Mister Mosquito
• MLB: The Show
• ModNation Racers
• Motor Toon Grand Prix
• MotorStorm
• Move Fitness
• Murasaki Baby
• My Street
• No Heroes Allowed
• Nucleus
• Numblast
• Okage: Shadow King
• Omega Boost
• Open Me!
• Operation Creature Feature
• Ore no Ryouri
• Ore no Shikabane wo Koete Yuke/Oreshika
• Overboard!
• Pain
• Paint Park
• PaRappa the Rapper
• Patapon
• Patchwork Heroes
• Pet in TV
• Piyotama
• Philosoma
• PhyreEngine
• PlayStation All-Stars
• PlayStation Home
• PlayStation Move Heroes
• PlayStation Vita Pets
• Popolocrois
• Primal
• Project: Horned Owl
• PulzAR
• Puppeteer
• Pursuit Force
• Q*bert
• Rain
• Rally Cross
• Rapid Racer
• Rapid Reload
• Ratchet & Clank
• Reality Fighters
• Resistance
• Resogun
• Retro Force
• RIGS: Mechanized Combat League
• Rise of the Kasai
• Rise to Honor
• Rogue Galaxy
• Rule of Rose
• Sagashi ni Ikouyo
• Savage Moon
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Shadow of the Beast
• SingStar
• Siren
• Sky Diving
• Skyblazer
• SkyGunner
• Sly Cooper
• Smart As...
• Smart Ball
• Snakeball
• SOCOM
• Sorcery
• Soul Sacrifice
• Sound Shapes
• Speed Freaks
• Sports Champions
• Starhawk
• Start the Party!
• Steel Reign
• Super Rub 'a' Dub
• Super Stardust
• Syphon Filter
• t@g
• Table Ice Hockey
• Table Top Tanks
• Talkman
• Tanarus
• Team Buddies
• Tearaway
• The Con
• The Eye of Judgment
• The Fight
• The Getaway
• The Hungry Horde
• The Last Guardian
• The Last Guy
• The Last of Us
• The Legend of Dragoon
• The Mark of Kri
• The Order: 1886
• The Playroom
• The Shoot
• The Tomorrow Children
• The Trials of Topoq
• The Unfinished Swan
• This Is Football
• Tomba!
• Tokyo Jungle
• Top Darts
• Tori Emaki
• Toro Inoue
• Tourist Trophy
• Toy Home
• Trash Panic
• Tsugunai
• Tumble
• TV Superstars
• Twisted Metal
• UmJammer Lammy
• Uncharted
• Unit 13
• Until Dawn
• Untold Legends
• Vib-Ribbon
• War of the Monsters
• Warhawk
• What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord?
• When Vikings Attack!
• White Knight Chronicles
• Wild
• Wild Arms
• Wipeout
• Wonderbook
• World Tour Soccer
• Xtreme
• Yoake no Mariko

See also

• SIE Worldwide Studios
• List of Sony Interactive Entertainment video games

External links

• Official website