EA Redwood Shores
Formerly Name: N/A
Company Profile: Developer
Company Type:: Subsidiary
Parent Company: EA Games
Headquarters: Redwood City, California, USA
Founded: 1998
Founder: N/A
Fate: Became Visceral Games (2009)
In 1998, Electronic Arts (EA) moved from San Mateo, California to a new corporate headquarters building that they had constructed in Redwood Shores, California. In this move, they founded a studio at this location, named EA Redwood Shores, which operated under the general "EA Games" division.
EA Redwood Shores's initial title was Future Cop: LAPD, released in 1998. Subsequent games through 2008 were generally licensed tie-ins with movies and other properties. According to designers Ben Wanat and Wright Bagwell, EA had not been keen on producing original intellectual property (IP) during this time, but the studio was pursuing an idea of making a second sequel to System Shock and Vice President and General Manager Glen Schofield had been trying to coax EA's executives to let them pursue this. While they had some gameplay and ideas set for this game, the title changed upon the release of Capcom's Resident Evil 4 in 2005, which received high critical praise and commercial success. According to Wanat and Bagwell, not only did Resident Evil 4 alter their ideas for the System Shock game, but it also helped Schofield to convince EA's management to let them pursue a new title. The game became known as Dead Space.
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Games Developed by EA Redwood Shores
TITLE | LAUNCH DATE | RATING | GENRE | PLATFORM |
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Future Cop: LAPD | 1998 | - | - | PSX, Mac, Win |
CyberTiger | 1999 | - | - | PSX |
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 | 1999 | - | - | PSX |
NASCAR Rumble | 2000 | - | - | PSX |
Road Rash: Jailbreak | 2000 | - | - | PSX |
F1 Championship Season 2000 | 2000 | - | - | PS2 |
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 | 2001 | - | - | PS2 |
Rumble Racing | 2001 | - | - | PS2 |
James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire | 2001 | - | - | GC, PS2, Xbox |
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 | 2002 | - | - | PS2 |
Freekstyle | 2002 | - | - | GC, PS2 |
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 | 2002 | - | - | GC, PS2, Xbox |
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 | 2003 | - | - | GC, PS2, Xbox |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | - | - | GC, PS2, Xbox, Win |
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing | 2004 | - | - | GC, PS2, Xbox |
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 | 2004 | - | - | GC, PS2, Xbox |
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age | 2004 | - | - | GC, PS2, Xbox |
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 | 2005 | - | - | GC, PS2, Xbox, X360 |
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love | 2005 | - | - | GC, PS2, Xbox, PSP |
The Godfather | 2006 | - | - | PS2, PS3, Xbox, X360, PSP, Win |
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 | 2006 | - | - | PS2, PS3, Xbox, X360. Wii, Win |
The Sims 2: Pets | 2007 | - | - | GC, PS2, PSP, Wii |
MySims | 2007 | - | - | Wii, Win |
The Sims 2: Castaway | 2007 | - | - | PS2, PSP, Wii |
The Simpsons Game | 2007 | - | - | PS2, PS3, X360, PSP, Wii |
The Sims Carnival: Snap City | 2008 | - | - | Win |
The Sims 2: Apartment Life | 2008 | - | - | Win |
Dead Space | 2008 | - | - | PS3, X360, Win |
MySims Kingdom | 2008 | - | - | Wii |
MySims Party | 2009 | - | - | Wii |
The Godfather II | 2009 | - | - | PS3, X360, Win |