STUDIO HIGHLIGHTS

Surreal Pixel is a AAA game development studio that builds fun, immersive, premium experiences on next generation platforms.

  • IP STEWARDS: Proven commercial success working with renowned IP 

  • VETERAN TEAM: Core team working together +12 years

  • MULTI PLATFORM EXPERIENCE: HMD, Unity, Custom Engines, Unreal, PC/Mobile/Console/AR/VR/MR

  • ADVANTAGE: 3 year lead in developing content for HMDs & Mixed Reality

  • HEADQUARTERS: Culver City, CA

FOUNDERS STORY

  • 1995 - Trey Watkins (CEO) contributed to numerous titles at Activision: Dark Reign, Mechwarrior 2, Spiderman.

    2004 - Trey part of Internal development team that spins out of Activision and forms Pandemic Studios.

  • 2004 - Trey and Phil (COO) work together at Pandemic Studios on Star Wars Battlefront 1 & 2 and are co-leads of The Saboteur. Garrett Pence (AD) is an artist on the Saboteur team and begins career long collaboration with Trey.

    2007 - Trey and Phil are key team leads during EA acquisition of Pandemic / BioWare studios for $860M.

  • 2009 - Phil begins a successful career at Disney Interactive with roles and responsibilities that include Interim GM of Disney China Games and Head of Asia Game Production. During his tenure he produced a string of hit titles: Epic Mickey (Wii - E3 2010 Game of Show nominee), Marvel Future Fight (mobile $470M lifetime gross), and Pirates of the Caribbean Tides of War (mobile, $150M lifetime gross).

  • 2009 - Trey was a co-founder of Seismic where he developed Magic Spellslingers & Blade Runner Revelations VR with Garrett Pence, Ryan Medeirosman (CTO), Vince Fennel (EP), and Jay Duffy (TD).

    2018 - Trey is instrumental to Seismic’s successful sale to Niantic.

  • 2018 - Trey and Phil reunite at Niantic. Trey becomes GM of the Game Studios and Phil becomes Head of Publishing (US) together they globally launched NBA All-World and Peridot. Trey was also the lead creative on Niantic’s early work on Hololens, and Meta Quest with Pokemon as well as several innovative original IP concepts.

KEY TITLES PRIOR TO SURREAL PIXEL

  • Star Wars Battlefront I & II

    (Action Shooter)

    Platform: Console / PC
    Release: 2005
    14M+ units sold
    Phil Hong - PSP Lead Producer

  • The Saboteur

    (Open World Action)

    Platform: Console / PC
    Release: 2009
    Pandemic Studios Swan Song
    Trey Watkins - Creative Director
    Phil Hong - Sr. Producer

  • Epic Mickey

    (Platformer)

    Platform: Wii
    Release: 2010
    E3 Game of Show Nominee
    Phil Hong - Sr. Producer

  • Call of Duty: Clan Wars

    (FPS Social)

    Platform: Console / Mobile
    Release: 2014
    Mobile Real Time Clan Battles in Call of Duty
    Trey Watkins - Creative Director
    Ryan Medeirosman - Tech Director
    Garrett Pence - Sr. Artist

  • Marvel Future Fight

    (Action RPG)

    Platform: Mobile
    Release: 2015
    $470M Lifetime Gross Revenue
    Phil Hong - Executive Producer

  • POTC: Tides of War

    (Strategy)

    Platform: Mobile
    Release: 2017
    $150M Lifetime Gross Revenue
    Phil Hong - Executive Producer

  • Blade Runner Revelations

    (Adventure)

    Platform: VR
    Release: 2018
    Original VR adventure leading up to the new movie launch
    Trey Watkins - Creative Director

  • MTG: Spellslingers

    (CCG)

    Platform: Mobile
    Release: 2021
    Mobile First TCG in the Magic IP
    Trey Watkins - Creative Director

  • Peridot

    (AR)

    Platform: Mobile
    Release: 2023
    Innovative AR only pet simulator
    Ryan Medeirosman - Sr. Tech Director
    Trey Watkins - General Manager

FIRST MOVERS

  • We have a 3 year head start developing for the unique challenges of HMD’s and Mixed Reality

  • Apple has just begun to take applications for Apple Developer Kits.

  • There are NO clear development studio leaders of Mixed Reality.

Pokémon GO HoloLens Demo at Microsoft Ignite 2021