Santa Monica hasn't just developed its own franchise for a big corporate giant, but staff have worked with smaller indie like
thatgamecompany on the likes of Fl0w to help
bring more flavour to the PlayStation.
It has served as the venue which first premiered numerous now widely recognized names, including Cloud from the USC - based team that became
Thatgamecompany (Flower), as well as DigiPen's Narbacular Drop and Tag: The Power of Paint, which would evolve first into Valve's acclaimed Portal, with the latter
brought on - board for the upcoming Portal 2.