Guerrilla Cambridge (formerly SCE Studio Cambridge) was a British video game developer based in

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, England. The studio was founded under

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in July 1997 through the buyout of the game development division of CyberLife Technology. In 2010, SCE Studio Cambridge was restructured as a sister studio to

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under the name Guerrilla Cambridge and shut down in 2017. The studio is best known for developing the ''

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'' series.

History

On 15 July 1997,

(SCE) announced that it, through its

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-based division, was to acquire the game development division of CyberLife Technology for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1996, CyberLife had previously developed games under the name "Millennium Interactive", including '' Creatures'', but changed its name early on when developing

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technology and "artificial life" simulations became its primary focus. The bought-out team was integrated into a new internal studio for Sony, known as SCE Studio Cambridge. CyberLife would later change its name to Creature Labs in November 1999 before shutting down 2003, with some assets and staff acquired by Gameware Development. In January 2012, SCE announced a restructuring of its United Kingdom-based studios; within this move, SCE Studio Cambridge became a sister studio to

to bring Guerrilla's '' Killzone'' series to PlayStation Vita. Within the same year, SCE Studio Cambridge assumed the name "Guerrilla Cambridge". An undisclosed number of staffers were let go from Guerrilla Cambridge and other United Kingdom-based studios owned by SCE in March 2014. Guerrilla Cambridge was closed down on 12 January 2017 as a result of a regulatory review process within SCE's Worldwide Studios division.

Games developed

As SCE Studio Cambridge

As Guerrilla Cambridge

References

External links

* {{PlayStation Studios Guerrilla Games British subsidiaries of foreign companies 1997 establishments in England 2017 disestablishments in England Companies based in Cambridge Defunct companies based in Cambridgeshire PlayStation Studios Video game companies established in 1997 Video game companies disestablished in 2017 Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom Video game development companies