Polyphony Digital

Polyphony Digital Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
PredecessorPolys Entertainment
FoundedApril 2, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-04-02)
FounderKazunori Yamauchi
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Key people
Kazunori Yamauchi (president)
ProductsGran Turismo series
Number of employees
~300[1] (February 2022)
ParentPlayStation Studios
Websitewww.polyphony.co.jp

Polyphony Digital Inc. is an internal Japanese first-party video game development studio for PlayStation Studios. Originally a development group within Sony Computer Entertainment's Japan Studio known as Polys Entertainment,[2][3] after the success of Gran Turismo in Japan, they were granted greater autonomy, reestablished as an individual company and renamed themselves Polyphony Digital. It currently has four studios: two studios in Japan, one studio in the Netherlands, and another one in the United States.

  1. ^ "Interview de Kazunori Yamauchi, le papa de Gran Turismo nous parle du 7ème opus" [Interview with Kazunori Yamauchi, the father of Gran Turismo, about the 7th opus]. jeuxvideo.fr (in French). February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "Corporate Profile". polyphony.co.jp. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Polyphony Digital Inc". MobyGames. Retrieved July 16, 2013.