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So what are MS, Nintendo Sony developers up to

K

KAL2006

Banned
Here is a full list of all the known developers for each company

Sony

1st party
SCEJ - last notable games they made was Patapon 2 and Super Stardust Portable then they made some niche PSP games could be maing one of the NGP games like Smart As
SCEI - making Gravity Daze, Broken and Reality fighters for NGP
Team ICO - making Last Guardian
Eat Sleep Play - making Twisted Metal
Polyphony Digital - likely to be working on Gran Turismo 6
Naughty Dogg - making Uncharted 3
Santa Monica - making GoW4
San Diego - they recently MLB and helped make Sports Champion with Zindagi
Zipper - recently released SOCOM4
London - making Eyepet and Friends
Cambridge - making Killzone NGP
Guerilla Games - making new IP for PS3
Liverpool - likely to be making WipeOut NGP
Bend - making Uncharted NGP
Evolution - recently released MotorStorm 3
BigBig - making LittleDeviants for NGP
MediaMolecule - making NGP game, likely to be LittleBigPlanet
The Workshop - making Sorcery for Move

3rd Party
Zindagi Games - made Sports Champion, rumored to be making another Move game
Supermassive Games - made Tumble and Start the Party
Cohort Studios - helps make Buzz Jr and made The Shoot for Move
Seed Studios - making Under Siege for PS3
ColdWood Interactive - made The Fight for Move
Bluepoint Games - making Team ICO collection, rumored to be making another HD collection
Sucker Punch - making new IP and maybe Sly 4
Clap Hanz - making Everybody's Golf for NGP
Career Soft - usually work on Growlanser games
VooFoo Studios - making HustleKings NGP
Media Vision - last games they made where Wild Arms XF and Valkyria Chronicles 3 for PSP
Insomniac - making Ratchet All 4 One and Resistance 3, then they will go 3rd party multiplatform
ThatGameCompany - making Journey for PSN
Ready At Dawn - last games they released was Ghost of Sparta for PSP
HighImpact games - last game they released was Jak and Daxter the lost frontier for PSP/PS2
Lightbox Games - making Starhawk
United Front Games - the last game they co developed Modnation Racers with San Diego
Quantic Dreams - making 2 new IPs for PS3
Relentless Studios - usually make Buzz games
Novarama - made Invizimals for PSP, could potentially make another AR game for NGP
Q Games - usually make PixelJunk games
Nihilistic - making Resistance NGP
Tarsier Studios - making City of Metronome
Dontnod Entertainment - making new AAA action adventure game commissioned by SCE

Nintendo

1st party
EAD Comprehensive - making Star Fox 3DS
EAD 1 - recently made Nintendogs and now making Mario Kart 3DS
EAD 2 - making Wii Play Motion
EAD 3 - making Zelda Skyward Sword
EAD 4 - making Pikmin 3
EAD 5 - recently released Steel Driver
Tokyo - making Super Mario 3DS
NST - recently released Mario vs DK miniland mayhem
Monolith - recently released Xenoblade
NSD - last game released was Brain Age Express for DSiware
Retro - rumored to be making WiiHD game
Browny Brown - last game released was A Kappas Tail for DSiWare
Intelligent Studios - making Paper Mario 3DS
Project Sora - making Kid Icarus
Hal - making Kirby Wii and Kirby DS

3rd party
AlphaDream - last game was Mario and Luigi Inside Story
Creatures - usually make Pokemon Rangers games
Ganbarion - making Pandora's Tower
Camelot - recently released Golden Sun Dark Dawn
Genius Sonority - rumored to be making Pokemon XD port for 3DS
Good-feel - recently released Kirby Epic Yarn
Monster Games - recently made PilotWings Resort
Noise - make Custom Robo games
Skip Ltd - usually make Chibi Robo and Art Style games
Treasure - making radiant Silvergun for XBLA
GameFreak - making next Pokemon games


MS

1st party
343 Industries/Wingnut - rumored to be making Halo CEmake
BigPark - last game released was Joy Ride
Good Science Studio - last game was Kinect Adventures
Lionhead - last game was Fable 3
RARE - last game was Kinect Sports
Xbox Live Productions - last game was South Park Tower Defense
Turn 10 - making Forza 4

3rd Party
Crytek - making Codename Kingdoms
Epic - making Gears 3
Gas Powered Games - making Age of Empires Online
Remedy - last game released was Alan Wake
Ruffian - last game was Crackdown 2
Undead Labs - making XBLA game
NanaOn-Sha - making Haunt for Kinect
Terminal Reality - making Star Wars Kinect
Grounding Inc - making Project Draco for Kinect
Grasshopper Manufacture - making Codename D

