| Formerly | Burst Studios (1995–1998) Westwood Pacific (1998–2003) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Defunct | 2003 |
| Fate | Dissolved, operation merged into EA Los Angeles |
| Successor | Danger Close Games |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California |
| Parent | Virgin Interactive North America (1995–1998) Westwood Studios (1998–2003) |
EA Pacific (formerly known as Burst Studios and Westwood Pacific) was a developer formally owned by Virgin Interactive's North American operations, and was based in Irvine, California. Burst Studios was beset by production problems during its early years; Virgin Interactive's president of worldwide publishing, Brett W. Sperry, commented in 1997, "The way the Burst studio was structured made a lot of sense on paper, but for a variety of reasons, it wasn't delivering product at the end of the day."[1] Burst Studios was acquired by Electronic Arts together with Westwood Studios and Virgin's North American publishing operations in August 1998.[2] The company was later renamed to Westwood Pacific, under that name, the company developed or co-developed games like Nox and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2.
It was later renamed to EA Pacific. Some actual Westwood Studios employees were still working with the studio. One of the senior modelers, who worked on Command & Conquer (1995), was part of the Command & Conquer: Generals (2003) team.[3]
EA Pacific was absorbed into EA Los Angeles in 2003. Some employees then went to Petroglyph Games.