Topic summary
eidetic
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Bend Studio.
History
Eidetic continued developing Syphon Filter games for SCE, creating six further until 2007, uninterrupted by any other release. SCE acquired the studio in 2000, renaming it to Bend Studio. Beyond the Syphon Filter series, Bend Studio wanted to develop games for a different franchise and decided to develop a Resistance game for the PlayStation Portable due to similarities between Resistance and Syphon Filter. Bend Studio create a demo for the game and showed it to SCE producers and the original Resistance developer, Insomniac Games, and was approved to begin development of Resistance: Retribution. After the game's 2009 release, Bend Studio dedicated nine employees to Uncharted: Golden Abyss for the PlayStation Vita. After several ideas for the project were rejected by franchise developer Naughty Dog, the developer ultimately agreed to Bend Studio's vision and had the project approved. Bend Studio worked closely with Naughty Dog and was allowed to use all assets from Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Bend Studio also worked on Uncharted: Fight for Fortune in conjunction with One Loop Games.