List without the speculation
AniHawk said:
bold/italic = in development

SONY
SCEJ - echochrome ii (2010), patapon 3 (2011)
Team ICO (part of scej) - shadow of the colossus (2005), the last guardian (2011)
Polyphony Digital - gran turismo psp (2009), gran turismo 5 (2010)
Naughty Dog - uncharted 2 (2009), uncharted 3 (2011)
Santa Monica - god of war ii (2007), god of war iii (2010)
San Diego - sports champions (2010), mlb 11: the show (2011)
Zipper - mag (2010), socom 4 (2011)
Bend - resistance retribution (2009), uncharted ngp (2011/2012)
London - singstar dance (2010), eyepet and friends (2011)
Cambridge - tv superstars (2010), killzone ngp
Guerilla Games - killzone 3 (2011), unannounced ps3 title
Liverpool - wipeout pulse (2007), wipeout hd (2008)
Evolution - motorstorm: pacific rift (2008), motorstorm: apocalypse (2011)
BigBig - motorstorm: arctic edge (2009), little deviants (2011/2012)
MediaMolecule - littlebigplanet (2008), littlebigplanet 2 (2011)
The Workshop - sorcery (2011)

not sure if the workshop is actually a first-party studio.

NINTENDO
EAD Comprehensive - super mario 64 ds (2004), star fox 64 3d
EAD 1 - nintendogs + cats (2011), mario kart 3d (2011)
EAD 2 - wii sports resort (2009), wii play motion (2011)
EAD 3 - the legend of zelda spirit tracks (2009), the legend of zelda skyward sword (2011)
EAD 4 - new super mario bros. wii (2009), pikmin 3 (2011/2012)
EAD 5 - wii fit (2007), wii fit plus (2009)
Tokyo - super mario galaxy 2 (2010), super mario 3d (2011/2012)
NST - aura-aura climber (2010), mario vs. donkey kong mini-land mayhem (2010)
Monolith - disaster: day of crisis (2007), xenoblade (2010)
SDD - jam with the band (2008), brain age express (2008)
SPD 1 - metroid: other m (2010), rhythm tengoku wii (2011)
NSD - personal trainer: walking (2008), cooking guide (2008)
nd cube - tube slider (2003), wii party (2010)
Retro - metroid prime trilogy (2009), donkey kong country returns (2008)
Brownie Brown - a kappa's trail (2009), fantasy life (2011)
Intelligent Systems - fire emblem 3r (2010), paper mario 3d (2012)
Project Sora - kid icarus uprising (2011)

MICROSOFT
343 Industries - halo series
BigPark - kinect joy ride (2010)
Good Science Studio - kinect adventures (2010)
Lionhead - fable ii (2008), fable iii (2010)
RARE - banjo-kazooie nuts & bolts (2008), kinect adventures (2010)
Xbox Live Productions - fable ii pub games (2008), south park let's go tower defense (2009)
Turn 10 - forza 3 (2009), forza 4 (2011)
MGS Mobile Gaming - ilomilo (2010), the harvest
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AniHawk said:
SONY THIRD PARTY PARTNERS
Cohort Studios - buzz! junior dino den (2009), the shoot (2010)
Bluepoint Games - god of war collection (2009), ico and shadow of the colossus collection (2011)
Sucker Punch - infamous 2 (2011), sly 4, new ip
Clap Hanz - hot shots tennis (2010), hot shots golf ngp (2011/2012)
VooFoo Studios - hustle kings (2010), hustle kings ngp (2011/2012)
Insomniac - ratchet all 4 one (2011), resistance 3 (2011)
ThatGameCompany - flower (2009), journey (2011)
HighImpact games - secret agent clank (2008), jak and daxter ii: the lost frontier (2009)
Relentless Studios - buzz! brain of... (2009), buzz! quiz world (2009)
Tarsier Studios - littlebigplanet 2 dlc (2011), the city of metronome
Dontnod Entertainment - unannounced title
Titan Studios - fat princess (2009), fat princess: fistful of cake (2010)
Lightbox Interactive
Eat, Sleep, Play - twisted metal: head-on extra twisted edition (2008), twisted metal (2011)

