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Also known as Psyonix Inc.

Psyonix LLC is an American video game developer based in San Diego. It was founded in 2000 by Dave Hagewood with the team of his Internet-focused company WebSite Machines. After canceling its first two projects, Psyonix created VehicleMOD, a mod that adds vehicles to Unreal Tournament 2003. The game's developer, Epic Games, subsequently hired the studio to recreate this gameplay for a game mode in Unreal Tournament 2004. Psyonix subsisted off contract work and released its first original game, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, in 2008. The game was not as successful as anticipat

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Company.name
Psyonix LLC
Company.logo
Psyonix logo.svg
Company.type
Subsidiary
Company.industry
Video games
Company.founded
in Satellite Beach, Florida, US
Company.founder
Dave Hagewood
Company.hq_location_city
San Diego
Company.hq_location_country
US
Company.key_people
Dave Hagewood
Company.num_employees
132
Company.num_employees_year
2019
Company.parent
Epic Games

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Official website
psyonix.com
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inception
2000-00-00
social media followers
202375
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9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Foundation and ''VehicleMOD'' (2000–2003)
  • Contract work and first original games (2003–2013)
  • ''Rocket League'' and acquisition by Epic Games (2013–present)
  • Games developed
  • Additional work
  • Canceled
  • References
  • External links

Psyonix LLC is an American video game developer based in San Diego. It was founded in 2000 by Dave Hagewood with the team of his Internet-focused company WebSite Machines. After canceling its first two projects, Psyonix created VehicleMOD, a mod that adds vehicles to Unreal Tournament 2003. The game's developer, Epic Games, subsequently hired the studio to recreate this gameplay for a game mode in Unreal Tournament 2004. Psyonix subsisted off contract work and released its first original game, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, in 2008. The game was not as successful as anticipated but Hagewood held on to the game's concept and had a small team prototype a sequel while the rest of the company worked on further contract projects. This sequel was released as Rocket League in 2015 and became a commercial success. Epic Games acquired the studio in May 2019.

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