Founded in 1993
Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Studio is a Japanese first-party video game production and development arm of the parent company Sony Interactive Entertainment, most well known for the Ape Escape, LocoRoco, Patapon, Gravity Rush, and Knack series, among other titles. Some of the studios that were part of SIE Japan Studios were: Polys Entertainment (Gran Turismo), Team Asobi (Astro Bot), Team Ico (Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, closed) and Project Siren (Siren and Gravity Rush, merged into Bokeh Game Studios). In a statement, Sony stated that, as of 1 April 2021, Japan Studio would be re-centered around Team Asobi to build on the popularity of Astro's Playroom.
