Sucker Punch Productions

Sucker Punch Productions is an American first-party video game developer based in Bellevue, Washington. Sony Interactive Entertainment acquired it on August 2, 2011.[1] The company is known for the video game franchises, Sly Cooper and Infamous.

Sucker Punch Productions
Subsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded1997
Founders
  • Brian Fleming
  • Chris Zimmerman
  • Bruce Oberg
  • Darrell Plank
  • Tom Saxton
  • Cathy Saxton
Headquarters
Bellevue, Washington
,
United States
Key people
Nate Fox
Products
Number of employees
200+
ParentSony Interactive Entertainment (2011–present)
WebsiteOfficial website

History
Former logo used from 1999 to 2013

The company was founded in 1997. According to the website, it started at the roots of Microsoft, where the co-founders worked in a variety of productivity and software development applications. After leaving Microsoft, the brand name came as one of several proposed by the company that they would not use at Microsoft due to policies. Chris Zimmerman showed the list to his wife for opinion, and she responded and did not care "as long as it isn't 'Sucker Punch'." Considering the opinion of a middle-aged woman would be completely contrary to the demographics of the target audience, they selected the name of the company.[2]

Its first game, Rocket: Robot on Wheels, was published by Ubisoft. After signing a deal with Sony in 2000, the company created the Sly Cooper series, using the proprietary game engine SPACKLE (Sucker Punch Animation and Character Kinematics Life Engine). The company's second series, Infamous, heralded a move from level-based games portraying cel-shaded, anthropomorphic animals to a fully streaming open world game, depicting realistic-looking characters with acrobatic abilities. The company became one of Sony's "platformer trio", alongside Naughty Dog and Insomniac Games. Although they have started to venture into more mature outings, they have recently started to continue the series, such as Naughty Dog handing over to Jak and Daxter for High Impact Games and Insomniac for Ratchet & Clank. Sucker Punch worked on Sly Cooper for Sanzaru Games and they produced Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. Sanzaru Games released The Sly Collection for PlayStation 3. Nihilistic Software releasedPlayStation Move Heroes, a fighting game featuring Sly Cooper, Ratchet and Jak. A sequel to Infamous was officially announced, when the cover of Game Informer's magazine revealed it. Sucker Punch teamed up with Capcom to include Cole MacGrath as a guest character for PlayStation versions of Street Fighter X Tekken, and with SuperBot Entertainment to include Cole and Sly in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.

The next game in development, Ghost of Tsushima, was revealed at the 2017 Paris Games Week conference. It will be released on July 17, 2020.[3]

Games developed
Year Title Platform(s) GameRankings Metacritic
1999 Rocket: Robot on Wheels Nintendo 64 81.32%[4] N/A
2002 Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus PlayStation 2 85.23%[5] 86/100[6]
2004 Sly 2: Band of Thieves 87.92%[7] 88/100[8]
2005 Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves 84.18%[9] 83/100[10]
2009 Infamous PlayStation 3 86.31%[11] 85/100[12]
2011 Infamous 2 84.44%[13] 83/100[14]
Infamous: Festival of Blood 79.89%[15] 78/100[16]
2014 Infamous Second Son PlayStation 4 80.57%[17] 80/100[18]
Infamous First Light 74.89%[19] 73/100[20]
2020 Ghost of Tsushima N/A N/A

References
  • Moriarty, Colin (September 12, 2014). "Something Electric in Bellevue: The History of Sucker Punch". IGN. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  1. Eaton, Nick (August 2, 2011). "Sony buys Bellevue's Sucker Punch video-game studio Share". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
  2. McElroy, Justin (2009-09-08). "What's In A Name: Sucker Punch". Engadget. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  3. Hood, Vic; Boyle, Emma (April 29, 2020). "Ghost of Tsushima release date, trailers, rumors and news". TechRadar.
  4. "Rocket: Robot on Wheels Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  5. "Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  6. "Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  7. "Sly 2: Band of Thieves Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  8. "Sly 2: Band of Thieves Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  9. "Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  10. "Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  11. "Infamous Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  12. "Infamous Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  13. "Infamous 2 Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  14. "Infamous 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  15. "Infamous: Festival of Blood Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  16. "Infamous: Festival of Blood Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  17. "Infamous Second Son Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  18. "Infamous Second Son Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  19. "Infamous First Light Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  20. "Infamous First Light Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
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