Fate Closed Defunct 2012 | Owner Sony | |
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Industry Software & programmingInteractive entertainment Key people Brian SoderbergMike Gutmann Parent organizations Sony Interactive Entertainment, SIE Worldwide Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC Video games | ||
Zipper interactive defunct game developers in 5 games pt 183
Zipper Interactive was an American video game developer located in Redmond, Washington and part of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios. It was founded in 1995 by Jim Bosler and Brian Soderberg. It created many different games, including the SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs series of games. SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs was created in collaboration with the Naval Special Warfare Command and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. On January 25, 2006, Sony announced that it had acquired Zipper Interactive to add it to its group of development studios.
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- Zipper interactive defunct game developers in 5 games pt 183
- Inside the developer s studio zipper interactive
- Closure
- References
Inside the developer s studio zipper interactive
Closure
On March 29, 2012, Sony announced that it would be closing Zipper Interactive due to "resource re-alignment." The closure of Zipper Interactive was later confirmed by Sony Computer Entertainment the next day on March 30, 2012. Prior to its closure, Zipper Interactive were working on two unannounced titles for the PlayStation 4 before both projects were cancelled once the closing was complete. One was another entry in the U.S. Navy SEALs series, and the other was a first-person shooter meant to be a new IP.