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Studio: Naughty Dog
Game History: Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter, Uncharted, The Last of Us
President(s): Evan Wells & Co Ballestra
Director(s): Neil Druckmann - Kurt Margeneau
Writer(s): Josh Sherr - Haley Gross
Employees: ~306 (incl. ICE-Team)
Location: California [NA]
Released Ps4 Games:
The Last of Us Remastered (2014/ Metascore 95)
Uncharted 4 (2016/ Metascore 93)
Uncharted The Lost Legacy (2017/84)
Playstation 4 Projects:
Confirmed
The Last of Us: Part Two - Release 2018/19
Rumours:
According to Arne Meyer Naughty Dog could release one,two or even more Games in this Generation.
UC:LL may not be the end of the Franchise according to ND
Achievements of this Generation:
Studio: Santa Monica Studios
History: Kinetica, God of War
Collaborations: Fat Princess, Unfinished Swan, The Order 1886, PS Allstars and more
President: Shannon Studstill
Director(s): Cory Barlog
Employees: 200
Location: Los Angeles [NA]
Released Ps4 Games:
God of War 3 Remastered (2015/Metascore 81)
God of War - April 20th 2018 (2018/Metascore 94)
Playstation 4 Projects:
Confirmed:
Rumours:
The Start of a new God of War Saga
Cory Barlog working on a new Ip?
New Director for the next God of War
5 more GOW Games speculated by Cory
Achievements:
- God of War is the most watched Trailer on the Playstation Channel with over 18 Mio Views
- Among the Top 5 of the most watched E3 2017 Trailers
- GOW sold 3.1 Mio Copies in 3 Days -> fastest selling Ps4 exclusive
Studio: Bend Studios
History: Resistance Retribution, Bubys 3D, Syphon Filter, Uncharted Golden Abyss
Key People: Chritopher Reese, John Garvin, Darren Yager, Jeff Ross
Employees: ~ 103
Playstation 4 Projects:
Confirmed:
Days Gone - Release 2018/19
Project Informations:
-> Unreal Engine 4
-> in full production since January 2015
-> Open World Action Adventure
-> Survival Horror
Rumours:
Achievements:
- Days Gone is among the Top 10 most watched E3 2017 Trailers
Studio: Sucker Punch
History: Rocket, Sly Cooper, Infamous
President:
Director(s): Jason Connell, Nate Fox
Employees: ~ 160
Released Ps4 Games:
Infamous Second Son (2014/ Metascore 80)
Infamous First Light (2014/Metascore 73)
Playstation 4 Projects
Confirmed:
Ghost of Tsushima - Release 2018/19
Project Informations:
- 3.5 Years in Development
- Open World Action/Stealth Adventure
Rumours:
Achievements:
Studio: San Diego Studios
History: Modnation Racers, NBA, High Velocity, MLB, LPB Karting
President: Chris Cutliff
Director(s):
Employees:
Released Ps4 Games:
MLB The Show 14 (Metascore 83)
MLB The Show 15 (Metascore 80)
MLB The Show 16 (Metascore 85)
Kill Strain (2016/Metascore 53)
MLB The Show 17 (Metascore 85)
MLB The Show 18 (Metascore 82)
Playstation 4 Projects:
Confirmed:
Rumours:
Achievements:
Studio: Pixelopus
History: new studio established in 2014
President:
Director(s):
Employees: ~14
Released Ps4 Games:
Entwined (2014/Metacritic 59)
Playstation 4 Projects:
Confirmed:
Concrete Genie - Release 2018/19
Rumours:
Achievements:
- Entwined got over 1 Mio downloads
Studio: Guerilla Games
History: Shelshock Nam 67, Killzone
President: Herman Hulst
Director(s): Mathijs de Jonge (Killzone 2, Killzone 3, Horizon Zero Dawn)
Writer(s): John Gonzales (Fallout New Vegas, Horizon Zero Dawn)
Employees: 270
Location: Amsterdam [EU]
Released Ps4 Games:
Killzone Shadow Fall (2013/Metascore 73)
Horizon Zero Dawn (2017/Metascore 89)
Horizon Frozen Wilds (2017/Metascore 83)
Playstation 4 Projects
Confirmed:
Rumours:
Sony has long term plans for the Horizon IP
After the E3 Announcement of Horizon GG made clear that they aren't done with the Killzone Franchise
Hermen Hulst: Its too early to make announcements regarding the Killzone Franchise
Achievements:
- Horizon was the best Guerrilla debut ever, selling twice as much as their second best debut, Killzone 2.
