Westwood Studios
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Westwood Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was founded by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle in 1985 as Brelous Software, but got changed after 2 months into Westwood Associates and was renamed to Westwood Studios when Virgin Games (later Virgin Interactive Entertainment) bought the company in 1992. The company was bought by Electronic Arts alongside Virgin Interactive's North American operations in 1998.[1] In January 2003, it was announced that Westwood, alongside Westwood Pacific (EA Pacific), would be merged into EA Los Angeles. The main studio location closed in March of that year.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 1985 |
Founders | Brett Sperry Louis Castle |
Defunct | March 31, 2003 |
Fate | Merged into EA Los Angeles |
Headquarters | Las Vegas, Nevada |
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Owner | Virgin Interactive (1992–1998) Electronic Arts (1998–2003) |
Website | www.westwood.com (archived homepage on March 4, 2000) |
Westwood is best known for developing video games in the real-time strategy, adventure and role-playing genres. It was listed in Guinness World Records for selling 30 million copies of Command & Conquer games worldwide.[2]