Bigbig Studios

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Bigbig Studios
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Video games
Founded2001;24 years ago (2001)
Defunct2012;13 years ago (2012)
Successor Evolution Studios
Headquarters
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
,
England
Parent SCE Worldwide Studios (2007–2012)

Bigbig Studios was a British video game developer based in Leamington Spa, England. [1] It was founded in 2001 by a core team of four former Codemasters employees. [2] The company was set up with the help of parent company Evolution Studios.

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Bigbig Studios and Evolution Studios were both acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in September 2007, [3] and Bigbig Studios was assigned to work exclusively for the portable PlayStation products. They developed the Pursuit Force games for the PlayStation Portable, [4] MotorStorm: Arctic Edge for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2, and Little Deviants for the PlayStation Vita.

On 10 January 2012, Sony confirmed that it would close Bigbig Studios. [5]

Games developed

Game titleYear releasedPlatform(s)
Pursuit Force 2005 PlayStation Portable
Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice 2007 PlayStation Portable
MotorStorm: Arctic Edge 2009 PlayStation Portable & PlayStation 2
Little Deviants 2012 PlayStation Vita

References

  1. ↑ "Bigbig Studios, Leamington Spa". The Disc Directory. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Bigbig Studios". Gamesindustry.biz. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Evolution Studios and Bigbig Studios". Sony. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sony buys Evolution and Bigbig Studios | Games". Geek.com. 21 September 2007. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Crossley, Rob (10 January 2012). "Sony closes and restructures two UK studios". MCV/Develop. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.


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