Difference between revisions of "Westwood Studios"
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Revision as of 12:50, 14 January 2020
Westwood Studios | ||
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Founded: 1985 | ||
Defunct: 2003 | ||
Merged with: Virgin Interactive (1992) | ||
Merged into: Electronic Arts (August 1998) | ||
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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)
32X
- Pinocchio (some sprite art; unpublished)
Saturn
- Command & Conquer (1996)
References
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