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|products = ''MediEvil'' series, ''Primal''}}'''SCE Cambridge Studio''' (later known as '''Guerrilla Cambridge''') was a British video game developer based in Cambridge, England. The studio was founded 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 known for making the [[MediEvil series|''MediEvil'' series]] for the original PlayStation and the PSP.
|products = ''MediEvil'' series, ''Primal''}}'''SCEE Cambridge Studio''' (later known as '''Guerrilla Cambridge''') was a British video game developer based in Cambridge, England. The studio was founded 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 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=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"/>
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==
===As SCE Cambridge Studio===
===As SCEE Cambridge Studio===
*''[[MediEvil]] (1998)''
*''[[MediEvil]] (1998)''
*''[[MediEvil 2]] (2000)''
*''[[MediEvil 2]] (2000)''
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20151211010301fw_/http://www.worldwidestudios.net/cambridge Official Website] (archived version)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20151211010301fw_/http://www.worldwidestudios.net/cambridge Official Website] (archived version)
*{{Icon|Wikipedia}} {{w|SCE Cambridge Studio|SCE Cambridge Studio}} at Wikipedia.
*{{Icon|Wikipedia}} {{w|SCE Cambridge Studio|SCEE Cambridge Studio}} at Wikipedia.
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Revision as of 17:50, 9 October 2023

SCEE Cambridge Studio
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

SCEE Cambridge Studio (later known as Guerrilla Cambridge) was a British video game developer based in Cambridge, England. The studio was founded 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 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 SCEE 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

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.

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