Earlier today, Sony announced that it has added Sucker Punch Productions to its growing number of high-profile internal development studios. Sony Computer Entertainment had been pleased with Sucker Punch’s track record for creating successful IPs (like the newly-released and critically successful hit InFamous 2) that they decided to acquire the studio before other companies beat them to the punch (No pun intended).

Hit the jump for more on the latest Sony Computer Entertainment Studio acquisition.

Sucker Punch, famous for developing the Sly Cooper games as well as the ever-popular InFamous franchise, has been an independent company since its inception back in 1997. They had never released any games for the Xbox 360 or the Nintendo Wii and have developed games for Sony machines exclusively.

According to Brian Fleming, Managing Partner at Sucker Punch, Sony and the studio have had such a long and prosperous working relationship that it just made sense to sell the studio to the publishing giant.

Sony Computer Entertainment has made a mission out of building a successful brand with a high volume of first-party titles over the last few years. With hits like Uncharted, InFamous, LittleBigPlanet, and God Of War, Sony’s internal studios have helped build Sony’s Playstation 3 as a machine with some of the best exclusive games of this console generation.

[Via MSNBC]