EA Salt Lake
Formerly | Headgate Studios (1992–2006) |
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EA Salt Lake was an American video game developer located in
History
EA Salt Lake was founded by the studio's president, Vance Cook, as Headgate Studios in
In April 1996 the studio was purchased by
In 2000, Headgate began publishing games through
Headgate developed every Microsoft Windows version of the Tiger Woods PGA Tour EA Sports franchise from 2000 to 2007. Headgate's golf games consistently got high praise from industry reviewers and have won numerous industry awards.[2][3][4][5][6]
On December 1, 2006, Headgate Studios was acquired by Electronic Arts. Headgate was renamed EA Salt Lake. The studios' focus was redirected to developing games for Nintendo's new console, the Wii.[7]
On July 21, 2010, EA Salt Lake was moved from its home in Bountiful, Utah to a new state-of-the-art facility in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.[8]
In 2011, EA Salt Lake was moved to the
After the last expansion pack for The Sims 3,
Games developed
Notes
- ^ Assisted Wahoo Studios
References
- ^ "Front Page Golf review @ gamespot.com". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
- ^ PGA Championship Golf 2000 review Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine from GameSpot
- ^ "Tiger Woods 2001 PGA Tour (PC) Review". Sports Gaming Network. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- News Corporation. Archivedfrom the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- ^ William Abner (November 1, 2002). "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 Review". GameSpy. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- ^ Fran Mirabella (September 23, 2003). "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004". IGN. News Corporation. Archived from the original on July 29, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- ^ Tor Thorsen (November 30, 2006). "EA forms Wii-centric studio". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on December 6, 2006. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- ^ Tom Harvey (July 21, 2010). "Electronic Arts opens Salt Lake City office". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- ^ "TwitLonger tweet by SimGuruGraham". Archived from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "EA Salt Lake lays off part of staff". Archived from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.