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Westwood Studios (1985-2003) was a computer and video game developer, founded in 1985 as Westwood Associates by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle and based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Image File history File links Westwood_studios. ...
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Flag Seal Nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World Location Location of Las Vegas in Nevada Coordinates , Government County Clark Mayor Oscar B. Goodman Geographical characteristics Area City 113. ...
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A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...
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Brett Sperry has been credited with the roles of design, production, support and box and content. ...
Louis Castle co-founded Westwood Studios (the creator of the popular Command & Conquer real-time strategy video games) with Brett Sperry in 1985. ...
Flag Seal Nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World Location Location of Las Vegas in Nevada Coordinates , Government County Clark Mayor Oscar B. Goodman Geographical characteristics Area City 113. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Area Ranked 7th - Total 110,567 sq mi (286,367 km²) - Width 322 miles (519 km) - Length 490 miles (788 km) - % water 0. ...
The company's first projects consisted of contract work for companies like Epyx and Strategic Simulations (SSI), porting 8-bit titles to 16-bit systems like Commodore Amiga and Atari ST. Proceeds from contract work allowed the company to expand into designing its own games in-house. Their first original title was Mars Saga, a game developed for Electronic Arts and released in 1988. One of the company's first greater successes was Eye of the Beholder (1990), a real-time computer role-playing game based on the Dungeons & Dragons license, developed for SSI. Other publishers of early Westwood games included Infocom and Disney. Epyx, Inc. ...
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Mars Saga was the first original product of Westwood Studios, at the time called Westwood Associates. ...
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Notable events of 1988 in computer and video games. ...
Eye of the Beholder was a computer RPG developed by Westwood Studios and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ...
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In 1992, the company was renamed Westwood Studios and sold to Virgin Interactive. Well-known Westwood titles from this period include Dune II, the adventure game The Legend of Kyrandia and the role-playing game Lands of Lore. Westwood's greatest commercial success came in 1995, with the release of real-time strategy game Command & Conquer. Building on the gameplay and interface ideas of Dune II, it added pre-rendered 3D graphics for gameplay sprites and video cinematics, a techno soundtrack streamed from disk, and modem play. Command & Conquer, Kyrandia, and Lands of Lore all spawned multiple sequels. Notable events of 1992 in computer and video games. ...
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Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (also known as Dune II: Battle for Arrakis in Europe and in the Mega Drive/Genesis port) is a Dune computer game, released by Westwood Studios in 1992. ...
Adventure is a genre of video game typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. ...
The Legend of Kyrandia is a fantasy point and click adventure game trilogy with comedy elements, created by Westwood Studios, and released for DOS, Amiga, FM Towns and Apple Macintosh. ...
Lands of Lore or LoL is a classical computer role-playing game series by Virgin Interactive, following the tradition of Dungeon Master but introducing a linear scenario-based storyline, rather than characters and feats. ...
See also: 1994 in video gaming, other events of 1995, 1996 in video gaming, history of video games Events The 1st annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo) held Business Frog City Software, Inc. ...
For other uses of the acronym RTS, please see the disambiguation page Age of Empires (1997), Invasion of an enemy Real-time strategy (RTS) is a genre of computer games characterised by being wargames (strategic) played in real-time in which resource gathering, base building, technology development and the player...
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A modem (a portmanteau constructed from modulate and demodulate) is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. ...
In 1998, Westwood was acquired by Electronic Arts (EA). In response to what was perceived as an unwillingness to maintain the Westwood brand and independence from EA, many long-time employees quit over the next few years. 1998 1998 in games 1997 in video gaming 1999 in video gaming Notable events of 1998 in computer and video games. ...
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Along with Westwood, EA had also acquired a development studio in Irvine, California. It was managed by Westwood and became known as Westwood Pacific (later EA Pacific). Westwood Pacific developed or co-developed games like Nox and the Command & Conquer sequel Red Alert 2. Location Location of Irvine within Orange County, California. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
Nox is a computer role-playing game developed by Westwood Studios that was officially released on January 31, 2000. ...
One of the last games released by Westwood, Command & Conquer: Renegade (an action game which mixed elements from first-person shooters and real-time strategy games) failed to meet consumer expectations and commercial goals Westwood and EA had set for it. In March of 2003, Westwood Studios (along with EA Pacific) was liquidated by EA and all willing staff were assimilated into EA Los Angeles. At the time of its closure, Westwood employed more than 100 people. Their last games were the MMORPG Earth & Beyond and the RTS Command & Conquer: Generals (from Westwood Pacific). It has been suggested that Doom clone be merged into this article or section. ...
For other uses of the acronym RTS, please see the disambiguation page Age of Empires (1997), Invasion of an enemy Real-time strategy (RTS) is a genre of computer games characterised by being wargames (strategic) played in real-time in which resource gathering, base building, technology development and the player...
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Earth & Beyond was a science fiction massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Electronic Arts. ...
Some time after the closing of Westwood Studios, a new game studio, Petroglyph, was formed consisting mainly of former Westwood employees. Petroglyph is a game studio based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...
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Circuits Edge is a computer game developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1989. ...
George Alec Effinger (January 10, 1947–April 27, 2002) was an American science fiction author, born in Cleveland, Ohio. ...
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DragonStrike was a 1990 computer game based on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. ...
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (also known as Dune II: Battle for Arrakis in Europe and in the Mega Drive/Genesis port) is a Dune computer game, released by Westwood Studios in 1992. ...
Earth & Beyond was a science fiction massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Electronic Arts. ...
Lands of Lore or LoL is a classical computer role-playing game series by Virgin Interactive, following the tradition of Dungeon Master but introducing a linear scenario-based storyline, rather than characters and feats. ...
The Legend of Kyrandia is a fantasy point and click adventure game trilogy with comedy elements, created by Westwood Studios, and released for DOS, Amiga, FM Towns and Apple Macintosh. ...
Nox is a computer role-playing game developed by Westwood Studios that was officially released on January 31, 2000. ...
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