- As of April 30th, Horizon Zero Dawn sold over 3.4 Mio Copies
- One Year after its Launch, HZD sold over 7.6 Mio Units Worldwide
- With an Metascore of 89, Horizon Zero Dawn is among the 5 highest rated Games of 2017 on Playstation Games
- Horizon Zero Dawn is among the Top 10 best selling Games in the US for 2017 (NPD)
Studio: Media Molecule
History: Little Big Planet, Tearaway
Ps4 History: Tearaway Unfolded
President: Siobhand Reddy
Director(s):
Employees: ~54
Released Ps4 Games:
Tearaway Unfolded (2015/Metascore 81)
Playstation 4 Projects
Confirmed:
Dreams - Release 2018/19
Project Informations:
-> development started after Little Big Planet 2 (2010)
-> 25 of the 40-50 man team were working on teraway unfolded ->the rest on Dreams
-> next Update at PSX 2017
Rumours:
Achievements:
Studio: London Studios
History: This is football, Singstar, Getaway, Eye Toy, PS Home, Eye Pet......
President:
Director(s):
Employees:
Released Ps4 Games & Applications:
Singstar(2014)
VR WORLDS (2016/57)
Playstation 4 Projects:
Confirmed:
Blood & Truth (VR) - Release 2018/19
Rumours:
Studio: Manchester Studio
History: new Stundio founded in 2015 -> Focus on VR Games
Rumours:
--> working on a VR Game
--> brand new IP
--> Unreal Engine 4
--> Studio Ghibli Style?
Studio: Polyphony Digital
History: Motor toon, Omega Boost, Gran Turismo
President: Kazunori Yamauchi
Director: Kazunori Yamauchi
Employees: ~ 200
Location: Tokyo [JP]
Released Ps4 Games:
Gran Turismo Sport (2017/Metascore 76)
Playstation 4 Projects
Confirmed:
Rumours:
Gran Turismo 7
According to CEO Jim Ryan Gran Turismo Sport is not Gran Turismo 7
Achievements:
Studio: Japan Studio
History: ICO - Shadow of the Collosus - Ape Escape - Rain - Patapon - Gravity Rush - Loco Roco - Siren - Legend of Dragoon - Pipo Saru and more
Collaborations: Rogue Galaxy - Tokyo Jungle - WKC -Demon Souls and more
President: Allan Becker (former CEO of Santa Monica)
Director(s): Keiichiro Toyama (Gravity Rush), Gavin Moore (Pupeteer),Fumito Ueda (from GenDesign Studios)
Employees: 300-400
Released Ps4 Games:
Internal:
Knack (2013/Metascore 54)
The Last Guardian (2016/Metascore 82)
Gravity Rush 2 (2017/Metascore 80)
Knack 2 (2017/Metascore 69)
Collaboration:
Bloodborne (Fromsoftware/2015/Metascore 92)
The Tomorrow Children (Q-Games/2016/Metascore 54)
Playstation 4 Projects:
Confirmed:
Collaborations:
Shadow of the Collosus --> BluePoint Games (Release 2018)
Rumours:
Keiichiro Toyama: Right after GR2 I'll work on another new title
Shuhei Yoshida: Now producing lots of unannounced titles.
Achievements:
Studio: XDEV
Function: collaborates with independent development studios across Europe and other PAL territories to publish content to PlayStation platforms all over the world
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