Guerrilla Cambridge (formerly SCEE Cambridge Studio and Cambridge Studio) was a British

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based in

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, England. The studio was founded under

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in July 1997 through the buyout of the game development division of CyberLife Technology. In 2010, SCEE Cambridge Studio was restructured as a sister studio to

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under the name Guerrilla Cambridge and shut down in 2017. The studio is best known for developing the '' MediEvil'' series.

History

On 15 July 1997,

(SCE) announced that it, through its

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-based division, was to acquire the game development division of CyberLife Technology for an undisclosed sum. CyberLife had previously developed games under the name "Millennium Interactive", including ''

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'' and '' Creatures'', but changed its name in 1996 when developing

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technology and "

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" simulations became its primary focus. The bought-out team was integrated into a new internal studio for Sony under Sony Computer Entertainment Europe; it was later known as SCEE Studio Cambridge to distinguish from

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. CyberLife would later change its name to Creature Labs in November 1999 before shutting down 2003, with some assets and staff acquired by Gameware Development. The studio would be renamed SCEE Cambridge Studio after Team Soho was spun out independently from SCEE; it would be renamed yet again to Cambridge Studio in 2010. In January 2012, SCEE announced a restructuring of its United Kingdom-based studios; within this move, SCEE Cambridge Studio became a sister studio to

to bring Guerrilla's ''

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'' series to

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. Within the same year, SCEE Cambridge Studio assumed the name "Guerrilla Cambridge". An undisclosed number of staffers were let go from Guerrilla Cambridge and other United Kingdom-based studios owned by SCE in March 2014. Guerrilla Cambridge was closed down on 12 January 2017 as a result of a regular review process within SCE's Worldwide Studios division.

Games developed

As Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

As SCEE Cambridge Studio

As Guerrilla Cambridge

References

External links

* (archived) * {{PlayStation Studios Guerrilla Games British subsidiaries of foreign companies 1997 establishments in England 2017 disestablishments in England Companies based in Cambridge Defunct companies based in Cambridgeshire PlayStation Studios Video game companies established in 1997 Video game companies disestablished in 2017 Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom Video game development companies