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Santa Monica Studio

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American video game developer

Santa Monica Studio
Logo used since 2014
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded1999; 26 years ago (1999) inSanta Monica, California, US
FounderAllan Becker
Headquarters,
US
Key people
Yumi Yang (studio head)
ProductsGod of War series
Number of employees
250+[1] (2024)
ParentSony Computer Entertainment (1999–2005)
PlayStation Studios (2005–present)
Websitesms.playstation.com
The Santa Monica Studio at the 2019Game Developers Choice Awards

Santa Monica Studio is an Americanvideo game developer ofSony Interactive Entertainment based inLos Angeles. It is best known for developing theGod of War series. The studio was founded in 1999 by Allan Becker and was located inSanta Monica, California, until relocating toPlaya Vista in 2014.

History

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Santa Monica Studio was founded in 1999 by Allan Becker, a long-timeSony employee who wanted "to break out of the corporateFoster City group" ofSony Computer Entertainment. The studio was established in an office next to the developerNaughty Dog before moving into a brick building in the suburbs ofSanta Monica, California.[2] The building at Penn Station would be occupied for fifteen years.[3] For its first game, theracing titleKinetica, Santa Monica Studio decided to skip thePlayStation console and built the game for the console's then-upcoming successor, thePlayStation 2, instead. Agame engine was developed "to give the [PlayStation 2] some legs" forKinetica and future releases. While the game was developed during the studio'steam building phase,producer Shannon Studstill focused on the game's release to prove to Sony that Santa Monica Studio was capable of delivering a product on schedule and within budget.Kinetica was released on time in 2001, with the studio staying under the allocated budget. After publication, Santa Monica Studio shifted to its next project,God of War, while re-using the engine fromKinetica.[2]

The External Development group, a department within Santa Monica Studio separate from internal development teams,[4] acts as both avideo game publisher andbusiness incubator forindie game studios, notablyThatgamecompany and its gameJourney.[2][5] Other incubated teams includeBroodworks,Eat Sleep Play, Fun Bits,Giant Sparrow,Incognito Entertainment,Q-Games, andReady at Dawn.[2][6][7] Becker left Santa Monica Studio in 2011.[5] By March 2012, Becker had joined Sony'sJapan Studio, while Shannon became Santa Monica Studio's "Senior Director of Product Development".[2] In January 2014, Santa Monica Studio announced that it would move from their Penn Station offices to The Reserve, a 20-acre facility on Jefferson Boulevard inPlaya Vista, Los Angeles. The 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) of office space were "four or five times the size" of their previous Santa Monica office, according to Studstill. At the time, the studio employed roughly 240 people.[6] An undisclosed numbers of staffers were laid off in February that year due to the cancelation of a newintellectual property, includingStig Asmussen, who headed the canceled project.[7][8] The studio relocation was completed on July 22, 2014, coupled with a new logo, dubbed SMS "Vanguard".[3] Santa Monica Studio would also close down this group in 2016 and sold the rights toWhat Remains of Edith Finch andWattam back to their developers, as well as publishing rights toAnnapurna Interactive where the group's employees had relocated.[9]

In March 2020, Studstill left Santa Monica Studio to lead a new development studio underStadia. Subsequently, a long-time employee and previous director of product development for Santa Monica Studio, Yumi Yang, was installed as the developer'sstudio head.[10]

Games developed

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YearTitlePlatform(s)
2001KineticaPlayStation 2
2005God of WarPlayStation 2,PlayStation 3,PlayStation Vita
2007God of War II
2010God of War IIIPlayStation 3,PlayStation 4
2013God of War: AscensionPlayStation 3
2018God of WarPlayStation 4,Windows
2022God of War RagnarökPlayStation 4,PlayStation 5, Windows

External Development games

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YearTitleDeveloper
2001Twisted Metal: BlackIncog Inc. Entertainment
Twisted Metal: Small Brawl
2002Twisted Metal Black: Online
2003War of the Monsters
Downhill Domination
2005The ConThink & Feel
Twisted Metal: Head-OnIncognito Entertainment
Neopets: The Darkest FaerieIdol Minds
2006Blast FactorBluepoint Games
2007FlowThatgamecompany
Calling All Cars!Incognito Entertainment
Warhawk
PixelJunk RacersQ-Games
Everyday ShooterQueasy Games
2008PixelJunk MonstersQ-Games
Twisted Metal Head-On: Extra Twisted EditionEat Sleep Play
God of War: Chains of OlympusReady at Dawn
PixelJunk Monsters EncoreQ-Games
PixelJunk Eden
Linger in ShadowsPlastic
2009FlowerThatgamecompany
PixelJunk Eden EncoreQ-Games
Fat PrincessTitan Studios
PixelJunk Monsters DeluxeQ-Games
.detunedFarbrausch
God of War CollectionBluepoint Games
PixelJunk ShooterQ-Games
2010Fat Princess: Fistful of CakeSuper Villain Studios
PixelJunk Racers 2nd LapQ-Games
God of War: Ghost of SpartaReady at Dawn
2011PixelJunk Shooter 2Q-Games
PixelJunk SideScroller
God of War: Origins CollectionReady at Dawn
Carnival IslandMagic Pixel Games
2012Twisted MetalEat Sleep Play
Escape PlanFun Bits
JourneyThatgamecompany
StarhawkLightBox Interactive
DaturaPlastic
PixelJunk 4amQ-Games
SorceryThe Workshop
Sound ShapesQueasy Games
The Unfinished SwanGiant Sparrow
PlayStation All-Stars Battle RoyaleSuperBot Entertainment
2014HohokumHoneyslug
2015Fat Princess: Piece of CakeOne Loop Games
God of War III RemasteredWholesale Algorithms
The Order: 1886Ready at Dawn
Everybody's Gone to the RaptureThe Chinese Room
Fat Princess AdventuresFun Bits
2016BoundPlastic
Here They LieTangentlemen

References

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  1. ^"Santa Monica Studio - Who We Are".
  2. ^abcdeNix, Marc (March 21, 2012)."The House That God of War Built: Sony Santa Monica".IGN.Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. RetrievedOctober 17, 2020.
  3. ^abStudstill, Shannon (July 22, 2014)."Sony Santa Monica unveils its new logo".PlayStation Blog.Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. RetrievedOctober 17, 2020.
  4. ^"15 Years of Creative Partnerships".Santa Monica Studio. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. Archived fromthe original on August 20, 2016. RetrievedJuly 30, 2021.
  5. ^abRobinson, Martin (March 15, 2013)."Inside Santa Monica Studios, Sony's development commune".Eurogamer.Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. RetrievedOctober 17, 2020.
  6. ^abGraser, Marc (January 28, 2014)."Sony Game Division Finds New Westside Home for Santa Monica Studio".Variety.Archived from the original on February 10, 2019. RetrievedOctober 17, 2020.
  7. ^abMoriarty, Colin (February 24, 2014)."Layoffs Hit God of War Studio Sony Santa Monica".IGN.Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. RetrievedOctober 17, 2020.
  8. ^Yin-Poole, Wesley (February 26, 2014)."God of War developer Sony Santa Monica suffers layoffs".Eurogamer.Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. RetrievedOctober 17, 2020.
  9. ^Sinclair, Brandon (December 1, 2016)."Annapurna Pictures gets into game publishing".Gameindustry.biz.Archived from the original on July 26, 2019. RetrievedAugust 14, 2017.
  10. ^Valentine, Rebekah (March 4, 2020)."Yumi Yang named new head of Sony Santa Monica Studio".GamesIndustry.biz.Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. RetrievedOctober 17, 2020.

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