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Holton Interactive Group is an American video game holding company based in Burbank, California founded by Nathan Holton in July 2023. It is a subsidiary of Holton Studios that oversees the video game development, publishing, and distribution.

The company owns four major publishing labels, BioWare Studios, Paradox Digital, Eidos Interactive Corporation, and CD Projekt, which operate internal game development studios.

Holton Interactive Group's combined portfolio includes intellectual properties such as Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Alan Wake, Apex Legends, Crusaders Kings, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Witcher among others.

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On September 14, 2005, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), the video game arm of Sony, announced the formation of SCE Worldwide Studios, combining all studios SCE owned at the time. Phil Harrison was appointed as the division's president. Shuhei Yoshida succeeded him in May 2008. When Yoshida moved to lead the indie game development of SIE, Hermen Hulst, previously of SIE's Guerrilla Games studio, became the president of SIE Worldwide Studios in November 2019. The studios productions are generally supported by the Visual Arts Services Group, founded in 2007 in San Diego.

SIE announced the rebranding of the division to PlayStation Studios in May 2020 as part of the introduction of the PlayStation 5, which was released later that year. PlayStation Studios serves as the publishing brand for Sony's first-party development studios, as well as for games developed by studios brought in by Sony in work-for-hire situations.

SIE announced the rebranding of the division to PlayStation Studios in May 2020 as part of the introduction of the PlayStation 5, which was released later that year. PlayStation Studios serves as the publishing brand for Sony's first-party development studios, as well as for games developed by studios brought in by Sony in work-for-hire situations.

In 2022, Sony stated half of its first-party PlayStation Studios games will be on personal computers (PC) and mobile by 2025. In August 2022, SIE announced the formation of the PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, alongside the acquisition of the company's first mobile development team, Savage Game Studios.

In 2022, Sony stated half of its first-party PlayStation Studios games will be on personal computers (PC) and mobile by 2025. In August 2022, SIE announced the formation of the PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, alongside the acquisition of the company's first mobile development team, Savage Game Studios.

Divisions

 * BioWare Studios is a video game publisher based in Burbank, California founded by Nathan Holton in July 2023. When the studios collaborate they are collectively credited as BioWare Studios.
 * BioWare Edmonton is the main developer of the Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchises. It was founded in 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip, alongside Trent Oster, Brent Oster, and Marcel Zeschuk. From 2007, the company has been owned by American publisher Electronic Arts until 2023 when it was acquired by Holton Studios as a division of Holton Interactive Group. The division is directed by Gary McKay and Mike Laidlaw.
 * BioWare Calgary is a support team operating under BioWare Edmonton. The studio is directed by Aaron Flynn.
 * BioWare Austin is a support team. It was the main developer of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The division is directed by James Ohlen.
 * BioWare Burbank is the main developer of new IPs. It is composed by veteran game developers from Insomniac Games, Respawn Entertainment and Naughty Dog. The division is directed by the COO of Holton Interactive Group, Bruce Straley.
 * Larian Studios is a Belgian video game developer and publisher founded in 1996 by Swen Vincke. It focuses on developing classic role-playing video games. It is best known for developing the Divinity series and Baldur's Gate III.
 * Paradox Digital (formerly Paradox Interactive) is a video game publisher based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company currently comprises of seven first-party development studios; some of them, like their flagship Paradox Development Studio were with the company for years while others, like Hello Games, became part of the studio after the acquisition by Holton Interactive Group in January 2024. As a consequence, despite being specialized in Grand strategy and 4X games, Paradox expanded to other genres. Following its inception, it became a platform for future acquisitions of other studios.
 * Moon Studios is an Austrian independent video game developer founded in 2010. They are best known for their 2015 title Ori and the Blind Forest, for which the studio was awarded the Best Debut award at the 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards. The studio then released a sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, in 2020.
 * Radical is a Canadian video game developer based in Vancouver. The studio is a rebrand of the original Radical Entertainment, best known for developing The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Prototype and Prototype 2, as well as entries in the Crash Bandicoot franchise.
 * Hello Games is a British video game company based in Guildford, Surrey. The company was founded by Sean Murray, Grant Duncan, Ryan Doyle and David Ream in February 2008 and has developed the Joe Danger series, No Man's Sky, and The Last Campfire.
 * Colossal Order is a Finnish video game developer known for its business simulation game series Cities in Motion and for its city-builder Cities: Skylines. The company was founded in Tampere, Finland in 2009. Its publisher, Paradox Interactive owned the IPs of all games until all assets where acquired by Holton Interactive Group.
 * Nightdive Studios is an American video game developer based in Vancouver, Washington. The company is known for obtaining rights to abandonware video games, updating them for compatibility with modern platforms, and re-releasing them via digital distribution services, supporting preservation of older games.
 * Respawn Entertainment is an American video game development studio founded in 2010 by Jason West and Vince Zampella and owned by Electronic Arts since 2017 until 2024. West and Zampella previously co-founded Infinity Ward and created the Call of Duty franchise, where they were responsible for its development until 2010.
 * Paradox Interactive
 * Paradox Development Studios
 * Paradox Triumph (formerly Triumph Studios)
 * Paradox Two Point


 * Eidos Interactive Corporation (formerly CDE Entertainment)
 * Crystal Dynamics is the main developer of the Tomb Raider franchise. It was part of Embracer Group until 2024. The studio's games include entries in the Gex, Legacy of Kain, and Tomb Raider series. The division is directed by Scot Amos.
 * Crystal Northwest is a support team and the main developer of the Perfect Dark reboot. The division is directed by Chad Queen and James Loe.
 * Crystal Southwest is a support team. The division is directed by Dallas Dickinson.
 * Eidos-Montréal is a Canadian video game developer based in Montreal and part of Embracer Group until 2024. The studio was founded by Stéphane D'Astous in 2007 under SCi Entertainment. It became part of Square Enix Europe in 2009, Embracer Group's CDE Entertainment in 2022 and Holton Interactive Group in 2024.
 * Remedy Entertainment is a Finnish video game developer based in Espoo. Notable games the studio has developed include the first two entries in the Max Payne franchise, Alan Wake, Quantum Break and Control. Sam Lake, Remedy's creative director, has represented the company on numerous occasions.


 * CD Projekt
 * CD Projekt Grey (formerly GOG.com)
 * CD Projekt Red
 * CD Projekt Blue

Games released
This combined list features titles developed and/or published after each acquisition made by Holton Interactive Group as part of Holton Studios.

Following BioWare's acquisition in July 2023, IGN reported that Electronic Arts would be moving the ongoing development and operation of Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare Austin to EA's Broadsword Online Games, which maintains Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot, as the game's license was not included in the acquisition deal.

The mobile version of Apex Legends was discontinued by Electronic Arts days before the acquisition of Respawn Entertainment in January 2024.

BioWare Studios
This list features only titles mainly developed or published by BioWare Studios companies.

Paradox Digital
This list features only titles mainly developed or published by Paradox Digital companies.

Eidos Interactive Corporation
This list features only titles mainly developed or published by Eidos Interactive Corporation companies.

CD Projekt
This list features only titles mainly developed or published by CD Projekt companies.

Proprietary
This list features game engines owned by Holton Interactive Group.

Licensed
This list features game engines licensed to Holton Interactive Group.