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Westwood Studios

Founded: 1985

Defunct: 2003

Merged with: Virgin Interactive (1992)

Merged into: Electronic Arts (August 1998)

Headquarters:

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Westwood Studios, formerly known as Westwood Associates, was an American video game development company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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) (as Westwood Associates)
Dune II: Battle for Arrakis (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
Pinocchio (1996) (some sprite art)
MegaWICE (unreleased)

Saturn

Command & Conquer (1996)
Blade Runner (unreleased)

References

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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]]===
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|Westwood Studios|Westwood Associates}}
-*''[[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==