Ghost Games
| Ghost Games | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Subsidiary of Electronic Arts |
| founding | 2011 (as EA Göteborg) |
| Seat | Gothenburg , Sweden |
| management | Ben Walke (Global Manager) |
| Number of employees | 65 |
| Branch | Computer games |
| Website | www.ghostgames.com |
Ghost Games was a Swedish developer of computer games. The company became known for developing racing games in the Need-for-Speed series .
history
Ghost Games was founded in 2011 as EA Göteborg . In November 2012, it was renamed Ghost Games .
The studio Criterion Games was actually supposed to take over the entire Need-for-Speed series . However, these rights were given to Ghost Games during the development of Need for Speed Rivals after many members of Criterion Games switched to Ghost Games. Between Rivals and the 2015 reboot, EA and Ghost Games interrupted the racing game series' annual release cycle to give themselves more time to develop. In November 2015, the reboot Need for Speed (2015) was finally released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The PC version did not appear until March 2016, however. In November 2017, Need for Speed Payback was finally released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
Need for Speed Heat , probably the last game to be called Ghost Games, was released on November 8, 2019.
EA announced that Ghost Games will be named back to EA Göteborg and will only employ 30 people who will provide technical support for all of EA's development studios. Criterion will take over the development of the next need-for-speed part .
Games
- Need for Speed: Rivals (2013)
- Need for Speed (2015)
- Need for Speed Payback (2017)
- Need for Speed Heat (2019)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matthias Dammes: EA Göteborg is now Ghost Games - new website started. In: Pcgames.de . November 14, 2012, accessed February 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Christopher Dring: EA will move Need for Speed development back to Criterion. In: gamesindustry.biz. February 12, 2020, accessed on February 12, 2020 .