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This is a brief look at the history of companies who have developed games for the Command & Conquer franchise. Starting with Westwood Studios, the creators of Command & Conquer.
 Westwood Studios/Westwood Pacific (1995–2002)
Westwood Studios was a computer and video game developer, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was founded by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle in 1985 as Westwood Associates, and renamed to Westwood Studios when it merged with Virgin Interactive in 1992. The company was bought from Virgin Interactive by Electronic Arts (EA) in 1998, and closed by EA in 2003. Westwood Studios are the original creators of Command & Conquer starting in 1995.
Westwood was best known for developing real-time strategy game series, adventure and role-playing genres. It received an entry to the Guinness book of records, for selling more than 10 million copies of Command & Conquer worldwide. Electronic Arts continues to develop games based on Westwood's Command & Conquer series.
Games Developed
- BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception (1988)
- BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge (1990)
- Blade Runner (1997, computer game film adaptation)
- Circuit's Edge (1990, adaptation of George Alec Effinger's novel When Gravity Fails)
- Command & Conquer series (1995–2002, up to Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge and Command & Conquer: Renegade)
- DragonStrike (1990)
- Dune series (1992, 1998, 2001, based on David Lynch's 1984 movie Dune)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun (1992)
- Earth & Beyond (2002)
- Eye of the Beholder series (1990, 1991, minus Assault on Myth Drannor)
- Lands of Lore series (1993–1999)
- The Legend of Kyrandia series (1992, 1993, 1994)
- The Lion King (1994)
- Monopoly (1995)
- Nox (2000)
- Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat (2002)
- Resident Evil (1996, Windows port, uncredited)
- Young Merlin (1994)
EA Los Angeles/EALA (2002–2010)
Founded in 1995 as DreamWorks Interactive. In February 2000, Electronic Arts acquired DreamWorks Interactive and the studio became Electronic Arts Los Angeles.
EA Los Angeles (also known as EALA) was formed by the fusion of three EA studios: EALA (DreamWorks version), Westwood Studios, and EA Pacific (formally Westwood Pacific). EALA continues to drive innovation in game technology and design by employing a first-class creative staff of game and film industry talent. EALA currently develops and produces games for the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. In January 2004, EALA relocated to a new, custom-designed West Los Angeles campus, which can house an additional 650+ development experts and creative artists.
Games Developed
- PC
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight
Command & Conquer 3 (Deluxe Edition)
Command & Conquer 3 (Limited Collection)
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars Kane Edition
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour
Command & Conquer Renegade 2 (Cancelled)
Command & Conquer Saga
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Premier Edition
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Uprising
Command & Conquer: The First Decade
Medal of Honor 2 (as Danger Close Games)
Medal of Honor (as Danger Close Games)
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Platinum Edition
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Spearhead
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Spearhead (demo)
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (DVD-ROM Edition)
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth Anthology
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II (Collector's Edition)
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king
- Macintosh
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars
Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour
- Xbox 360
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Electronic Arts / Steven Spielberg Project #1
Medal of Honor 2 (as Danger Close Games)
Medal of Honor (as Danger Close Games)
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II
- Xbox
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
Medal of Honor European Assault
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
- PlayStation 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Ultimate Edition
Medal of Honor 2 (as Danger Close Games)
Medal of Honor (as Danger Close Games)
Medal of Honor: Airborne
- PlayStation 2
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
Medal of Honor European Assault
Medal of Honor Vanguard
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
- Wii
Boom Blox
Medal of Honor Vanguard
Smarty Pants
- GameCube
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
Medal of Honor European Assault
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
- Cancelled Games
Tiberium (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/PC)
Victory Games (2011)
Victory Games is a video game developer founded in 2010. After EA Los Angeles started up their new internal group, Danger Close, and switched it's focus to the Medal of Honor series, EA launched a new studio named Victory Games to continue the Command & Conquer franchise. Its under the leadership of general manager Jon Van Caneghem formerly of Trion Worlds. In December 2011, EA integrated Victory Games into the BioWare label and renamed the studio to BioWare Victory. The BioWare label was then dropped in November 2012 and the studio name reverted to Victory Games.
Games Developed
- PC
Command & Conquer - Free to Play (2013)
EA Phenomic (2011)
EA Phenomic is a real-time strategy video game developer, headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, and founded as Phenomic Game Development in 1997. They were acquired by Electronic Arts on August 23, 2006
Games Developed
- SpellForce series (2004 - 2007)
- BattleForge (2009)
- Lord of Ultima (2010)
- Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances (2011)
Photos of EA Los Angeles
Out side the main gate of the EALA complex |
Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 are set up just inside the entry door. Showing off some new games from EA. |
Some of the awards and achievements at EALA. |
Inside "EAts", the cafeteria. |
A look inside the Presentation Room at EALA. |
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