Ghost Games
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Formerly called
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EA Gothenburg (2011–12) |
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Computer and video games Interactive entertainment |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Area served
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Guildford, United Kingdom Bucharest, Romania |
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Key people
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| Products | Need for Speed series (2013–) |
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Number of employees
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65+ |
| Parent | Electronic Arts |
| Website | ghostgames.com |
Ghost Games (formerly EA Gothenburg) is a Swedish video game developer owned by Electronic Arts and located in Gothenburg. The studio has two other locations; one based in Guildford in the United Kingdom and another in Bucharest, Romania and oversees the development of the Need for Speed racing franchise. Employees of Ghost include previous staff members of EA Black Box, Criterion Games, and Playground Games.
Need for Speed Rivals was the first title released by Ghost Games where they led development, with additional help from Criterion. Their most recent game Need for Speed was released in 2015. Upcoming releases from the studio currently include an untitled Need for Speed game planned for release in 2017. All games by the studio utilize the Frostbite game engine.
Originally established in 2011 as EA Gothenburg, it was reported that the studio would focus on development of games using the Frostbite game engine and 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 at time, Criterion Games, 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. EA Gothenburg was re-branded as Ghost Games as of 15 November 2012. 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.
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