NINTENDO THIRD PARTY PARTNERS
Hal Labs - kirby ds (2011), kirby wii (2011)
AlphaDream - postpet ds (2008), mario & luigi: bowser's inside story (2009)
Ambrella - my pokemon ranch (2008), pokemon rumble (2009)
Creatures - pokepark wii (2009), pokemon ranger guardian signs (2010)
Good-feel - wario land shake it (2008), kirby's epic yarn (2010)
Noise - custom robo arena (2006), go go cosmo cops (2009)
Skip Ltd - captain rainbow (2008), artstyle games (2008-2010)
GameFreak - pokemon soulsilver/heartgold (2009), pokemon black/white (2010)

MICROSOFT THIRD PARTY PARTNERS
Epic - shadow complex (2009), gears of war 3 (2011)
Remedy - max payne 2 (2003), alan wake (2010)
Ruffian - crackdown (2007), crackdown 2 (2010)
Undead Labs - xbla title
Grounding Inc - project draco
Signal Studios - toy soldiers (2010), toy soldiers: cold war

just my take on the third party situation
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W

WrikaWrek

Banned
Speaking without extensive knowledge, to me it seems Sony has them making games for the PS3, MS has them disappearing and shit, Nintendo same old same old.
 
K

Kard8p3

Member
I must've missed the wave race rumor. The three rumors I've heard were they were working on a game everyone wanted them to make, That they were making DKCR2, and the last being that they were doing eternal darkness 2. Where did the wave race rumor come from?
 
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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
Wingnut was actually rolled into 343i.

Titan Studios is also part of Epic now.

Finally, UAF is rumored to be making a ModNation Racers game for PSP2.

Otherwise, this seems to be a solid list.
 
S

Snuggles

erotic butter maelstrom
Kard8p3 said:
I must've missed the wave race rumor.
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Same here. I don't know if it's even worthy of being called a rumor, I'd like to see a source or something.

It sounds amazing, though. I would buy that.
 
V

Vinterbird

Member
343i has not been rumored to do the CE remake, thats another studio. 343 is without a single doubt doing the next big mainline Halo (4)
 
K

KAL2006

Banned
Nirolak said:
Wingnut was actually rolled into 343i.

Titan Studios is also part of Epic now.

Finally, UAF is rumored to be making a ModNation Racers game for PSP2.

Otherwise, this seems to be a solid list.
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fixed
who are UAF?
 
S

Shiggy

Member
What is Rare currently doing? They are pretty busy actually.

flo-dig.jpg
 
C

carlo6529

Member
If I had to guess, whatever Retro works on next will still involve 2D platforming. I mean, it only makes sense to take what they learned from DKCR and perfect it. Now, whether that be another Kong game, or ahem...a 2D Metroid.....

Just Wave Race and Retro doesn't make sense.
 
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[Nintex]

Member
Cerebral Assassin said:
I think Amirox started it in the Cafe thread.
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Amir0x was making fun of shit and fake rumors saying something like
"I heard that Retro is making a "lucid" game" and somehow that turned into an actual rumor. In fact if we take all the rumors Retro is working on this:
Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii2/Zelda/F-Zero/Wave Race/Star Fox/Eternal Darkness 2
 
S

Shiggy

Member
[Nintex] said:
Amir0x was making fun of shit and fake rumors saying something like
"I heard that Retro is making a "lucid" game" and somehow that turned into an actual rumor. In fact if we take all the rumors Retro is working on this:
Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii2/Zelda/F-Zero/Wave Race/Star Fox/Eternal Darkness 2
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At least we can be certain that Nintendo won't allow them to work on an original IP.
 
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Seda

Member
KAL2006 said:
1st party
343 Industries/Wingnut - rumored to be making Halo CEmake
BigPark - last game released was Joy Ride
Good Science Studio - last game was Kinect Adventures
Lionhead - last game was Fable 3
RARE - last game was Kinect Sports
Xbox Live Productions - last game was South Park Tower Defense
Turn 10 - making Forza 4

3rd Party
Crytek - making Codename Kingdoms
Epic - making Gears 3
Gas Powered Games - making Age of Empires Online
Remedy - last game released was Alan Wake
Ruffian - last game was Crackdown 2
Twisted Pixel Games - making Gunslinger and Ms Splosion Man
Undead Labs - making XBLA game
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Not a lot in the pipe for MS (at least that we know of) geez
 
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[Nintex]

Member
Shiggy said:
What is Rare currently doing? They are pretty busy actually.

flo-dig.jpg
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ooh an update from Rare:
RareLtd Rare Ltd.
Oh, there's a Calorie Challenge Volleyball shot too. We're not dripfeeding these on purpose! We're just disorganised. http://is.gd/DIC89J
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Too disorganised to release screenshots now

btw shiggy who's that thing in your avatar one of those really bad ideas I guess?
 
