Psygnosis: version 1
Saved 2026-09-14 03:07 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Wipeout** for Sony PlayStation, North American release SCUS-94301 (UPC 711719430124), from the wanted list (old 2009 title "wipeout"). **Identity** is confirmed by barcode in three places: th. This is the current version.
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# Psygnosis <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Psygnosis
legal_name: Psygnosis Limited
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:01039371
founded: 1984
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/sony-interactive-entertainment-europe | | 2016-04-06 | | | sourced | ^ch-psc | Date is the PSC notification date; Wikipedia says Psygnosis has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment since 1993 (^wiki-psygnosis) |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Psygnosis Limited | legal | en | 1985-07-03 | |
| ROBERT SMITH & SONS (ENGINEERS BIRKENHEAD) LIMITED | legal | en | 1972-01-21 | 1985-07-03 |
| SCE Studio Liverpool | name | en | 1999 | |
| Studio Liverpool | name | en | 1999 | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| wiki-psygnosis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psygnosis | Wikipedia: Psygnosis | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| ch-psygnosis | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01039371 | Companies House: PSYGNOSIS LIMITED (01039371) | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 01039371 | Overview and previous company names | | | |
| ch-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01039371/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: PSYGNOSIS LIMITED, persons with significant control | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 01039371 | | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
British video game developer and publisher founded in 1984 by Ian Hetherington, Jonathan Ellis and David Lawson, based in Liverpool and known from 1999 as SCE Studio Liverpool; it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment in 1993 and closed as a studio in 2012.[^wiki-psygnosis] The legal entity Psygnosis Limited (company 01039371) is still active in London; it was incorporated in 1972 as Robert Smith & Sons (Engineers Birkenhead) Limited and took its present name in July 1985.[^ch-psygnosis] Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited has been its registered person with significant control since April 2016.[^ch-psc]
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