Evolution Studios

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Evolution Studios

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legal form Limited
founding 1999
resolution 2016
Seat Runcorn , Cheshire , United Kingdom
management Martin Kenwright (CEO)
Mick Hocking (MD)
Branch Software development

Evolution Studios Ltd. was a British video game developer .

Company history

The company was founded in 1999 by Martin Kenwright ( Digital Image Design ) and Ian Hetherington ( Psygnosis ). The headquarters were in Runcorn , Cheshire . A branch was at Bigbig Studios in Warwickshire .

Both Evolution and Bigbig Studios were acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in September 2007 .

In January 2012, it was announced that Sony had closed Bigbig Studios after completing work on Little Deviants .

On October 8, 2014, Evolution Studios released the PS4- exclusive racing game Driveclub . The game was originally intended as a launch title for the PlayStation 4 last year. In order to fine-tune the design, it was postponed at the time.

On March 22, 2016 the studio was closed. Most of the employees were taken over by the Codemasters studio .

publication

Evolution Studios

Bigbig Studios

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  • 2005: Pursuit Force ( PSP )
  • 2007: Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice (PSP)
  • 2009: MotorStorm: Arctic Edge (PS2, PSP)
  • 2012: Little Deviants ( PSV , PS4)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. TGS: Sony buys MotorStorm dev News // PS3 /// Eurogamer
  2. Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.develop-online.net
  3. DriveClub - Test // PSN seniors
  4. DriveClub - Fine-tuning the design Reason for postponement // Insidegames
  5. ^ Sony confirms closure of Evolution Studios. In: GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved March 22, 2016 .
  6. Codemasters welcomes the team from Evolution Studios. In: codemasters.com. Retrieved April 12, 2016 .