Details have emerged of a new Sony studio set to reveal its first project at E3. The studio is named Pixel Opus and is partially the result of a program where Carnegie Mellon students were allowed to work with Sony Computer Entertainment America executive producer Alex Lee as part of their coursework.

The students produced prototype games for the Vita as part of their studies, which led to a number being taken on as interns with Sony and eventually hired. The studio, mainly made up of students who have now graduated Carnegie Mellon, have been working hard to get their first project finished in time. Lee says that although a number of programs like this one have been available at established universities for a while, they’ve been gaining in relevance and it’s only recently that their effect has begun to be felt by the industry.

We can only wait and see what the project they are presenting will be.