DICE Los Angeles (formerly known as EA Los Angeles and Danger Close Games) is a video game developer founded originally in 1995 as DreamWorks Interactive LLC, a subsidiary of DreamWorks SKG. The company was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2000 from the film studio (and Microsoft, which had part ownership of the company)[1] and in 2003 merged with the Westwood Studios (the original creators of the Command & Conquer series) and EA Pacific (originally Westwood Pacific) to create the new EA Los Angeles development studios.[2] Soon after, many of the staff who worked at Westwood Studios came back together to form Petroglyph Games.[3]
In 2010, EA revealed that its Los Angeles-based development house would be rebranded as Danger Close Games.[4] The studio's direction was to focus on developing upcoming Medal of Honor games. Their first project was the single-player mode of Medal of Honor which was released on October 12, 2010 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.[5] They have completed production of a second Medal of Honor game titled Medal of Honor: Warfighter which was released on October 23, 2012. In January 2013, EA announced that Medal of Honor series was taken 'out of rotation' due to poor reception of Warfighter; consequently, the series is being put on a hold while EA reevaluates its strategy.[6] On the later May, after EA received the Star Wars video games trademark from Disney, DICE opened a new studio in LA focusing on these, who was later revealed to be the ex-Danger Close studio.[7]
Games developed [edit]
Video games developed as EA Los Angeles
| Title |
Release |
Platform(s) |
| Medal of Honor: Frontline |
2002 |
GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Spearhead (Expansion pack) |
2002 |
Microsoft Windows, OS X |
| Medal of Honor: Rising Sun |
2003 |
GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour (Expansion pack) |
2003 |
Microsoft Windows, OS X |
| GoldenEye: Rogue Agent |
2004 |
GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault |
2004 |
Microsoft Windows |
| Medal of Honor: European Assault |
2005 |
GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth |
2004 |
Microsoft Windows |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II |
2006 |
Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king (Expansion pack) |
2006 |
Microsoft Windows |
| Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars |
2007 |
Microsoft Windows, OS X, Xbox 360 |
| Medal of Honor: Airborne |
2007 |
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
| Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 |
2007 |
PlayStation Portable |
| Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (Expansion pack) |
2008 |
Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 |
| Boom Blox |
2008 |
Wii |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 |
2008 |
Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising (Expansion pack) |
2009 |
Microsoft Windows |
| Boom Blox Bash Party |
2009 |
Wii |
| Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight |
2010 |
Microsoft Windows |
References [edit]
- ^ Farmer, Melanie Austria (2000-02-24). "Electronic Arts to buy DreamWorks, Microsoft venture". CNET. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ Parker, Sam (2003-01-29). "EA consolidates studios, closes Westwood". GameSpot. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ Crews, Steven (2009-04-28). "Petroglyph Studios CEO Chuck Kroegel on Their Upcoming Action-Strategy MMO, Mytheon". MMOGamer. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ Gilbert, Ben (2010-07-23). "Danger Close: The story behind EA LA's new name". Joystiq. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ^ Reilly, Jim (2010-07-22). "Medal of Honor Team Forms New Studio". IGN. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
- ^ Prescott, Shaun (2013-01-31). "No more Medal of Honor: EA pulls from rotation due to poor reception". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ^ Karmali, Luke (2013-05-15). "EA Planning Star Wars-Focused DICE LA Studio". IGN. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
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