Bay Area Studio Behind Heart-Pounding Action Franchises Dead Space
and Dante's Inferno is Renamed, Redefined
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 04, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced that its
award-winning EA Redwood Shores Studio has been renamed and rebranded
Visceral Games(TM) to better reflect the studio's culture, identity and
focus on creating intense action-oriented intellectual properties.
Visceral Games is focused on developing best-in-breed action games with
state-of-the-art technology, visuals, audio, gameplay and a relentless
focus on excellence that spawned the breakthrough, award-winning
franchise Dead Space(TM). The studio is currently working on the
highly anticipated games, Dante's Inferno(TM) and Dead Space:
Extraction, and two other unannounced titles.
Visceral Games is part of the EA Games Label and is led by Vice
President and General Manager Glen Schofield. The studio falls under the
auspices of Senior Vice President Nick Earl who manages all Games Label
studios in California including Maxis(TM), EALA and Pandemic(TM).
"Action, intensity, excellence. It isn't just in our DNA, it's in our
blood," said Glen Schofield, VP and GM of Visceral Games. "For the past
two years, we have adopted a new culture that prizes excellence above
all else. Primal action is the beating heart of the studio and now our
new name reflects that."
Visceral Games is located in Redwood Shores, California at the same site
location as the EA corporate headquarters. The same location is also
home to The Sims(TM) Studio. Visceral Games has a branch office in
Melbourne, Australia. The two teams work in partnership to create the
next generation of action games. For more information about Visceral
Games, please visit: www.visceralgames.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded
in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular
handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS
FreestyleTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2008, EA posted
GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than
one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS FREESTYLE, POGO, Visceral Games, Maxis,
Pandemic, Dead Space, Dante's Inferno and The Sims are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other
countries.
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SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
EA Games Label
Tammy Schachter, 650-628-7223
Senior PR Director
tschachter@ea.com
Andrew Wong, 650-628-2781
PR Manager
awong@ea.com
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