Team SOHO is a British

United Kingdom

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 video game developer

Video game developer

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 based in Soho, London and a subsidiary

Subsidiary

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 of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Sony Computer Entertainment

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 (SCEE). It started out developing titles for the original PlayStation, including such acclaimed hits as Total NBA '97 and Porsche Challenge, followed by the slight misfire Rapid Racer. They went on to release The Getaway

The Getaway (video game)

The Getaway is a video game series focused on gang life and the police in the city of London. The series was created by Brendan McNamara and is developed by Team Soho for the PlayStation 2...

in 2002, before merging with Studio Camden to form SCE London Studio

SCE London Studio

London Studio is an in-house Sony Computer Entertainment developer located in London. Established in 1993, London Studio is Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s largest internal development studio, with staff working in a purpose designed 7-storey building located in London's Soho district...

, although the Team Soho brand was retained for some titles, such as The Getaway series.

The company also released a crime/action game for PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable

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 named Gangs of London

Gangs of London

Gangs of London received mainly negative reviews, though it received some praise for its graphics. Sound, voice acting and gameplay were harshly criticised, the worst being the voice acting, described as being on the verges of pantomime....

.

Released games

• Porsche Challenge
  Porsche Challenge
  Porsche Challenge is a racing game developed by "SCEE Internal Development - TEAM io" for the PlayStation. The player- and computer-controlled cars in the game consist exclusively of Porsche Boxsters.-Gameplay:...
  
  (1997)
• Rapid Racer (1997)
• Dropship: United Peace Force
  Dropship: United Peace Force
  Dropship: United Peace Force is a flight simulator combat game for the PlayStation 2, released in 2002. The player assumes the role of a pilot in the United Peace Force, a fictional multinational military organisation charged with combating terrorism and organized crime across the world...
  
  (2002)
• The Getaway
  The Getaway (video game)
  The Getaway is a video game series focused on gang life and the police in the city of London. The series was created by Brendan McNamara and is developed by Team Soho for the PlayStation 2...
  
  (2002)
• The Getaway: Black Monday
  The Getaway: Black Monday
  The Getaway: Black Monday is an open world action video game, developed by SCE London Studio and distributed by Team Soho, it was released in 2004 for the PlayStation 2. It is set in London and take its cues from British gangster movies such as Get Carter, The Long Good Friday and Lock, Stock and...
  
  (2004)
• Gangs of London
  Gangs of London
  Gangs of London received mainly negative reviews, though it received some praise for its graphics. Sound, voice acting and gameplay were harshly criticised, the worst being the voice acting, described as being on the verges of pantomime....
  
  (2006)
• EyePet
  EyePet
  EyePet is a game for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable, developed by London Studio and Playlogic Game Factory. The original PlayStation 3 version was released in Europe on 23 October 2009 and in Australia on 27 October 2009. This version of EyePet was originally scheduled to be released in...
  
  (2009)

External links

• Official homepage
• 2001 British TV piece on the team discussing the making of Dropship: UPC
• Listing on SPONG