Westwood Studios
 

Westwood Studios Story
In 1985, Brett W. Sperry and Louis Castle set to work in a garage in Las Vegas, from those humble beginnings came Westwood Studios. Among the early creations are Mars Saga, Battletech, Dragonstrike and Eye of the Beholder, which garnered the young company its first taste of widespread recognition at home and abroad.

In 1992, Westwood released two legendary titles in the gaming world: The Legend of Kyrandia Book I and the game that defined the real-time strategy genre, Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty.

Soon after came Command and Conquer and Command and Conquer: Red Alert, which set sales records all over the world and redefined the real-time strategy genre. These stunning successes were followed by the innovative and best-selling Monopoly CD-ROM, which was the first commercial game without he internet support. Monopoly continues to make best seller chars and Command and Conquer has become one of the most recognized game franchises in history.

Westwood set new standards in 1997 with the release of Blade Runner, which combined groundbreaking graphic technologies with a depth of storytelling rarely seen in computer games. Also last year, the Command and Conquer series topped $450 million in sales, a rare achievement in interactive entertainment industry, in the 1999 Guinness Book of World Record the series was recognized as " The Most Successful Strategy War Game" in the history of computer games.

Last year, Werstwood Studios merged with the world's most successful video game company, Electronic Arts. This alliance give Westwood access to the distribution channels and marketing support that only a company of EA's size and stature can provide.

Westwood was forefront of the industry with released of Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun, Nox and Dune 2000 for the Playstation. It has been bought out be EA.

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