San Diego Studio is an American video game developer based in

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. A first-party studio for Sony Interactive Entertainment, it is responsible for '' MLB: The Show'' games. The studio also developed the '' NBA'' series, '' The Mark of Kri'', '' Pain'', '' High Velocity Bowling'', and '' Sports Champions''.

History

San Diego Studio was founded through a merger of Red Zone Interactive and 989 Sports. Red Zone Interactive, a

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-based development studio, was founded in December 1997 by former employees of

Sony Interactive Studios America 989 Studios was a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) that developed games for PlayStation consoles and Windows personal computers. Their games include ''EverQuest'', ''Twisted Metal III'', ''Twisted Metal 4'', ''Syphon Filter' ...

(SISA), the sole in-house studio of the

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(SCEA) between 1995 and 1998. SISA was later renamed 989 Studios before being merged into SCEA in February 2000, with the "989" label being retained as a

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. Red Zone Interactive's ''

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'' series was among the games published under the "989 Sports" label. SCEA acquired Red Zone Interactive in January 2001, including its 65 employees led by

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Chris Whaley. San Diego Studio was formally founded in 2001.

Games developed

References

External links

* {{PlayStation Studios 2001 establishments in California American companies established in 2001 Companies based in San Diego First-party video game developers PlayStation Studios Video game companies based in California Video game companies established in 2001 Video game companies of the United States Video game development companies