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In 1985, Brett W. Sperry and Louis Castle set to work in a garage in Las Vegas. Thus was born Westwood Studios. Among the early creations are Mars Saga, BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception, DragonStrike and Eye of the Beholder, which garnered the young company its first taste of recognition at home and abroad.

In 1992, the company merged with Virgin Interactive Entertainment, which enabled Westwood Studios to become a software publisher in its own right and to enjoy Virgin's superior worldwide distribution network. It was also the year Westwood released The Legend of Kyrandia and Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty.

Soon after came Command & Conquer and Command & Conquer: Red Alert, which set sales records and were followed by Monopoly CD-ROM, which was the first commercial game with Internet support. Monopoly and titles in the Command & Conquer series continue to make best seller charts. The Command & Conquer series has topped the 10 million-unit sales mark.

The company's last adventure game was Blade Runner (1997). In August 1998, Westwood was acquired by Electronic Arts (EA) for $122.5 million in cash following Virgin Interactive's financial problems, and was joined by another studio previously owned by Virgin, which was then renamed to Westwood Pacific.

After the game Earth & Beyond failed to meet EA's expectations, and having stretched themselves in multiple, mostly concept-stage projects, Electronic Arts liquidated Westwood Studios in March 2003. Those employees that were willing to do so moved to EA Los Angeles' RTS division.

Also Known As

• Westwood Associates (from 1985 to 1992)

Games

Earth & Beyond	(2002)
Command & Conquer: Renegade	(2002)
Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat	(2002)
Emperor: Battle for Dune	(2001)
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (Demo Version)	(1999)
Dune 2000	(1999)
Command & Conquer	(1999)
Lands of Lore III	(1999)
Recoil	(1999)
Sports Car GT	(1999)
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun	(1999)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation	(1998)
Command & Conquer: Worldwide Warfare	(1998)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Arsenal	(1998)
Dune 2000	(1998)
Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor	(1997)
Command & Conquer: Special Gold Edition	(1997)
Command & Conquer (Special Gold Edition)	(1997)
Blade Runner	(1997)
Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny	(1997)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike	(1997)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath	(1997)
Legend of Kyrandia: The Series, The	(1997)
Games People Play: Hearts, Spades & Euchre	(1997)
Command & Conquer	(1996)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert	(1996)
Monopoly	(1995)
Command & Conquer	(1995)
Dune: The Battle for Arrakis	(1994)
Lion King, The	(1994)
Legend of Kyrandia: Book 3 - Malcolm's Revenge, The	(1994)
Young Merlin	(1993)
Ancient Glory	(1993)
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos	(1993)
Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate, The	(1993)
DragonStrike	(1992)
Legend of Kyrandia, The	(1992)
Order of the Griffon	(1992)
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty	(1992)
Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun	(1992)
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon	(1991)
Mickey's Runaway Zoo	(1991)
Eye of the Beholder	(1991)
DragonStrike	(1990)
Circuit's Edge	(1990)
Goofy's Railway Express	(1990)
Pac-Mania	(1990)
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge	(1990)
A Nightmare on Elm Street	(1989)
Hillsfar	(1989)

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Trivia

Location and contact information in January 1996:

Westwood Studios
5333 South Arville, Suite 104
Las Vegas, NV 89118-2226
BBS Support: 702-368-2319

Related Web Sites

• Westwood Studios, Inc. (official website)
• Westwood 15th anniversary (A large article on westwood history - speaks both about the past and the future of the company)
• Westwood Studios @ Wikipedia (The company profile at Wikipedia)

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