SIE Japan Studio

SIE Japan Studio

File:SCE Japan Logo.png
Type	Division
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	November 1993
Headquarters	1-6-27 Kounan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8270 Japan
Products	Siren, Ape Escape series, Patapon series
Services	Video game development
Owner	Sony Interactive Entertainment
Number of employees	400+
Parent	SIE Worldwide Studios
Website	Official site

SIE Japan Studio (SIEJ) (ソニー・インタラクティブ・エンタテインメント・ジャパン・スタジオ) is the Japanese production and development arm of the parent company Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), most well known for the Ape Escape, Loco Roco and Patapon series. Japan Studio operates as part of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios. The development group also includes Team Ico, who are best known for the PlayStation 2 games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, and Project Siren, known for the Siren series and the PlayStation Vita titles Gravity Rush and Soul Sacrifice. Within SCE, Sugar & Rockets, an internal development team previously known as Exact, worked on games such as Ghost in the Shell, Geograph Seal, Jumping Flash!, Robbit Mon Dieu, and Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn.

Games

Game title	Year released	Platform(s)	Notes
Ape Escape	1999	PlayStation
Legend of Dragoon	2000	PlayStation
Pipo Saru 2001	2001	PlayStation 2
Ape Escape 2	2001	PlayStation 2
Ico	2001	PlayStation 2	Developed with Team Ico
Siren	2004	PlayStation 2	Developed with Project Siren
Ape Escape Academy	2004	PlayStation Portable
Ape Escape: On The Loose	2005	PlayStation Portable
Rogue Galaxy	2005	PlayStation 2	Developed with Level-5
Ape Escape 3	2005	PlayStation 2
Shadow of the Colossus	2005	PlayStation 2	Developed with Team Ico
Siren 2	2006	PlayStation 2	Developed with Project Siren
LocoRoco	2006	PlayStation Portable
Mainichi Issho	2006	PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable	Developed with Game Arts and Bexide
Piyotama	2007	PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
LocoRoco Cocoreccho!	2007	PlayStation 3
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3	2007	PlayStation 3	Developed with Millennium Kitchen
The Eye of Judgment	2007	PlayStation 3
Patapon	2007	PlayStation Portable	Developed with Pyramid
Echochrome	2008	PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
Siren: Blood Curse	2008	PlayStation 3	Developed with Project Siren
The Last Guy	2008	PlayStation 3
LocoRoco 2	2008	PlayStation Portable
LocoRoco Midnight Carnival	2009	PlayStation Portable
White Knight Chronicles	2008	PlayStation 3	Developed with Level-5
Demon's Souls	2009	PlayStation 3	Produced with FromSoftware
Trash Panic	2009	PlayStation 3
Patapon 2	2009	PlayStation Portable	Developed with Pyramid
Numblast	2009	PlayStation 3
The Eye of Judgment: Legends	2010	PlayStation Portable
Patchwork Heroes	2010	PlayStation Portable	Developed with Acquire
White Knight Chronicles II	2010	PlayStation 3	Developed with Level-5
Kung Fu Rider	2010	PlayStation 3
No Heroes Allowed	2010	PlayStation Portable	Developed with Acquire
Beat Sketcher	2010	PlayStation 3	Developed with Will co., Ltd
Ape Escape Fury! Fury!	2010	PlayStation 3
Echochrome II	2010	PlayStation 3
White Knight Chronicles: Origins	2011	PlayStation Portable	Developed with Matrix Software
Bleach: Soul Resurrección	2011	PlayStation 3	Developed with Racjin
Patapon 3	2011	PlayStation Portable	Developed with Pyramid
Gravity Rush	2012	PlayStation Vita	Developed with Project Siren
Tokyo Jungle	2012	PlayStation 3	Developed with PlayStation C.A.M.P. and Crispy's
Open Me!	2012	PlayStation Vita	Developed with PlayStation C.A.M.P.
Soul Sacrifice	2013	PlayStation Vita	Developed with Marvelous AQL and Comcept
Puppeteer	2013	PlayStation 3
Rain	2013	PlayStation 3	Developed with PlayStation C.A.M.P. and Acquire
Knack	2013	PlayStation 4
The Playroom	2013	PlayStation 4
Destiny of Spirits	2014	PlayStation Vita	Developed with Q Entertainment
Freedom Wars	2014	PlayStation Vita	Developed with Shift and Dimps
Soul Sacrifice Delta	2014	PlayStation Vita	Developed with Marvelous AQL and Comcept
Bloodborne	2015	PlayStation 4	Produced with FromSoftware
Gravity Rush Remastered	2015	PlayStation 4	Developed with Project Siren and Bluepoint Games
Gravity Rush 2	2016	PlayStation 4	Developed with Project Siren
The Last Guardian	2016	PlayStation 4	Developed with genDESIGN
The Tomorrow Children	2016	PlayStation 4	Developed with Q-Games
The Playroom VR	2016	PlayStation 4
Deep Down	TBA	PlayStation 4	Developed with Capcom

External links

• Official website (Japanese)