SIE Santa Monica Studio

Santa Monica Studio, LLC is an American first-party video game developer, part of SIE Worldwide Studios developers group, and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment, known for developing the acclaimed God of War series. It is based in Los Angeles, California and was established in 1999.

Santa Monica Studio, LLC
Subsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedSeptember 12, 1999 (1999-09-12) in Santa Monica, California[1]
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Key people
Yumi Yang (head of studio)
ProductsGod of War series
Number of employees
>200 (2019)[2]
ParentSony Interactive Entertainment
WebsiteOfficial website

History

Established in 1999, Santa Monica Studio became first known in 2005 with the success of God of War. Santa Monica Studio later turned into a pioneer in innovation and mentoring new voices in gaming. Based on a model established with video game studio Thatgamecompany, Santa Monica Studio has since acted as an incubator for studios as Giant Sparrow and SuperBot Entertainment.[3]

On January 29, 2014, it was reported that the company was moving from Santa Monica to Playa Vista, Los Angeles.[4] Their new facility occupied a 20-acre site and allowed the studio to house two independent studios, as well as having an "improved sound bay and a motion capture studio".[5]

On February 25, 2014, the studio was hit by layoffs due to the cancellation of a new intellectual property.[6][7]

Games developed
Game title U.S. release date Platform Ref
KineticaOctober 14, 2001PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4[8]
God of WarMarch 22, 2005PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita[9]
God of War IIMarch 13, 2007PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita[10]
God of War IIIMarch 16, 2010PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4[11]
God of War: AscensionMarch 12, 2013PlayStation 3[12]
God of WarApril 20, 2018PlayStation 4[13]

References
  1. @SonySantaMonica (September 12, 2019). "20 years. It's been an incredible journey creating games from our internal team to external partners. What are your favorites?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "Studio". Santa Monica Studio. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019.
  3. "thatgamecompany". Get In Media.
  4. Purchese, Robert (January 29, 2014). "A Peek At Our New Studio, expanding". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  5. "Sony Santa Monica not involved with The Last Guardian".
  6. Moriarty, Colin (February 25, 2014). "Layoffs Hit God of War Studio Sony Santa Monica". IGN. Imagine Games Network. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  7. Yin-Poole, Wesley (February 27, 2014). "God of War developer Sony Santa Monica suffers layoffs". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  8. "Kinetica". Santa Monica Studios (SMS). October 14, 2001. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  9. "Santa Monica Studio". Santa Monica Studio. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  10. "Santa Monica Studio". Santa Monica Studio. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  11. "God of War III". Santa Monica Studios (SMS). March 16, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  12. "Santa Monica Studio". Santa Monica Studio. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  13. "God of War Game - PS4". PlayStation. September 13, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
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