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PlayStation Studios

Division of Sony Interactive Entertainment

Division of Sony Interactive Entertainment

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logo_captionLogo used since 2020
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industryVideo games
foundation
hq_location_citySan Mateo, California
London, England
Tokyo, Japan
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num_employees≈4,000
num_employees_year2022
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London, England Tokyo, Japan

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 to include the PlayStation brand.

History

On September 14, 2005, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE, now known as Sony Interactive Entertainment), the video game arm of Sony, announced the formation of SCE Worldwide Studios earlier that month, combining all studios SCE owned at the time. Phil Harrison was appointed as the division's president; he resigned in February 2008. Kazuo Hirai became acting president, succeeded by Shuhei Yoshida 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.

In 2022, Sony stated half of its first-party PlayStation Studios games will be on personal computers (PC) and mobile by 2025. In August 2022, SIE announced the formation of the PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, alongside the acquisition of the company's first mobile development team, Savage Game Studios, later renamed Neon Koi. In February 2024, Sony announced it would eliminate 900 jobs, or 8% of SIE and PlayStation Studios employees. These cuts included the closure of London Studio.

In July 2024, Sony and Bungie announced that as part of restructuring at Bungie, one of the studio's incubation projects would be spun out, with the team behind the game forming a new studio within PlayStation Studios, later on in May 2025 it being revealed as teamLFG. In October 2024, Sony announced the closure of Neon Koi and Firewalk Studios. In March 2025, Sony formed Dark Outlaw Games, a new studio under PlayStation Studios, led by Jason Blundell. In an August 2025 financial briefing, Sony CFO Lin Tao stated that SIE planned to fully integrate and oversee Bungie as a developer within the core PlayStation Studios lineup, after initially allowing them to function as an independent subsidiary since their acquisition in 2022.

Studios

NameLocation/sFoundedAcquiredNotable releases
Bend StudioBend, OregonSyphon Filter, Resistance: Retribution, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Days Gone
Bluepoint GamesAustin, TexasUncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Shadow of the Colossus, Demon's Souls
Dark Outlaw GamesLos Angeles, Californialast=Middlerfirst=Jordandate=March 17, 2025title=PlayStation has formed new studio Dark Outlaw Games with Call of Duty Zombies lead Jason Blundellurl=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-has-formed-new-studio-dark-outlaw-games-with-call-of-duty-zombies-lead-jason-blundell/access-date=March 18, 2025website=Video Games Chronicle }}——
FirespriteLiverpoolRun Sackboy! Run!, Horizon Call of the Mountain
Guerrilla GamesAmsterdamKillzone, Horizon
Haven StudiosMontreal, QuebecFairgame$
HousemarqueHelsinkiSuper Stardust HD, Dead Nation, Resogun, Alienation, Matterfall, Returnal, Saros
Insomniac GamesBurbank, CaliforniaSpyro, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Wolverine
url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/in-depth-insomniac-talks-new-north-carolina-studiotitle=In-Depth: Insomniac Talks New North Carolina Studiolast=Remofirst=Chriswork=Gamasutradate=June 4, 2008access-date=August 30, 2022archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922081216/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/109832/InDepth_Insomniac_Talks_New_North_Carolina_Studio.phparchive-date=September 22, 2015url-status=live }}
Malaysia StudioKuala Lumpur—Support for first-party titles, such as The Last of Us Part I and MLB The Show 22
Media MoleculeGuildfordLittleBigPlanet, Tearaway, Dreams
Naughty DogSanta Monica, CaliforniaCrash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter, Uncharted, The Last of Us, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
Nixxes SoftwareUtrechtWindows ports and support work for various first-party PlayStation titles; Xbox Series X/S port of Helldivers 2
Polyphony DigitalTokyo—Gran Turismo, Motor Toon Grand Prix, Omega Boost, Tourist Trophy
San Diego StudioSan Diego, California—The Mark of Kri, NBA, MLB: The Show
San Mateo StudioSan Mateo, California—url=https://www.androidcentral.com/everything-sony-worldwide-studios-workingtitle=PlayStation Studios: Everything we know Sony Worldwide Studios is working on in 2021 for PS5last=Tolbertfirst=Samuelwork=Android Centraldate=December 16, 2021accessdate=January 20, 2022archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225134947/https://www.androidcentral.com/everything-sony-worldwide-studios-workingarchivedate=December 25, 2021url-status=live }}
Santa Monica StudioLos Angeles, California—Kinetica, God of War
Sucker Punch ProductionsBellevue, WashingtonSly Cooper, Infamous, Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yōtei
Team AsobiTokyo—The Playroom, Astro Bot
teamLFGBellevue, Washington2025——
Valkyrie EntertainmentSeattle, WashingtonSupport studio for various franchises such as Infamous, God of War, and Twisted Metal
XDevLiverpool—Works with external developers across Europe, on projects such as Until Dawn, Detroit: Become Human and Saros
Tokyourl=http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/08/guide_all_sony_first-party_studios_and_what_theyre_working_ontitle=Guide: All Sony First-Party Studios and What They're Working Onfirst=Sammylast=Barkerdate=August 28, 2019website=Push Squareaccess-date=September 13, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929194348/http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/08/guide_all_sony_first-party_studios_and_what_theyre_working_onarchive-date=September 29, 2019url-status=dead}}

Former

NameLocationFoundedAcquiredDivestedFate
Bigbig StudiosLeamington SpaClosed
Evolution StudiosRuncornClosed
Firewalk StudiosBellevue, WashingtonClosed
Guerrilla CambridgeCambridge—Closed
Incognito EntertainmentSalt Lake City, UtahClosed
Japan StudioTokyo—Reorganized within SIE, primarily to Team Asobi
London StudioLondon—url=https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-london-studio-issues-heartfelt-goodbye-after-sony-studio-closuretitle=PlayStation London Studio Issues Heartfelt Goodbye After Sony Studio Closurelast=Yin-Poolefirst=Wesleywork=IGNpublisher=Ziff Davisdate=May 21, 2024accessdate=May 22, 2024archive-date=May 25, 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525173959/https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-london-studio-issues-heartfelt-goodbye-after-sony-studio-closureurl-status=live }}
Manchester StudioManchester—Closed
Neon KoiBerlinClosed
Helsinki
PixelopusSan Mateo, California—Closed
Studio LiverpoolLiverpoolClosed
Zipper InteractiveRedmond, WashingtonClosed

Notes

References

References

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