PlayStation Studios (formerly SCE Worldwide Studios and SIE Worldwide Studios) is a division of

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(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.

History

On September 14, 2005, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), the video game arm of

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, announced the formation of SCE Worldwide Studios, combining all studios SCE owned at the time.

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was appointed as the division's

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. Shuhei Yoshida succeeded him in May 2008. When Yoshida moved to lead the

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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 formation of PlayStation Studios in May 2020 as a brand to be formally introduced alongside the

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that is released later that year. PlayStation Studios was to serve as the brand for its first-party game development studios, as well as be used for branding on games developed by studios brought in by Sony in work-for-hire situations. 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.

XDev

XDev, established in 2000 and based in

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, collaborates with independent development studios to publish content for PlayStation platforms. XDev has helped to create and publish titles such as the ''

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'', '' Buzz!'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' series, '' Super Stardust HD'', '' Heavenly Sword'', '' Heavy Rain'', '' Beyond: Two Souls'', '' Tearaway'' and '' Resogun''. Partners include Quantic Dream,

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, Climax Studios,

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, Supermassive Games and Sumo Digital. In addition to funding projects, XDev offers production, project management and game design support. Games are supported by community management, online production and outsourcing management facilities. XDev works with marketing and public relations teams to promote and publish games worldwide.Worldwide Studios/XDev
. XDev on Worldwidestudios.net

Studios

Former

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