Workshop Entertainment, Inc., The

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The Workshop was a game development studio based in Marina Del Ray, California (USA). It was founded in January 2008 by Peter Akemann (President), Chris Busse (General Manager) and Charles Tolman (CTO). Akemann previously founded the studio Treyarch Invention in 1996.

The team debuted with the PS3 game Sorcery in May 2012.

On 3rd May 2016 Skydance Media announced the acquisition of the company and the team was used to launch a new interactive division for the company: Skydance Interactive LLC.

Credited on 5 Games from 2012 to 2016

Gears of War 4 (2016 on Windows Apps, Xbox One, Xbox Cloud Gaming)
XCOM 2 (2016 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh...)
The Evil Within (2014 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...)
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (2013 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...)
Sorcery (2012 on PlayStation 3)

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