Visceral Games (Redwood Shores)

Moby ID: 3178

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  • Electronic Arts Redwood Shores Studio (from 1998 to 2009-05-04)

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Visceral Games was a development studio of Electronic Arts and operated as part of its EA Games label, focused on mature games. The studio had different offices over the world carrying the Visceral Games name, but the original, main studio was located in Redwood Shores, California (USA). It was in the same location as the EA corporate headquarters.

The Visceral Games brand was established on 4 May 2009 in the reformed studio Electronic Arts Redwood Shores Studio, which was already active since 1998.

The other Visceral Games studios were located in Los Angeles (USA), Montreal (Canada), Melbourne (Australia) and Shanghai (China). Visceral often provided support to projects with developers from different Visceral branches. In that case, the main Visceral Games (Redwood Shores) company is credited.

The studio's closure was announced by Electronic Arts on 17 October 2017, while the studio was working on a Star Wars-licensed game.

Credited on 54 Games from 1998 to 2024

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MySims: Cozy Bundle (2024 on Nintendo Switch)
Dead Space (2023 on Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series)
Star Wars: Battlefront (2015 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Need for Speed (2015 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Battlefield: Hardline (2015 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...)
Need for Speed: Rivals (2013 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...)
Battlefield 4 (2013 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...)
Dead Space 3 (2013 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Battlefield 3 (2011 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
The Sims 3 (2011 on Nintendo 3DS)
Dead Space 2 (2011 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
The Sims 3 (2010 on Nintendo DS)
Scrabble Tools (2010 on Nintendo DSi)
Dante's Inferno (2010 on PSP, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...)
MySims: Agents (2009 on Nintendo DS)
Dead Space: Extraction (2009 on PlayStation 3, Wii)
MySims: Agents (2009 on Wii)
MySims: Racing (2009 on Nintendo DS, Wii)
The Sims 3 (2009 on Windows, Xbox 360, Macintosh...)
The Godfather II (NSFW) (2009 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)

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History +

October 17, 2017

EA announces the closure of Visceral Games.

May 4, 2009

Electronic Arts announces to have renamed the studio as Visceral Games.

1998

Company established in Redwood City, California.

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The company website was formerly located at http://rwss.ea.com

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