Tarsier Studios is an independent

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 development studio

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 working with SCE Worldwide Studios

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 on first party projects. They are based in Malmö

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, Sweden

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. Founded in 2004

2004 in video gaming

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 as Team Tarsier, the team eventually changed their name to Tarsier Studios when they released their first two projects involving SCE properties in 2009

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. In 2010

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, they signed a publishing deal with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

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 on a new, unannounced project, gaining Sony's lucrative first party support. The studio consists of approximately 40 employees.

Games

Game Title	Release Date	Platform(s)
LittleBigPlanet LittleBigPlanet LittleBigPlanet, commonly abbreviated LBP, is a puzzle platformer video game, based on user-generated content, for the PlayStation 3 first announced on 7 March 2007, by Phil Harrison at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California...  (Downloadable Content)	2008	PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
Desert Diner	2009	Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic	2009	PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
LittleBigPlanet 2 LittleBigPlanet 2 LittleBigPlanet 2 is a puzzle platformer video game, centred around user-generated content. The game is developed by Media Molecule, published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for PlayStation 3 and was originally scheduled for release in November 2010 but was delayed until January 2011...  (Downloadable Content)	2011	PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
LittleBigPlanet LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation Vita) LittleBigPlanet is the working title of an upcoming video game developed by Double Eleven Limited and Tarsier Studios for the PlayStation Vita handheld game console. It will be the fifth game in the LittleBigPlanet franchise; a series of puzzle platformers for the PlayStation 3 and PSP centred...  (working title)	2012	PlayStation Vita
The City of Metronome The City of Metronome The City of Metronome, previously known as just Metronome is an upcoming adventure game from Swedish developers Tarsier Studios....	2012	PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...