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

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

Title Release Platform
James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire2001PlayStation 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Windows, Mac
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing2004PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age2004PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love2005PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
The Godfather: The Game2006PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii
The Simpsons Game2007PlayStation 3
Dead Space2008PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
The Godfather II2009PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
Dead Space: Extraction2009PlayStation 3, Wii
Dante's Inferno2010PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Dead Space Ignition2010PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network), Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Dead Space 2[4]2011PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
Dead Space 2: Severed2011PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network), Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Dead Space (mobile)2011Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS, iOS
Dead Space 32013PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
Untitled Star Wars game[5]TBATBA

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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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