989 Studios was a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America

Sony Computer Entertainment

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a major video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products & Services Group of Sony...

 (SCEA) that developed games for the PlayStation

PlayStation

The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...

 consoles and Windows

Microsoft Windows

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 personal computer

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s. Their titles include Twisted Metal III

Twisted Metal III

Twisted Metal III is a vehicular combat video game developed and published by 989 Studios for the PlayStation...

and 4

Twisted Metal 4

Twisted Metal 4 is a vehicular combat video game developed by 989 Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation...

, Syphon Filter

Syphon Filter

Syphon Filter is a stealth-based third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation released in 1999. It is the first game in the Syphon Filter series. It was re-released on December 4, 2006, on the PlayStation Network for use on the PSP...

and 2

Syphon Filter 2

Syphon Filter 2 is a stealth third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation. Released in 2000, its plot picks up immediately after where the previous Syphon Filter ended. It is the second title in the Syphon Filter series...

, Jet Moto 3

Jet Moto

Jet Moto is a series of futuristic racing games for the PlayStation video game console. Jet Moto and Jet Moto 2 were developed by SingleTrac, known for Twisted Metal and Twisted Metal 2. SingleTrac then left Sony, the publisher of the series, and Jet Moto 3 was developed by Pacific Coast Power &...

, Bust a Groove

Bust a Groove

Bust a Groove is a hybrid music/fighting game for the Sony PlayStation released in 1998. The game was published by the Japanese video game developer Enix in Japan and brought to the U.S...

, EverQuest

EverQuest

EverQuest, often shortened to EQ, is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game that was released on the 16th of March, 1999. The original design is credited to Brad McQuaid, Steve Clover, and Bill Trost...

and others. It now exists as the 989 Sports brand owned by SCEA that produces sports titles.

History

The 989 Sports title developed from a long history of name changes and corporate shuffling within Sony centered around operations in Foster City, California

Foster City, California

Foster City is an affluent planned city located in San Mateo County, California, 94404. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 30,567. Forbes ranked Foster City #10 on their 2009 list of America's Top 25 Towns to Live Well. Money has also recognized Foster City multiple times as...

. In August 1995, the video game business of Sony Imagesoft

Sony Imagesoft

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 was merged with the product development branch of SCEA, becoming Sony Interactive Studios America (SISA). On April 1998, SISA was renamed 989 Studios, after the street address of the building they worked in (989 E. Hillsdale Boulevard, Foster City, California

California

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, which Sony still uses). The part of 989 developing EverQuest

EverQuest

EverQuest, often shortened to EQ, is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game that was released on the 16th of March, 1999. The original design is credited to Brad McQuaid, Steve Clover, and Bill Trost...

(and other online and PC games) broke off to become an independent studio named Verant Interactive in early 1999. On April 1, 2000, 989 Studios was merged back into SCEA as a first party development group, in order to prepare for the then-upcoming PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

. SCEA continues to release sports games under the 989 Sports brand. Subsequent reissues and sequels to 989's titles are published under the SCEA name instead of the 989 name.

989 Studios

• 3Xtreme
  3Xtreme
  3Xtreme is a racing game released for the PlayStation in 1999. As with 2Xtreme, 3Xtreme contains skateboarding, skating, and biking options to reach the goal before opponent players. Unlike 2Xtreme, however, 3Xtreme's characters are composed of polygons as opposed to sprites...
  
  (1999)
• Bust A Groove
  Bust a Groove
  Bust a Groove is a hybrid music/fighting game for the Sony PlayStation released in 1998. The game was published by the Japanese video game developer Enix in Japan and brought to the U.S...
  
  (Bust A Move: Dance & Rhythm Action in Japan) (1998)
• Cool Boarders 3
  Cool Boarders 3
  Cool Boarders 3 is a snowboarding video game developed by Idol Minds for the PlayStation.-See also:* Cool Boarders * Cool Boarders 2 * Cool Boarders 4 * Cool Boarders Pocket...
  
  (1998)
• Cool Boarders 4
  Cool Boarders 4
  Cool Boarders 4 is a snowboarding video game created for the PlayStation. The game was released in 1999.In the game you can play multiple tracks with multiple characters. You can play a campaign with many sorts of scenarios such as slalom runs, time attacks.. etc...
  
  (1999)
• Cyberstrike 2 (1998) (Microsoft Windows
  Microsoft Windows
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  )
• EverQuest
  EverQuest
  EverQuest, often shortened to EQ, is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game that was released on the 16th of March, 1999. The original design is credited to Brad McQuaid, Steve Clover, and Bill Trost...
  
  (1999)
• Jet Moto 3
  Jet Moto 3
  Jet Moto 3 was released exclusively for the PlayStation video game console on August 31, . It was the first and only Jet Moto title released by developer Pacific Coast Power & Light and publisher 989 Sports. It has been released only in North America...
  
