Visceral Games

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Visceral Games
Type Subsidiary of Electronic Arts
Industry Computer and video games
Interactive entertainment
Founded 1998
Headquarters Redwood City, California, USA
Products Video games
Owner(s) Electronic Arts
Parent Electronic Arts
Website www.visceralgames.com

Visceral Games (formerly EA Redwood Shores[1]) is an American video game development studio internally owned by Electronic Arts. They are perhaps best known for the critically acclaimed Dead Space series.[2]

History[edit]

Visceral Games is part of the EA Games Label; the studio falls under the auspices of Senior Vice President Patrick Söderlund who manages all Games Label studios from Stockholm, Sweden. Prior to his leaving to found Sledgehammer Games, Glen Schofield was Visceral's Vice President and General Manager.

Visceral Games was known as EA Redwood Shores from 1998 to May 2009.[1]

Visceral Games is located in Redwood Shores, California at the same site location as the EA corporate headquarters. There was an Australian studio based in Melbourne, but this was closed down on September 19, 2011.[3] The fate of the game they were rumored to be working on (The Ripper) is unknown.

Games[edit]

Title Release Platform
James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire 2001 PlayStation 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Windows, Mac
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing 2004 PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age 2004 PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love 2005 PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
The Godfather: The Game 2006 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii
The Simpsons Game 2007 PlayStation 3
Dead Space 2008 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
The Godfather II 2009 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
Dead Space: Extraction 2009 PlayStation 3, Wii
Dante's Inferno 2010 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Dead Space Ignition 2010 PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network), Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Dead Space 2[4] 2011 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
Dead Space (mobile) 2011 Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS, iOS
Dead Space 3 2013 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
Untitled Star Wars game[5] TBA TBA

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b McWhertor, Michael (2009-05-04). "Dead Space Devs Change Their Name To Visceral Games". Kotaku. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
  2. ^ "Dead Space (X360)". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-08-04. 
  3. ^ Reilly, Luke (2011-09-18). "Visceral Games Melbourne Shut Down". IGN. Retrieved 2012-08-04. 
  4. ^ "EA Brings the Terror to Space in Dead Space 2". Electronic Arts. 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2009-12-08. 
  5. ^ "EA AND DISNEY TEAM UP ON NEW STAR WARS GAMES". 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2013-05-07. 

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