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    |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=Nisse, Jason|published=July 14, 1997}}</ref>
    |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>
    |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 = Quern House, Mill Court, Great Shelford, United Kingdom (1997 - 2003)<br>City House, Hills Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom (2003 - 2017)
    |headquarters = Quern House, Mill Court, Great Shelford, United Kingdom (1997 - 2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clarets.org/steve/work/18.html|site=Accreted Drivel|title=Moving…|quote= We are now just about to start moving office to plush new HQ in the centre of Cambridge. Back on Monday...|author=Tattersall, Steven|published=January 23, 2003|retrieved=July 24, 2021}}</ref><br>City House, Hills Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom (2003 - 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clarets.org/steve/work/19.html|author=Tattersall, Steven|site=Accreted Drivel|title=We have moved|published=February 2, 2003|retrieved=July 24, 2021}}</ref>
    |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'''), 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.
    |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> Four years later, on January 12, 2017, Sony announced that the studio was closing.<ref name="closed"/>
    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=Zuylen, Victor|site=PlayStation.Blog|retrieved=24 December 2012}}</ref> Four years later, on January 12, 2017, Sony announced that the studio would close permanently.<ref name="closed"/>


    ==Games==
    ==Games==

    Revision as of 01:13, 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)[4]
    City House, Hills Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom (2003 - 2017)[5]
    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.[6] Four years later, on January 12, 2017, Sony announced that the studio would close permanently.[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 Nisse, Jason, 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. ↑ "We are now just about to start moving office to plush new HQ in the centre of Cambridge. Back on Monday..." — Tattersall, Steven, Moving… on Accreted Drivel. Published January 23, 2003. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
    5. ↑ Tattersall, Steven, We have moved on Accreted Drivel. Published February 2, 2003. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
    6. ↑ Zuylen, Victor, Happy Holidays from Guerrilla Games! on PlayStation.Blog. Published 24 December, 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

    External links

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