Evolution Studios

Evolution Studios Ltd.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Founder	Martin Kenwright Ian Hetherington Mick Hocking
Defunct	2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Successor	Codemasters Cheshire
Headquarters	Runcorn, Cheshire , England
Products	World Rally Championship series MotorStorm series Driveclub
Number of employees	about 60[citation needed]
Parent	SIE Worldwide Studios (2007–2016)

Evolution Studios Ltd. was a British video game developer based in Runcorn, Cheshire. The company was founded in 1999 by Martin Kenwright and Ian Hetherington, following the purchase of their studio Digital Image Design's publisher Ocean Software by Infogrames. Kenwright then left Digital Image Design with six members of staff to form Evolution Studios.