Company:DICE Los Angeles
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| Type | Division |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | April 3, 1995 in Olympia, Washington (state) , U.S. |
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| Headquarters | Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California , |
Key people | Fredrik Löving (general manager) |
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| Website | dice |
DICE Los Angeles (formerly DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C., EA Los Angeles and Danger Close Games) is an American video game developer and a division of EA DICE. The company was founded in April 1995 as joint venture between DreamWorks and Microsoft under the name DreamWorks Interactive. It was acquired by Electronic Arts and renamed EA Los Angeles in 2000, and to Danger Close Games in 2010. In 2013, the studio became a division of EA DICE and received the name DICE Los Angeles. The company is primarily known for having developed the Medal of Honor and Command & Conquer series of video games.
History
DreamWorks Interactive (1995–2000)
DreamWorks Interactive was announced on March 22, 1995 as a joint venture between DreamWorks and Microsoft,[1] and was incorporated on April 3, 1995. The studio was led by Steven Spielberg, releasing a number of titles based on various licensed properties.[citation needed] According to Leslie Helm of the Los Angeles Times , the company's initial computer game titles were relatively unsuccessful. Its biggest hit by August 1997 was Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland, with sales of 130,000 units, according to PC Data. Helm called this "a modest success".[2]
In 1999, the studio saw its most successful release with first-person shooter video game Medal of Honor, published by Electronic Arts on October 31, 1999 for PlayStation.
EA Los Angeles (2000–2010)
Following the success of Medal of Honor, Electronic Arts acquired DreamWorks Interactive from DreamWorks and Microsoft on February 24, 2000.[3] The company was renamed EA Los Angeles and would from then on focus on developing titles in the Medal of Honor series, releasing Medal of Honor the same year.[4] On August 6, 2003, EA Los Angeles moved from their offices in Bel Air to a new campus in Playa Vista.[5] On that campus, the studio was merged with EA Pacific, and received some employees from previously closed Westwood Studios, leading EA Los Angeles to start working in the Command & Conquer series.[6]
Danger Close Games (2010–2013)
On July 22, 2010, Electronic Arts announced that EA Los Angeles was rebranded to Danger Close Games.[7] With the rebranding referencing a term from the Medal of Honor series, the studio would exclusively focus on the Medal of Honor games.[8] Their first project was the 2010 Medal of Honor, which was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on October 12, 2010.[9] A follow-up, Medal of Honor, was released on October 23, 2012.
DICE Los Angeles (2013–present)
On January 31, 2013, Electronic Arts announced that the Medal of Honor series was taken 'out of rotation' and put on hold, following to the poor reception received by Warfighter.[10] This decision left Danger Close Games without any original intellectual property to develop, however, on May 15, 2013, it was made a division of EA DICE, receiving staff and being rebranded DICE Los Angeles.[11]
Games developed
| Year | Title | Platform(s) |
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| as DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C. | ||
| 1996 | Someone's in the Kitchen! | Microsoft Windows |
| Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair | Microsoft Windows | |
| Goosebumps: Escape from HorrorLand | Microsoft Windows | |
| The Neverhood | Microsoft Windows | |
| 1997 | Chaos Island | Microsoft Windows |
| Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant | Microsoft Windows | |
| Dilbert's Desktop Games | Microsoft Windows | |
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park | PlayStation | |
| 1998 | Skullmonkeys | PlayStation |
| Small Soldiers | PlayStation | |
| Small Soldiers: Squad Commander | Microsoft Windows | |
| Trespasser | Microsoft Windows | |
| 1999 | BoomBots | PlayStation |
| T'ai Fu | PlayStation | |
| Warpath | PlayStation | |
| Medal of Honor | PlayStation | |
| 2000 | Medal of Honor | PlayStation |
| as EA Los Angeles | ||
| 2001 | Clive Barker's Undying | macOS, Microsoft Windows |
| 2002 | Medal of Honor | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| 2003 | Medal of Honor | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| 2004 | GoldenEye | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Medal of Honor | Microsoft Windows | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth | Microsoft Windows | |
| 2005 | Medal of Honor | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| 2006 | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II | Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 |
| 2007 | Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars | macOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 |
| Medal of Honor | PlayStation 2, Wii | |
| Medal of Honor | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
| Medal of Honor | PlayStation Portable | |
| 2008 | Boom Blox | Wii |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
| 2009 | Boom Blox Bash Party | Wii |
| 2010 | Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight | Microsoft Windows |
| as Danger Close Games | ||
| 2010 | Medal of Honor | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
| 2012 | Medal of Honor | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
| as DICE Los Angeles | ||
| 2013 | Battlefield 4 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One |
| 2016 | Battlefield 1 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
| 2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
References
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/23/business/the-media-business-dreamworks-and-microsoft-in-multimedia-venture.html
- ↑ Helm, Leslie (August 18, 1997). "Have CD-ROMances Run Their Course?". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150107053439/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/aug/18/business/fi-23584.
- ↑ http://www.zdnet.com/article/ea-buys-dreamworks-interactive
- ↑ Farmer, Melanie Austria (February 24, 2000). "Electronic Arts to buy DreamWorks, Microsoft venture". CNET. http://www.cnet.com/news/electronic-arts-to-buy-dreamworks-microsoft-venture/. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/08/06/electronic-arts-preps-massive-la-studio-4
- ↑ Parker, Sam (January 29, 2003). "EA consolidates studios, closes Westwood". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-consolidates-studios-closes-westwood/1100-2909852/. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
- ↑ https://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/danger-close-studio-formed-at-ea-by-medal-of-honor-team/
- ↑ Gilbert, Ben (July 23, 2010). "Danger Close: The story behind EA LA's new name". Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/2010/07/23/danger-close-the-story-behind-ea-las-new-name/. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ Reilly, Jim (July 22, 2010). "Medal of Honor Team Forms New Studio". IGN. http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/07/23/medal-of-honor-team-forms-new-studio. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
- ↑ Prescott, Shaun (January 31, 2013). "No more Medal of Honor: EA pulls from rotation due to poor reception". PC Gamer. http://www.pcgamer.com/no-more-medal-of-honor-ea-pulls-from-rotation-due-to-poor-reception/. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2013/05/15/ea-renames-danger-close-as-dice-la-and-gives-it-some-star-wars/
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