SCE Studio Liverpool

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Studio Liverpool

Type	Internal SCEE Studio
Founded	1984 as Psygnosis
Headquarters	Napier Court Stephenson Way Wavertree Technology Park Liverpool L13 1HD
Industry	Video Game Industry
Website	http://eu.scee.com

SCE Studio Liverpool is a video game development house for the various Sony PlayStation platforms, headquartered at Wavertree Technology Park, in Liverpool, England. The company was founded as Psygnosis in 1984, and was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 1993. The Psygnosis branding was dropped in 1999 in favor of the Studio Liverpool moniker. The internal development studio is best known for its Wipeout games. Studio Liverpool currently has over 150 employees.

In 2001, the newly named Studio Liverpool released its first PlayStation 2 title, Formula One 2001, which signaled the Studio's takeover of the Formula One series from Studio 33, who had developed the previous PlayStation Formula One titles. Since then, the Formula One series has been a yearly fixture on the Studio’s release schedule.

Studio Liverpool’s other foray into PlayStation 2 was Wipeout Fusion, which marked the first and only appearance of the series on the format. Plans for a new Wipeout game started taking shape in late 2003, when word first reached the Studio that the latest addition to the PlayStation family would be a handheld device. The PSP installment entitled Wipeout Pure was hailed as "the PSP’s first killer-app" by Yahoo Games [link]. Wipeout Pure also offers players the unique option to download new content such as racetracks, crafts, front-end skins, and music.

There is a planned release of the latest Formula One game, and also a rumored Wipeout title planned for the PlayStation 3 console.