Bigbig Studios

Bigbig Studios was a video game developer. It was founded in 2001 by a core team of four former Codemasters employees.[1] The company was set up with the help of parent company Evolution Studios. It was based in Leamington Spa in the UK.[2]

Bigbig Studios
Subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment
IndustryVideo games
SuccessorEvolution Studios
Founded2001
Defunct2012
Headquarters
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
,
United Kingdom
OwnerSony Corporation
ParentSCE Worldwide Studios
Websitebigbigstudios.com (archived)

Bigbig Studios and Evolution Studios were both acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in September 2007,[3] which was confirmed in an interview and Bigbig Studios were assigned to work exclusively for the portable PlayStation products with the releases of the Pursuit Force games,[4] and MotorStorm: Arctic Edge for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 plus Little Deviants for the PlayStation Vita

On 10 January 2012, Sony confirmed that it would close Bigbig Studios.[5]

Games developed
Game titleYear ReleasedPlatform(s)
Pursuit Force2005PlayStation Portable
Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice2007PlayStation Portable
MotorStorm: Arctic Edge2009PlayStation Portable & PlayStation 2
Little Deviants2012PlayStation Vita

References
  1. "Bigbig Studios | GamesIndustry International". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  2. "Bigbig Studios, Leamington Spa". Thediscdirectory.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  3. "TGS: Sony Acquires Evolution, Bigbig Studios | News". Edge Online. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  4. "Sony buys Evolution and Bigbig Studios | Games". Geek.com. 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  5. Crossley, Rob (2012-01-10). "Sony closes and restructures two UK studios | Latest news from the game development industry | Develop". Develop-online.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  • "Official website". Archived from the original on 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2010-10-29.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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