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{{Infobox Company | name = Evolution Studios | logo = Evolution Studios Logo.png | type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[Sony Computer Entertainment]] | genre = | foundation = 1999 | founder = Martin Kenwright, Ian Hetherington, Mick Hocking | location_city = | location_country = | location = [[Runcorn]], [[Cheshire]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] - [http://www.multimap.com/s/ifv2Ws7C Multimap location] | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Mick Hocking (Group Studio Director) | industry = [[Computer and video game industry]] | products = [[Video games]] | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = [[Sony Corporation]] | num_employees = Approx. 100 | parent = [[Sony Computer Entertainment]] | divisions = | subsid = | slogan = | homepage = http://www.evos.net | footnotes = | intl = }} '''Evolution Studios Ltd.''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[video game developer]]. The company was founded in 1999 by [[Martin Kenwright]] ([[Digital Image Design]]) and [[Ian Hetherington]] ([[Psygnosis]]), following the purchase of DID's publisher [[Ocean Software]] by [[Infogrames]]. Kenwright left DID with six members of staff to form Evolution Studios. Then based in [[Frodsham]], [[Cheshire]], it developed a racing demo on PC, which was picked up by [[Sony Computer Entertainment|Sony]] as it was interested in a [[PlayStation 2]] game based on the [[World Rally Championship]] licence. The company is now [[headquarter]]ed in [[Runcorn]], Cheshire, as well as having a satellite studio, [[Bigbig Studios]], in [[Warwickshire]]. Both Evolution and Bigbig studios were acquired by [[Sony Computer Entertainment]] in September, 2007.<ref>[http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=83688 TGS: Sony buys MotorStorm dev News // PS3 /// Eurogamer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> At this point, Kenwright and Hetherington left the business, with Evolution co-founder Mick Hocking taking over, running Evolution, Bigbig and Sony Liverpool as Group Studio Director. ==Games developed== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Game Title ! Release Date ! Platform |- | ''[[WRC: World Rally Championship (video game)|WRC: World Rally Championship]]'' | 2001 | ''[[PlayStation 2]]'' |- | ''[[World Rally Championship (video game series)|WRC II Extreme]]'' | 2002 | ''[[PlayStation 2]]'' |- | ''[[World Rally Championship (video game series)|WRC 3]]'' | 2003 | ''[[PlayStation 2]]'' |- | ''[[World Rally Championship (video game series)|WRC 4]]'' | 2004 | ''[[PlayStation 2]]'' |- | ''[[WRC: Rally Evolved]]'' | 2005 | ''[[PlayStation 2]]'' |- | ''[[MotorStorm]]'' | 2007 | ''[[PlayStation 3]]'' |- | ''[[MotorStorm: Pacific Rift]]'' | 2008 | ''[[PlayStation 3]]'' |- | ''[[MotorStorm: Apocalypse]]'' | 2011 | ''[[PlayStation 3]]'' |} ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.evos.net/ Evolution Studios website] * [http://www.bigbigstudios.com Bigbig Studios website] * [http://www.gamespot.com/news/companies/evolutionstudios/ GameSpot.com Profile of Evolution Studios] * [http://www.mobygames.com/company/evolution-studios-ltd Moby Games - Rap Sheet of Evolution Studios] {{Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios}} [[Category:Sony Computer Entertainment]] [[Category:Companies established in 1999]] [[Category:Video game companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Computer companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Video game developers]] [[Category:First-party video game developers]] {{UK-videogame-company-stub}} [[ca:Evolution Studios]] [[de:Evolution Studios]] [[fr:Evolution Studios]] [[pl:Evolution Studios]] [[pt:Evolution Studios]] [[ru:Evolution Studios]] [[sv:Evolution Studios]]
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