Incognito Entertainment

Incognito Entertainment (formerly Incognito Studios and Incog Inc. Entertainment) was an American video game developer headquartered in Salt Lake City.

Incognito Entertainment
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
FounderScott Campbell
Defunct2009 (2009)
FateDissolved
Successor
Headquarters,
US
Key people
ProductsTwisted Metal series
Number of employees
51 (2002)
ParentSony Computer Entertainment (2002–2009)

History

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Incognito Entertainment was founded in 1999 by Scott Campbell, who had previously led the development of Rogue Trip (1998) for SingleTrac. In January 2000, the company signed a publishing agreement with a "major North American publisher"[1].[2] The studio was originally known as Incognito Studios and later renamed Incog Inc. Entertainment. Sony acquired Incog Inc. Entertainment in August 2002 and made it an internal studio of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). At the time, studio employed 51 people.[3][4]

Campbell and David Jaffe, alongside the majority of the company's staff, left Incognito Entertainment in July 2007 to form Eat Sleep Play, an independent studio backed by SCEA.[5] The remainder of Incognito Entertainment was led by Dylan Jobe and maintained the PlayStation 3 game Warhawk. In March 2009, he and several other staff members left the studio to establish LightBox Interactive.[6]

Games developed

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Year Title Platform(s)
2001 Twisted Metal: Black PlayStation 2
Twisted Metal: Small Brawl PlayStation
2002 Twisted Metal: Black Online PlayStation 2
2003 War of the Monsters PlayStation 2
Downhill Domination PlayStation 2
2005 Twisted Metal: Head-On PlayStation Portable
2007 Calling All Cars! PlayStation 3
Warhawk PlayStation 3

References

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  1. ^ Peter, John. "Warplakorn.com". Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "Rogue Trip Team Turns PlayStation2". IGN. January 26, 2000. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "Sony Purchases Incog". Gamasutra. August 5, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "Sony Buys Incog". IGN. August 5, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  5. ^ Crecente, Brian (July 27, 2007). "Jaffe's Big News". Kotaku. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  6. ^ Crecente, Brian (March 23, 2009). "Warhawk's Dylan Jobe Leaves Incognito, Forms New Studio". Kotaku. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
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