Sony downsizes European PlayStation 4 developers from 53 to 30

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has amended its list of European developers working on titles for its freshly unveiled PlayStation 4, replacing its previous list of 53 developers with a smaller list of 30 entirely different studios.

Sony confirmed to GameSpot that its first list was a draft sent out in error. The new list includes Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt Red and Sumo Digital, who is rumoured to be creating Little Big Planet 3, but notably removes prominent Minecraft developer Mojang and Angry Birds creator Rovio from the list.

Sony's revised list of the 30 European studios confirmed to be developing for the PlayStation 4:

2K Games
Avalanche Studios
Blitz Games Studios
Bohemia Interactive
CD Projekt RED
Climax Studios
Codemasters
Creative Assembly
Criterion Games
Deep Silver
Ghost Games
Hello Games
IO Interactive
Just Add Water
keen games
Lucid Games
MercurySteam
Ninja Theory
Nixxes Software BV
Paradox Interactive
Rebellion
Saber Interactive
Splash Damage
Stainless Games
Starbreeze Studios
Sumo Digital
Team 17
TT Games
YAGER
Zen Studios

Sony's previous list of 53 European PlayStation 4 developers included: 4A Games, 505 Games, Abstraction, Beatshapers, Big Ant, Big Bit, BitComposer, Bloober Team, Boss Alien, Bugbear, Cauldron, City Interactive, Criterion Games, Croteam, Curve Studios, Dakko Dakko Ltd, Deck 13, Double Eleven, Eko Software, FatShark, Flying Wildhog, Four Door Lemon, Frozenbyte, FuturLab, Gaijin, Ghost Games, Green Hill Studios, Kalypso Media, Laughing Jackal, Ludosity, Mediatonic, Milestone, Mojang, Omni Systems, Prodigy Design, Ripstone, Roll7, Ronimo, Rovio, Shortround, Sperasoft, Sproing, Stormbasic, Straight Right, Targem, Tate, Techland, Tonika, Torus Games, Vector Cell, Virtual Toys, Vlambeer, and Wizarbox.

For more information on the PlayStation 4, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.