989 Studios
Moby ID: 86
- Sony Interactive Studios America - Company name until April 1998.
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The company was founded as Sony Interactive Studios America by the merger of Sony Imagesoft with the development branch of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. The studio was responsible for all of SCEA's in-house game development between 1995 and 1998. It went defunct in 1998 and the team founded Red Zone Interactive, Inc. in December 1997.
The company was relaunched in April 1998 as 989 Studios. It is not to be confused with 989 Sports, which is a brand under which different developers created games for Sony.
In 2000 the company was merged back into SCEA and continued to develop titles there, such as MLB (2005).
Credited on 68 Games from 1995 to 2005
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| MLB (2005 on PSP) |
| MLB 2006 (2005 on PlayStation 2) |
| Gretzky NHL 2005 (2004 on PlayStation 2) |
| MLB 2005 (2004 on PlayStation 2, PlayStation) |
| NBA ShootOut 2004 (2003 on PlayStation 2) |
| NFL GameDay 2004 (2003 on PlayStation 2) |
| NFL GameDay 2004 (2003 on PlayStation) |
| NCAA GameBreaker 2004 (2003 on PlayStation 2) |
| MLB 2004 (2003 on PlayStation, PlayStation 2) |
| NHL FaceOff 2003 (2002 on PlayStation 2) |
| World Tour Soccer 2003 (2002 on PlayStation 2) |
| NBA ShootOut 2003 (2002 on PlayStation 2) |
| NFL GameDay 2003 (2002 on PlayStation) |
| NFL GameDay 2003 (2002 on PlayStation 2) |
| MLB 2003 (2002 on PlayStation) |
| NFL GameDay 2002 (2001 on PlayStation, PlayStation 2) |
| MLB 2002 (2001 on PlayStation) |
| NCAA GameBreaker 2001 (2000 on PlayStation, PlayStation 2) |
| NFL GameDay 2001 (2000 on PlayStation, PlayStation 2) |
| Syphon Filter 2 (2000 on PlayStation, PSP, PlayStation 3...) |
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History +
- April 1st, 2000
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The whole of 989 Studios (with Verant Interactive) is merged back into SCEA.
- 1999
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A part of the team working on online games such as EverQuest breaks off to form Verant Interactive.
- April 1998
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When the team leaves to found Red Zone Interactive, Inc. in December 1997, Sony Interactive Studios America goes defunct. A few months later it is relaunched as 989 Studios.
- 1998
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When Eidos Interactive buys Psygnosis' European operations, Psygnosis' US operations are folded into 989 Studios.
- August 1995
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Sony Interactive Studios America is formed by the merger of Sony Imagesoft with the development branch of SCEA.
Trivia +
The 989 name came from their street address, 989 E. Hillsdale Boulevard in Foster City.
The name 989 Studios is no longer used, but SCEA still releases sports games under the 989 Sports brand.
Related Web Sites +
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989 Studios
official site -
989 Sports
Website of the 989 Sports brand
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 47 games with Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC
- 13 games with Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd.
- 9 games with SCEA Sports Studio - Red Zone
- 5 games with Axiom Interactive Design, SLC
- 5 games with Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- 5 games with Pinnacle Group, The
- 5 games with NBA Properties, Inc.
- 4 games with SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc.
- 4 games with Deck Nine
- 3 games with Hanshaw Ink & Image
- 36 games with Rex Baca
- 35 games with Kelly Flock
- 32 games with Jack Tretton
- 31 games with Howard Liebeskind
- 31 games with Craig D. Ostrander
- 30 games with Jeffrey Fox
- 28 games with Frank O'Malley
- 28 games with Kelly Ryan
- 27 games with Allan Frankel
- 26 games with Bob Johnson
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