989 Studios
Overview
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).
Also Known As
- Sony Interactive Studios America -- Company name until April 1998.
Trivia
The name 989 Studios is no longer used, but
SCEA still releases sports games under the 989 Sports brand.
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