division of sony interactive entertainment industry computer and video games interactive entertainment founded 1993 founder marc blank michael berlyn headquarters bend oregon united states key people christopher reese john garvin gerald harrison products syphon filter series 1999 2007 owner sony number of employees 100 parent sie worldwide studios website official website sie bend studio formerly blank berlyn and co. and eidetic is a video game developer founded in bend oregon in 1993 . they were acquired by sony computer entertainment in 2000 and are best known for developing the syphon filter series franchise . contents 1 company overview 2 games developed 3 references 4 external links company overview edit former logo of eidetic now known as sie bend studio infocom founders marc blank and michael berlyn who had worked together at infocom formed blank berlyn and co. in 1993 . 1 blank berlyn and co. originally developed games and productivity apps for the apple newton but soon expanded to pursue the pc and console games market . during the expansion the company changed its name to eidetic and christopher reese was recruited . 1 eidetic s first console game was bubsy 3d released in 1996 for the playstation . the game was eidetic s first experience developing a 3d game and the studio found it difficult transitioning to 3d development . 1 eidetic only had eight employees when developing bubsy 3d . the game was poorly received . 1 in late 1997 a producer from sony s 989 studios approached eidetic with a one page synopsis for an action espionage thriller that would be a response to the highly successful goldeneye 007 . 2 the synopsis was entitled syphon filter which had no meaning and it contained no story and characters but included ideas for the setting and gameplay mechanics . sony trusted eidetic with the project despite bubsy 3d s poor reception because the team had experience with developing for the playstation and an engine that could run the game . 1 for the development of syphon filter eidetic recruited five more employees . the development of syphon filter was difficult for eidetic because they had no experience making a stealth action game . 2 due to missing deadlines and making changes to the game s structure story and mechanics syphon filter was almost cancelled several times . writer and director john garvin joined eidetic after the first prototype of syphon filter was created . despite the difficulties eidetic experienced 989 studios producer connie booth had great faith in the project . 2 syphon filter was released on february 17 1999 and sold over one million units in its first year after release surpassing the expectations of sony and eidetic . 2 the studio was purchased by sony computer entertainment in 2000 after the release of syphon filter 2 and then went on to develop four more games in the syphon filter series under the new name of bend studio . 1 in 2007 after the release of syphon filter logan s shadow bend studio wanted to develop games for a different franchise and decided to develop a resistance game for the playstation portable due to similarities between resistance and syphon filter . bend made a demo for the game and showed it to sony worldwide studios producers and original resistance developer insomniac games and were then approved to begin development of resistance retribution . 1 after the release of resistance retribution in 2009 bend dedicated nine employees to a new project entitled uncharted golden abyss for the playstation vita . when bend first visited naughty dog to discuss the project several of their ideas for the game were rejected . eventually naughty dog was impressed with bend s vision for the game and it was approved . bend worked closely with naughty dog on the game and were allowed to use all assets from uncharted drake s fortune and among thieves . 1 golden abyss was released as a launch title for the playstation vita in japan on december 17 2011 and in the united states on february 14 2012 . they are currently developing days gone for the playstation 4 their first console game since 2004 . the game went into full production in january 2015 . 3 games developed edit year game platform s 1996 bubsy 3d playstation 1999 syphon filter 2000 syphon filter 2 2001 syphon filter 3 2004 syphon filter the omega strain playstation 2 2006 syphon filter dark mirror playstation portable playstation 2 2007 syphon filter logan s shadow 2009 resistance retribution playstation portable 2011 uncharted golden abyss playstation vita 2012 uncharted fight for fortune tba days gone playstation 4 references edit a b c d e f g h moriarty colin september 8 2011 . from syphon filter to uncharted sony bend s story . ign . ziff davis . retrieved march 1 2016 . a b c d shuman sid october 25 2012 . behind the classics syphon filter . playstation blog . retrieved march 1 2016 . makuch eddie january 21 2015 . sony bend dev says next game will push ps4 to somewhere it s never been . gamespot . retrieved march 6 2016 . external links edit official website v t e sony interactive entertainment worldwide studios franchises ape escape arc the lad atv offroad fury boku no natsuyasumi buzz colony wars cool boarders dancestar party dark cloud destruction derby devil dice echochrome everquest everybody s golf everybody s tennis eyepet eyetoy fantavision fat princess g police genji god of war gran turismo gravity rush hustle kings infamous invizimals jak and daxter jet moto jumping flash killzone legend of legaia lemmings littlebigplanet locoroco medievil mlb the show modnation racers motorstorm motor toon grand prix ore no shikabane wo koete yuke oreshika parappa the rapper patapon planetside pursuit force rally cross ratchet & clank resistance savage moon shadow of the beast singstar siren sly cooper socom sports champions start the party super stardust syphon filter the eye of judgment the getaway this is football twisted metal uncharted vib ribbon warhawk what did i do to deserve this my lord no heroes allowed white knight chronicles wild arms wipeout wonderbook world tour soccer divisions bend studio foster city studio japan studio london studio san diego studio santa monica studio subsidiaries guerrilla games guerrilla cambridge j.s.e.e.d. playstation c.a.m.p. team gravity team ico media molecule naughty dog pixelopus polyphony digital sucker punch productions xdev former subsidiaries 989 studios bigbig studios contrail evolution studios incognito entertainment psygnosis team soho zipper interactive related list of video games published by sony interactive entertainment retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sie bend studio & oldid 743246602 categories 1993 establishments in oregoncompanies based in bend oregoncompanies established in 1993first party video game developerssony interactive entertainment game studiosvideo game companies of the united statesvideo game development companies navigation menu personal tools not logged 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