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{{Infobox companies
|name = Cambridge Studio
|name = Cambridge Studio
|image = [[File:Studio_Cambridge_Logo.png|center]]
|image = <gallery>
Studio_Cambridge_Logo.png|1997-2013
GuerrillaCambridge.png|2013-2017
</gallery>
|type = Development branch
|type = Development branch
|founded = July 4 1997{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/development/development1.htm|Development}}<ref name="TheTimes">{{Cite news|title=''Sony spends £6m on research base''|newspaper=The Times|author=Jason Nisse|published=July 14, 1997}}</ref>
|founded = July 4 1997{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/development/development1.htm|Development}}<ref name="TheTimes">{{Cite news|title=''Sony spends £6m on research base''|newspaper=The Times|author=Jason Nisse|published=July 14, 1997}}</ref>
|defunct=January 12, 2017
|defunct=January 12, 2017<ref name="closed">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38598919|site=BBC News|title=Sony closes Guerrilla Cambridge video games studio|published=January 12, 2017|retrieved=July 24, 2021}}</ref>
|founder = Sony Computer Entertainment
|founder = Sony Computer Entertainment
|headquarters = <br>City House, Hills Road, Cambridge (2003 - 2017)
|headquarters = Quern House, Mill Court, Great Shelford, United Kingdom (1997 - 2003)<br>City House, Hills Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom (2003 - 2017)
|owner = Sony Corporation
|owner = Sony Corporation
|parent = SCE Worldwide Studios
|parent = SCE Worldwide Studios
|products = ''MediEvil'' series, ''Primal''}}'''Sony Computer Entertainment Cambridge Studio''' (later known as '''Guerrilla Cambridge'''), part of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, was formed on July 4 1997 when Sony Computer Entertainment Europe bought the [[Millennium]] development studio from Cyberlife Ltd for six million pounds.<sup><ref name="TheTimes"/></sup> The developer was mainly well known for making the [[MediEvil series|''MediEvil'' series]] for the original PlayStation and the PSP.
|products = ''MediEvil'' series, ''Primal''}}'''Sony Computer Entertainment Cambridge Studio''' (later known as '''Guerrilla Cambridge'''), was formed on July 4, 1997, when Sony Computer Entertainment Europe bought the [[Millennium]] development studio from CyberLife Ltd for six million pounds.<ref name="TheTimes"/> The developer was mainly well known for making the [[MediEvil series|''MediEvil'' series]] for the original PlayStation and the PSP.


On January 10 2013, Cambridge Studio was restructured and renamed to Guerrilla Cambridge and became a development branch of Guerrilla Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/12/24/happy-holidays-from-guerrilla-games-2/|title=Happy Holidays from Guerrilla Games!|published=24 December, 2012|author=Victor Zuylen|site=PlayStation.Blog|retrieved=24 December 2012}}</ref>
On January 10 2013, Cambridge Studio was restructured and renamed to Guerrilla Cambridge and became a development branch of Guerrilla Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/12/24/happy-holidays-from-guerrilla-games-2/|title=Happy Holidays from Guerrilla Games!|published=24 December, 2012|author=Victor Zuylen|site=PlayStation.Blog|retrieved=24 December 2012}}</ref> Four years later, on January 12, 2017, Sony announced that the studio was closing.<ref name="closed"/>


==Games==
==Games==
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===As Guerrilla Cambridge===
===As Guerrilla Cambridge===
*''Killzone: Mercenary (2013)''
*''Killzone: Mercenary (2013)''
*''RIGS: Mechanized Combat League (2016)''
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery orientation="landscape">
<gallery orientation="landscape">

Revision as of 00:57, 24 July 2021

Cambridge Studio
[[Image:
  • Studio Cambridge Logo.png

    1997-2013

  • GuerrillaCambridge.png

    2013-2017

|250px]]
Type Development branch
Founded July 4 1997[1][2]
Founder(s) Sony Computer Entertainment
Defunct since January 12, 2017[3]
Headquarters Quern House, Mill Court, Great Shelford, United Kingdom (1997 - 2003)
City House, Hills Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom (2003 - 2017)
Owner Sony Corporation
Parent SCE Worldwide Studios
Products MediEvil series, Primal

Sony Computer Entertainment Cambridge Studio (later known as Guerrilla Cambridge), was formed on July 4, 1997, when Sony Computer Entertainment Europe bought the Millennium development studio from CyberLife Ltd for six million pounds.[2] The developer was mainly well known for making the MediEvil series for the original PlayStation and the PSP.

On January 10 2013, Cambridge Studio was restructured and renamed to Guerrilla Cambridge and became a development branch of Guerrilla Games.[4] Four years later, on January 12, 2017, Sony announced that the studio was closing.[3]

Games

As SCE Cambridge Studio

Contributions

Studio Cambridge also contributed to the making of these titles to various degrees.

  • Heavenly Sword
  • WipEout franchise
  • PlayStation Home
  • Killzone 2
  • Passport to... franchise
  • EyeToy franchise
  • PlayTV

As Guerrilla Cambridge

  • Killzone: Mercenary (2013)
  • RIGS: Mechanized Combat League (2016)

Gallery

  • TheTeam.jpg

    The MediEvil development team.

  • Med2DevTeam.jpg

    The MediEvil 2 development team.

References

  1. ↑ MediEvil 2 Development on MediEvil 2 Official EU Website (archived version at Internet Archive Wayback Machine).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jason Nisse, Sony spends £6m on research base in The Times. Published July 14, 1997.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sony closes Guerrilla Cambridge video games studio on BBC News. Published January 12, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ Victor Zuylen, Happy Holidays from Guerrilla Games! on PlayStation.Blog. Published 24 December, 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

External links

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