SCE Bend Studio

Bend Studio
Type Subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment
Industry Game development
Founded 1994 (as Eidetic)
2001 (as Bend Studio)
Headquarters Bend, Oregon, United States
Key people Christopher Reese, John Garvin, Gerald Harrison, Darren Yager
Products Syphon Filter
Owner(s) Sony Corporation
Employees 60+
Parent SCE Worldwide Studios
Website http://www.bendgamestudio.com/

Bend Studio is an American video game developer located in Bend, Oregon. It was founded in 1994 as Eidetic and was purchased by Sony Computer Entertainment America in 2000. The studio is best known for developing the Syphon Filter series. Before developing Syphon Filter, they developed Bubsy 3D for the PlayStation. Bend Studio operates as a part of SCE Worldwide Studios.

Games developed

as Eidetic

Year Game title Platform
1997 Bubsy 3D PlayStation
1999 Syphon Filter PlayStation
2000 Syphon Filter 2 PlayStation

as Bend Studio

Year Game title Platform
2001 Syphon Filter 3 PlayStation
2004 Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain PlayStation 2
2006 Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2
2007 Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2
2007 Syphon Filter: Combat Ops PlayStation Network (PSP)
2009 Resistance: Retribution PlayStation Portable
2012 Uncharted: Golden Abyss PlayStation Vita
TBA Syphon Filter Portable Project' (Unconfirmed)' PlayStation Vita

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Primary businesses
Sony Corporation (electronics & holding of the Sony group) · Sony Music Entertainment (music) · Sony Pictures Entertainment (motion pictures and television) · Sony Computer Entertainment (games) · Sony Financial Holdings (financial services; 60%) · Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation
Technologies and brands
α · Betacam · Blu-ray · BRAVIA · CD · Cyber-shot · Dash · DAT · Dream Machine · DVD · Handycam · HDCAM/HDCAM-SR · LocationFree · Memory Stick · MiniDisc · MiniDV · mylo · PlayStation · PSP · Reader · S/PDIF · SDDS · SXRD · Sony Tablet · UMD · VAIO · Video8/Hi8/Digital8 · Walkman · Walkman Phones · XDCAM · Xplōd
Historical products
AIBO · CV-2000 · Betamax · Sony CLIÉ · Discman · JumboTron · Lissa · Mavica · NEWS · Qualia · Rolly · TR-55 · Trinitron · U-matic · Watchman · WEGA
Electronics
Sony Corporation · Sony EMCS · Sony Electronics (subsidiary in the US) · Sony Creative Software · Sony Ericsson (50%) · S-LCD (50% minus 1 share) · Sony Mobile Display · Sony Optiarc · Sharp Display Products (7%) · Aiwa
Music
Motion pictures
and television
U.S. networks
Sony Movie Channel · GSN (40%), joint venture with DirecTV · FEARnet (joint venture with Comcast and Lionsgate) · 3net (joint venture with Discovery Communications and IMAX)
International networks
Video games
Financial services
Sony Financial Holdings · Sony Life Insurance · Sony Assurance · Sony Bank · Sony Bank Securities
Other businesses
Other assets
Sony Corporation of America (umbrella company in the US) · Other subsidiaries
Joint ventures
Sony Ericsson · Sony/ATV · FeliCa Networks · Vevo · Cellius (49%) · Sharp Display Products (34% by April 2011)
Key personnel
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North America
Europe
Asia
Defunct
Franchises