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{{Company | {{Company | ||
| logo=WestwoodStudios logo.png | | logo=WestwoodStudios logo.png | ||
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| founded=1985 | | founded=1985 | ||
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| headquarters=Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | | headquarters=Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | ||
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| − | '''Westwood Studios''', | + | |
| + | '''Westwood Studios''', formerly '''Westwood Associates''', were a video game development company based in the USA. They merged with [[Virgin Interactive]] in 1992 but remained a separate entity, able to publish its own video games with the aid of Virgin's distribution network and established their fame with ''Command & Conquer'', a milestone in the real-time strategy genre. | ||
In 1998, [[Electronic Arts]] bought Westwood for $122.5 million USD. Reportedly not impressed with Westwood's 2003 PC game, ''Command & Conquer: Renegade'', EA liquidated the company in 2003, and the Westwood brand now ceases to exist. Electronic Arts themselves would assume production over Westwood Studio's properties, namely ''Command & Conquer''. | In 1998, [[Electronic Arts]] bought Westwood for $122.5 million USD. Reportedly not impressed with Westwood's 2003 PC game, ''Command & Conquer: Renegade'', EA liquidated the company in 2003, and the Westwood brand now ceases to exist. Electronic Arts themselves would assume production over Westwood Studio's properties, namely ''Command & Conquer''. | ||
==Softography== | ==Softography== | ||
| − | ===[[ | + | ===[[Mega Drive]]=== |
*''[[Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun]]'' (1992) | *''[[Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun]]'' (1992) | ||
*''[[Dune: The Battle for Arrakis]]'' (1994) | *''[[Dune: The Battle for Arrakis]]'' (1994) | ||
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*''[[Pinocchio]]'' (some sprite art; 1996) | *''[[Pinocchio]]'' (some sprite art; 1996) | ||
| − | ===[[ | + | ===[[Mega-CD]]=== |
*''[[Eye of the Beholder]]'' (1994) | *''[[Eye of the Beholder]]'' (1994) | ||
| − | ===[[ | + | ===[[Saturn]]=== |
*''[[Command & Conquer]]'' (1996) | *''[[Command & Conquer]]'' (1996) | ||
| − | [[Category:Third- | + | ==References== |
| + | {{NECRetro}} | ||
| + | <references /> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Third-party software developers]] | ||
Revision as of 01:38, 7 October 2017
Westwood Studios, formerly Westwood Associates, were a video game development company based in the USA. They merged with Virgin Interactive in 1992 but remained a separate entity, able to publish its own video games with the aid of Virgin's distribution network and established their fame with Command & Conquer, a milestone in the real-time strategy genre.
In 1998, Electronic Arts bought Westwood for $122.5 million USD. Reportedly not impressed with Westwood's 2003 PC game, Command & Conquer: Renegade, EA liquidated the company in 2003, and the Westwood brand now ceases to exist. Electronic Arts themselves would assume production over Westwood Studio's properties, namely Command & Conquer.
Softography
Mega Drive
- Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun (1992)
- Dune: The Battle for Arrakis (1994)
- The Lion King (1994)
- Pinocchio (some sprite art; 1996)
Mega-CD
- Eye of the Beholder (1994)
Saturn
- Command & Conquer (1996)
References
 NEC Retro has more information related to Westwood Studios
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