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Ghost Games (formerly EA Gothenburg) is a video game developer owned by Electronic Arts (EA) located in Sweden and the UK (Ghost Games UK). The studio is currently focused on ''Need for Speed'' games using the Frostbite 3 game engine. 80% of British developer Criterion Games staff (who have produced previous ''Need for Speed'' titles and assisted Ghost in the development of ''Need for Speed Rivals'') moved to Ghost Games UK to help grow the studio. ==History== EA already formed the studio in 2011, EA Gothenburg. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, it was reported that the studio would focus on development of games using the Frostbite game engine. Also reported was that the studio was developing a game "in the ''Need For Speed'' franchise" According to the CVs of employees, much of the studio's staff had worked previously on major racing titles, including ''Forza Horizon'', ''Need for Speed: The Run'', ''Project Gotham Racing'' and ''Race Pro''. On 22 October 2012, the series main developer Criterion confirmed that EA Gothenburg was working on a title in the ''Need for Speed'' franchise, but did not reveal the level of involvement or when the title would be released. On 15 November 2012, EA Gothenburg was re-branded as Ghost Games. Ghost's website went live around the same time and called for potential staff to apply for a range of open positions. Ghost is headed up by former DICE executive producer Marcus Nilsson, who previously led development on games including ''Battlefield 2: Modern Combat'', ''Battlefield 2142'' and ''Shift 2: Unleashed''. On 23 May 2013, EA confirmed their next ''Need for Speed'' game, ''Rivals'', with a teaser trailer, following marketing material tease days before. It was also confirmed that ''Rivals'' was in the works at EA's Swedish games developer Ghost Games in partnership with Criterion Games. Also, Ghost Games will be the main developer of all future installments in the ''Need for Speed'' franchise starting from 2013. On 1 February 2014, multiple sources confirmed that studio-wide layoffs had occurred at Ghost Games UK (ex-Criterion Games) - the UK branch of Ghost Games. The same sources also confirmed that an unannounced ''Need for Speed'' title had been put on hold. Developers working with the studio under contract were immediately let go, while full-time employees were told to either take severance pay and leave the company, or to join the team working on Visceral Games's ''Battlefield'' spinoff, ''Battlefield Hardline'', due for release the following year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ghost Games」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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