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Visceral Games, previously EA Redwood Shores, was an American video game developer studio owned by Electronic Arts. The studio is best known for creating and principally developing the Dead Space series, and was also involved in making Tiger Woods PGA Tour games between 1999 and 2006.
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Visceral Games, which produced the beloved horror franchise Dead Space, is sadly shutting down.
The news arrived via EA Executive Vice President Patrick Söderlund on the status of Visceral's upcoming Star Wars game, which has now been shifted to a new EA team.
Visceral's acclaimed Dead Space 1 and 2 helped revitalize classic survival horror during an era when Resident Evil began chasing more action-styled gameplay. Dead Space itself succumbed to the trend, sadly, with the franchise's poorly received third-instalment, which also contained early experiments in gameplay-modifying microtransactions in "AAA" premium games. Visceral also produced the tragically underrated slash 'em up Dante's Inferno, which featured some of the medium's most grotesquely awesome depictions of Hell.
Visceral lost many of its core staff over the years, with ex-GM Steve Papoutsis leaving back in 2015 after the Battlefield Hardline spin-off shooter failed to meet expectations.
Visceral's Star Wars project, touted as a linear action adventure game was originally slated for fiscal year 2019. It will now arrive at a later date, headed up by EA Vancouver and other EA teams. Söderlund says that EA will find placements for "as many as possible" Visceral staff within other teams.
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Oct 17, 2017 · EA announces the closure of Visceral Games, the studio behind Battlefield Hardline and Dead Space. The Star Wars game in development at Visceral will be rebooted by a different team at EA.
Nov 17, 2017 · Visceral Games was a studio that made various genres of games, from third-person shooters to platformers, but became famous for the horror franchise Dead Space. Learn about their origins, achievements, controversies, and closure in this retrospective article.
Dead Space is a science fiction / horror franchise created and directed by Glen Schofield. Dead Space was developed by Visceral Games and published and owned by Electronic Arts.
Visceral Games (formerly EA Redwood Shores[1]) was an American video game development studio owned by Electronic Arts. The studio is best known for the Dead Space series.[2] In 1998, Electronic Arts (EA) moved from San Mateo, California to a new corporate headquarters building that they had...
EA 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.
