Westwood Studios
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| Westwood Studios | ||
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| Founded: 1985[1] | ||
| Defunct: 2003 | ||
| Merged with: Virgin Interactive Entertainment (1992) | ||
| Merged into: Electronic Arts (August 1998) | ||
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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[1] 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)
- Body Count (unreleased) (as Westwood Associates)
- MegaWICE (unreleased)
Saturn
- Command & Conquer (1996)
- Blade Runner (unreleased)
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.westwood.com/corporate/c_company.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-03-03 19:40)