Evolution Studios

Description:

Evolution Studios was formed in 1999 by Martin Kenwright and Ian Hetherington. Martin is a 20-year industry veteran who founded Digital Image Design (DID), developers of successful simulation-driven games such as F29, Robocop 3D, EF2000, Wargasm  and many more. Ian had previously founded Psygnosis (now Sony Studio Liverpool) and launched Lemmings, Formula 1 and WipeOut. He was key in cementing the PlayStation as a must-have entertainment platform.

With a small team of co-founders, all of whom are still there, they took a driving prototype (and a bucket full of gusto) to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE). Despite never creating a driving or console game, their fledgling company became their first European external development team, asked exclusively to create games in the official World Rally Championship series.  In the end they delivered five of them, all of which were a massive critical and commercial success.

Their latest titles are MotorStorm and MotorStorm 2: Pacific Rift.

Website: www.evos.net