Trauma Studios
Trauma Studios was an American computer game developer company founded in 2003. They were best known for having created Desert Combat, a mod for Battlefield 1942.[1]
Type | Subsidiary of Digital Illusions CE |
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Industry | Video games |
Successor | Kaos Studios |
Founded | 2003 |
Defunct | June 7, 2005 |
Headquarters | |
Products | Desert Combat Battlefield 2 |
Parent | Digital Illusions CE |
On September 1, 2004, Digital Illusions CE bought Trauma Studios which became DICE New York.[1] Since then, they had been collaborating on creating the first-person shooter Battlefield 2, follow-up to Battlefield 1942. On June 7, 2005, Digital Illusions announced that they had shut down Trauma Studios.[2]
In January, 2006, the team behind Trauma Studios was hired by well-known publisher THQ to create a new internal development studio known as Kaos Studios. Their first game, Frontlines: Fuel of War, was released on February 25, 2008.[3]
References
- "Digital Illusions sign popular Battlefield 1942 mod makers". GamesIndustry.biz.
- Thorsen, Tor (2005-06-07). "DICE NYC KIA". GameSpot. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- "Kaos Descends: How Homefront 's Developer Met its End". gamasutra.com.
External links
Trauma Studios at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 January 2008)