EA Pacific (formerly known as Burst Studios and Westwood Pacific) was a developer formally owned by Virgin Interactive's North American operations, and was based in Irvine, California. Burst Studios was beset by production problems during its early years; Virgin Interactive's president of worldwide publishing, Brett W. Sperry, commented in 1997, "The way the Burst studio was structured made a lot of sense on paper, but for a variety of reasons, it wasn't delivering product at the end of the day."[1] Burst Studios was acquired by Electronic Arts together with Westwood Studios and Virgin's North American publishing operations in August 1998.[2] The company was later renamed to Westwood Pacific, under that name, the company developed or co-developed games like Nox and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2.
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Defunct | 2003 |
| Fate | Dissolved, operation merged into EA Los Angeles |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California |
| Owner | Virgin Interactive (1995–1998) Electronic Arts (1998–2003) |
| Parent | Virgin Interactive North America (1995-1998) Westwood Studios (1998-2003) |
It was later renamed to EA Pacific. Some actual Westwood Studios employees were still working with the studio. One of the senior modelers, who worked on Command & Conquer (1995), was part of the Command & Conquer: Generals (2003) team.[3]
EA Pacific was absorbed into EA Los Angeles in 2003. Some employees then went to Petroglyph Games.
Games
edit| Year | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| As Burst Studios | ||
| 1996 | Spot Goes to Hollywood | PlayStation |
| Sega Saturn | ||
| Toonstruck | DOS | |
| 1997 | Grand Slam | Microsoft Windows |
| PlayStation | ||
| Sega Saturn | ||
| SubSpace | Microsoft Windows | |
| As Westwood Pacific | ||
| 1998 | Golden Nugget 64 | Nintendo 64 |
| 2000 | Nox | Microsoft Windows |
| 2000 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | Microsoft Windows |
| As EA Pacific | ||
| 2003 | Command & Conquer: Generals | Microsoft Windows |
Cancelled
edit- Freak Boy
References
edit- ^ "Cleaning Time: Corporations Slim Down". Next Generation. No. 31. Imagine Media. July 1997. p. 23.
- ^ Morris, Chris (August 17, 1998). "Electronic Arts buys Westwood Studios". CNNMoney. CNN. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ Chris Remo: Interview: Inside The Heritage Of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Gamasutra, October 24, 2008