  (1999)
• Rally Cross 2
  Rally Cross 2
  Rally Cross 2 is the 1998 sequel to 1997's Rally Cross. It improves from the original game by added better graphics, an extensive season mode, more vehicles and tracks and a track editor...
  
  (1999)
• Running Wild (1998)
• Syphon Filter
  Syphon Filter
  Syphon Filter is a stealth-based third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation released in 1999. It is the first game in the Syphon Filter series. It was re-released on December 4, 2006, on the PlayStation Network for use on the PSP...
  
  (1999)
• Syphon Filter 2
  Syphon Filter 2
  Syphon Filter 2 is a stealth third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation. Released in 2000, its plot picks up immediately after where the previous Syphon Filter ended. It is the second title in the Syphon Filter series...
  
  (2000)
• Cardinal Syn
  Cardinal Syn
  Cardinal Syn is a fighting game developed by Kronos Digital Entertainment, the creators of Criticom and Dark Rift, and published by Sony through their 989 Studios in 1998.- Gameplay :...
  
  (1998)
• Tanarus
  Tanarus (video game)
  Tanarus was a free 3D multiplayer online tank first-person shooter that was commercially released on November 30, 1997. It was developed under the direction of John Smedley at Verant Interactive and published by Sony Online Entertainment . Originally titled Armorgeddon, Verant was forced to change...
  
  (1998)
• Twisted Metal III
  Twisted Metal III
  Twisted Metal III is a vehicular combat video game developed and published by 989 Studios for the PlayStation...
  
  (1998)
• Twisted Metal 4
  Twisted Metal 4
  Twisted Metal 4 is a vehicular combat video game developed by 989 Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation...
  
  (1999)

Published by 989 Sports

• NFL Xtreme
  NFL Xtreme
  NFL Extreme was 989 Studios answer to the NFL Blitz series for the Sony PlayStation in 1998. The game was produced by 989 Studios and Published by SCEA...
  
  (1998)
• NFL GameDay 99 (1998)
• NCAA Gamebreaker 99 (1998)
• NHL FaceOff 99 (1998)
• NCAA Final Four 99 (1998)
• MLB 2000 (1999)
• NFL Xtreme 2 (1999)
• NCAA GameBreaker 2000 (1999)
• NFL GameDay 2000 (1999)
• NHL FaceOff 2000 (1999)
• Supercross Circuit (1999)
• NCAA Final Four 2000 (1999)
• NBA Shootout 2000 (1999)

Published by SCEA under the 989 Sports brand

• MLB 2001 (2000)
• NCAA GameBreaker 2001 (2000)
• NFL GameDay 2001 (2000)
• NBA ShootOut 2001 (2000)
• Cool Boarders 2001
  Cool Boarders 2001
  Cool Boarders 2001 is a snowboarding video game created for PlayStation and PlayStation 2. The game was released in 2000.Cool Boarders 2001 was the last made in the series of Cool Boarders games.The other games in the series include :...
  
  (2000)
• NCAA Final Four 2001 (2000)
• NCAA GameBreaker 2001 (2000)
• NCAA Final Four 2001 (2000)
• Formula One 2001
  Formula One 2001
  Formula One 2001 is a racing game in the Formula One series of computer and video games. It was released for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2...
  
  (2001)
• NHL FaceOff 2001 (2001)
• NBA ShootOut 2001 (2001)
• MLB 2002 (2001)
• NFL GameDay 2002 (2001)
• NBA ShootOut 2002 (2001)
• NCAA Final Four 2002 (2001)
• MLB 2003 (2002)
• NFL GameDay 2003 (2002)
• NCAA GameBreaker 2003 (2002)
• NHL FaceOff 2003 (2002)
• NBA ShootOut 2003 (2002)
• NCAA Final Four 2003 (2002)
• MLB 2004 (2003)
• NFL GameDay 2004 (2003)
• NCAA GameBreaker 2004 (2003)
• NBA ShootOut 2004 (2003)
• NCAA Final Four 2004 (2003)
• MLB 2005 (2004)
• NFL GameDay 2005 (2004)
• NBA (2004)
• MLB 2006 (2005)
• Gretzky NHL (2005)
• Gretzky NHL 2005
  Gretzky NHL 2005
  Gretzky NHL 2005 is an ice hockey video game featuring professional NHL hockey player Wayne Gretzky. It was developed by Page 44 Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 system. It was released on November 9, 2004. Mike Emrick provides commentary for the game. The...
  
  (2005)

MLB Baseball

• Mike Carlucci
• Vin Scully (MLB 99 only)
• Vin Scully/Dave Campbell (MLB 2000 to MLB 2005)