Bigbig Studios was a British

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based in

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, England. It was founded in 2001 by a core team of four former Codemasters employees. The company was set up with the help of

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Evolution Studios. Bigbig Studios and Evolution Studios were both acquired by

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in September 2007, 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, and '' MotorStorm: Arctic Edge'' for the

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and

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plus '' Little Deviants'' for the

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

Games developed

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