V

valentine71

Banned
Also i think it's safe to guess that Quantic Dream is working on a PS3 exclusive right now if we think about Cage's comments. E3,E3,E3,E3,E3,E3...
 
S

Shiggy

Member
[Nintex] said:
btw shiggy who's that thing in your avatar one of those really bad ideas I guess?
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My Amazing Story by bankrupt Planet Moon Studios ;)
Was one of the early Kinect titles of which only Kinect Sports survived.
 
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Carl

Member
valentine71 said:
Also i think it's safe to guess that Quantic Dream is working on a PS3 exclusive right now if we think about Cage's comments. E3,E3,E3,E3,E3,E3...
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Yeah they're working on two. Last i heard they weren't sure if i t would be at E3 or not.

Also: Don't Guerilla have a new studio working on a new IP for PS3?
 
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Steverulez

Member
Seda said:
Not a lot in the pipe for MS (at least that we know of) geez
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To be fair all of those games were release last year outside of South Park so its natural they'd not have anything announced yet.

Ruffian/Remedy are probably working on sequels
Lionhead have 2 games on the go? (Fable 4 and something else?)
Big Park are probably making a new Kinect game
Rare, well god knows.

MS will probably announce other "partnerships" at E3.
 
T

TheGreatMightyPoo

Banned
I bet Retro is working on Donkey Kong Country Returns for the new Nintendo system.

Sure I'd like them to have other projects but the game was a sales success, they only scratched the surface of what they could do on the first game and it visually was a beast.

I just wish they had a million teams that could work on different games at the same time but I'd be shocked if they bypassed a sequel.
 
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[Nintex]

Member
steverulez said:
Rare, well god knows.
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Nope as in even god doesn't know.
MS will probably announce other "partnerships" at E3.
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The Crytek Kingdoms thing is big and maybe those Japanese games they showed once other than that they've been building up first party teams at their HQ it seems. Close to home so things don't spiral out of the control on the other side of the world.
 
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GC|Simon

Member
KAL2006 said:
Nintendo

1st party
EAD Comprehensive - making Star Fox 3DS
EAD 1 - recently made Nintendogs and now making Mario Kart 3DS
EAD 2 - making Wii Play Motion
EAD 3 - making Zelda Skyward Sword
EAD 4 - making Pikmin 3
EAD 5 - recently released Steel Driver
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A few years ago, all EADs used to be awesome. Today, only EAD Tokyo is.
 
V

valentine71

Banned
Carl said:
Yeah they're working on two. Last i heard they weren't sure if i t would be at E3 or not.

Also: Don't Guerilla have a new studio working on a new IP for PS3?
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Yep, that is what i heard. It is an FPS game with modern setting or something like that i think. Don't know shit about it but i am pretty hyped about it. I just love KZ' s cover system and gunplay. Also i think KZ2's AI was pretty underrated. I wish they developed a tactical FPS game. It could be really great with their cover system and gunplay. Anyway, probably they will develop a CoD clone.
 
B

bangai-o

Banned
valentine71 said:
Yep, that is what i heard. It is an FPS game with modern setting or something like that i think. Don't know shit about it but i am pretty hyped about it. I just love KZ' s cover system and gunplay. Also i think KZ2's AI was pretty underrated. I wish they developed a tactical FPS game. It could be really great with their cover system and gunplay. Anyway, probably they will develop a CoD clone.
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really? I dont think that is what gamers meant by "new".
 
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TheOddOne

Member
Good Science Studio has been working on something Kinect related, the head of the company has tweeted about Project X. This was backed up some ex-Zipper designer who now works at Microsoft.

We have not heard about the fabled Firebird studios, I think those guys are working on FLIGHT.

Weird listing have popped up: a new studio in Vancouver and a family oriented new studio?
 
Oppo

Oppo

Member
I hope Sony is supporting Ready At Dawn on a launch window NGP title (not God of War, just... anything). Those guys have more than proven themselves and should frankly be a key team for the NGP efforts.
 
I

I NEED SCISSORS

Banned
The SCEJ Project Siren team better be working on a new Siren game. I would prefer if it was for NGP with a large embrace of its controls and 3G connectivity.
 
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pharmboy044

Member
PortTwo said:
I hope Sony is supporting Ready At Dawn on a launch window NGP title (not God of War, just... anything). Those guys have more than proven themselves and should frankly be a key team for the NGP efforts.
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I love Ready at Dawn but I read somewhere that they wanted to quit the handheld business and move on to the consoles.
 
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