Westwood Dead?

BurrBurr Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9358Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Is this true?</div> I searched for westwood, and didn't find anything in these forums, so im posting this.

I heard that westwood is dead, is this true? And why?

I would hate to think the maker of the Command and Conquer (along with red alert and Dune) series would die off, is EA doing this?
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    EA recently restructured their development studios - the name 'Westwood' fell victim to that process.

    Personally, I think this is still much too nice for the people who brought us Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2, and Lands of Lore 2.
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  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    Well the most recent Command & Conquer game (General's)
    has the EA logo all over it. Maybe EA bought them out or something.

    Hmm, i just went to <a href='http://www.westwood.com' target='_blank'>www.westwood.com</a> and got a pop-up saying:

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

    Westwood Online (the game matchmaking service) will be unavailable from Monday, March 3rd until late March 5th while we move a number of servers to a new location. As a result, players will not be able to log in and chat or play online against each other until late Wednesday.

    We are sorry for the inconvenience, and will keep you updated with a specific time of completion when available. Please understand that we will be working as fast as possible to complete all our work ahead of schedule.

    -Westwood Online Staff. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Oh and, the URL now says <b>http://westwood.ea.com/</b> (notice the EA bit?)

    So looks like they're part of EA now.
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  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    EA have owned them sice before Tiberian Sun came out. I remember it well because Tiberian Sun had a delayed release because EA threw some extra cash their way before it's original release date. That was years past now though. So like nemisis said this must be part of EA's restructuring.
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  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Nemesis Zero+Mar 3 2003, 08:39 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nemesis Zero @ Mar 3 2003, 08:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> EA recently restructured their development studios - the name 'Westwood' fell victim to that process.

    Personally, I think this is still much too nice for the people who brought us Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2, and Lands of Lore 2. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    /me looks at Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge cases on shelf

    I liked Tiberian Sun and RA2....
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  • DriftwoodDriftwood Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8245Members
    edited March 2003
    Yup, Westwood was made a part of EA. Not an altogether bad thing. New location in LA and synergy bonuses like access to more resources and the help of other "studios" working under the same roof. Las Vegas wasn't really a good choice of location considering employees and connections to gaming biz. Benefits for EA are clear. Stronger brand, more concentrated company structure, synergy benefits...

    So, the name was what was killed in the process, not the employees. And it is the employees who make a game studio, not name or location.
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  • SkinnYSkinnY Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7500Members
    i'd rather have a M$-game then an EA-game.... and that is what i think of EA.... <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Sephiroth2kSephiroth2k Join Date: 2002-04-21 Member: 481Members, Constellation
    ooh resurrected an old, dead thread. =/ westwood has been part of ea for a long time, thats nothing new.
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