Studio 33

Studio 33 was a British video game developer founded by John White in August 1996, with its headquarters based in Liverpool, UK. The company primarily specializing in the production of real-life racing simulators for the PlayStation consoles. On October 16, 2003, Electronic Arts acquired the studio and renamed it to Electronic Arts North West Studio. The company later closed on October 17, 2006, exactly three years after the company being renamed.

1st Logo (March 31, 1998)

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Visuals: The logo, consists of the stacked orange words "STUDiO 33" in a cartoony font, is shown in-credit alongside the Psygnosis and Bizarre Creations logos.

Variant: On the first loading screen after the game's intro, the in-credit logo has "A" and "PRODUCTION" placed between the logo. The rest of the loading screens don't have text between the logo.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: None.

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Media Title	Platform	Date of Release	Additional Notes
Newman-Haas Racing OSCA	PlayStation	March 31, 1998	Debut and only appearance shown in-credit on the copyright screen and loading screen, opening cinematic uses an in-credit notice instead

2nd Logo (October 20, 1999-April 1, 2004)

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Visuals: The logo consists of a 3x3 square made out of nine white rounded squares with a black outline, with the sixth one being colored sky blue and have "S³³" inside of it. Below them, there is the sky blue company name, "studio 33". All of this are shown in-credit beside other logos on the copyright screen.

Variants:

• These variants are superimposed over the opening cinematic, after the copyright screen.
  • Formula One 99: Several white rounded squares with a thin black outline fade in one-by-one, before the others fade out to shown only the 3x3 square, with the sixth one in its sky blue color. "S³³" in a lighter font then fades in inside of it, alongside the company name in a lighter font, below.
  • Destruction Derby: Raw: Several squares slowly flash in one-by-one as various track logos from the game appearing in various directions at the same time. The squares later fade into the completed logo, before fading out.
  • Formula One 2000 and 2001: Parts of the logo fly in from various directions to form the logo on the left, before flying away after a few seconds.
• On Destruction Derby: Arenas, the standalone logo is on a blue background.

Technique: A still, digital graphic. CGI animation for the animated variants.

Audio: None. The game's opening theme for the superimposed variants.

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Media Title	Platform	Date of Release	Additional Notes
Formula One 99 OSCA	PlayStation	October 20, 1999	Debut appearance, custom variant used after the copyright screen that includes this logo
Formula One 2000 OSCA	PlayStation	October 4, 2000	Custom variant used after the copyright screen that includes this logo
Destruction Derby: Raw OSCA	PlayStation	October 30, 2000	Custom variant used after the copyright screen that includes this logo
Formula One 2001 OSCA	PlayStation	May 25, 2001	Custom variant used after the copyright screen that includes this logo
Formula One Arcade OSCA	PlayStation	July 19, 2002
Destruction Derby: Arenas OSCA	PlayStation 2	April 1, 2004	Latest appearance

External Links

• Official website (archived)
• Studio 33 on Wikipedia