Private company

Zipper Interactive

Logo: Zipper Interactive, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Defunct American video game developer

Zipper Interactive was an American video game developer based in Redmond, Washington and part of SCE Worldwide Studios. It was founded in June 1995 by Jim Bosler and Brian Soderberg. It is best known for developing the SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs series of games.2 It is part of PlayStation Studios.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1995Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersRedmond1
  • Websitewww.zipperint.com
  • Legal formsubsidiary company1

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Zipper Interactive was an American video game developer based in Redmond, Washington and part of SCE Worldwide Studios. It was founded in June 1995 by Jim Bosler and Brian Soderberg. It is best known for developing the SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs series of games. SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs was created in collaboration with the Naval Special Warfare Command and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. On January 25, 2006, Sony announced that it had acquired Zipper Interactive to add it to its group of development studios.2

Corporate structure

Zipper Interactive is part of a group headed by Sony Group. 278 entities, 30 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. Mar 30, 2012Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1995Founded Founded1

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