What Happened to Visceral Games? | How the Dead Space Developer Crumbled
153From their beginning as EA Redwood Shores, developing license games such as Return of the King, Everything or Nothing, and The Godfather to their success as Visceral Games creating Dead Space and Dante's Inferno, Electronic Arts' Visceral under Glenn Schofield is one of gaming's biggest tragedies.
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Rise and Fall of Visceral Games US Gamer
https://web.archive.org/web/20171110215432/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-rise-and-fall-of-visceral-games
Glenn Schofield Interview
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/interview-visceral-s-schofield-on-how-studio-identity-builds-quality
EA moving from San Mateo
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/EA-Plans-To-Leave-San-Mateo-Game-company-moving-3044369.php
The World is Not Enough coming to PS2
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/15/bond-james-bond-on-playstation-2
Why No Fellowship of the Ring game from EA
https://www.gamesradar.com/heres-why-eas-lord-of-the-rings-games-start-with-the-two-towers-and-not-fellowship-of-the-ring/
Wrangling of Fellowship of the Ring Rights
https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/12/02/lord-of-the-games
Vivendi gets LOTR book rights
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/vivendi-secures-the-lord-of-the-rings-license/1100-2715174/
Everything or Nothing Development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWLq34aU9Vw
Godfather Game Development
https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/01/20/the-godfather-interview-3
Godfather The Game Announcement
https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/12/godfather-title-in-development
Simpsons Game Q and A
https://web.archive.org/web/20120124151322/http://www.gamespot.com/the-simpsons-game/previews/the-simpsons-game-executive-producer-qanda-6180098/
Glenn Schofield, Dead Space Making of
https://www.pcgamer.com/ea-was-a-bit-freaked-out-the-making-of-dead-space/
No Dante’s Inferno 2 in Development
https://web.archive.org/web/20100203045206/http://www.industrygamers.com/news/dantes-inferno-studio-thrilled-with-eas-marketing-support/
More Dante’s Infero Rumor
https://www.engadget.com/2011-11-24-rumor-writer-teases-dantes-inferno-sequel.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJSjtzdBGn9NsMBGtMLPo7ByEagyZ3Q4_kSbvJ-0KgF2FWVWykZwsIpoCt9YAOlNxH_X0u5DgL_7BjAEGfL66ntR1Im52gKkvKlJgRirssOLeRFaZTwIqDhbVLO_Y2IrY7_mR_2RNfeVfLEdasw3srfW7etXYLV7fQy8mViy6329
Sequel on CV
https://www.eurogamer.net/dantes-inferno-sequel-hinted-at-on-writers-cv
Visceral’s Culture
https://www.engadget.com/2010-10-12-visceral-games-zach-mumbach-on-viscerals-development-culture.html
Voicing Isaac Clarke
https://web.archive.org/web/20130112160836/http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/703590/the-reason-dead-space-2s-once-muted-isaac-clarke-suddenly-has-a-voice/
https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/18/activision-hires-glen-a-schofield-and-michael-condrey-to-lead-sledgehammer-games
Dead Space Creative Director
https://www.gameinformer.com/interview/2023/02/22/dead-spaces-new-and-original-creative-directors-reflect-on-the-remake
The Ripper: Alex Riviello (Dante’s Purgatory)
https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/24/17770668/jack-the-ripper-visceral-games-electronic-arts-canceled
Blood Dust Gameplay
https://youtu.be/4VXVLJQKlWw?si=SDOfWzBLXP0fFT0L
Co-op and more in Dead Space 3 Development
https://youtu.be/JiQiF9Wt2lM?si=Zvy66Sa0MKZvXvKz
Collapse of Visceral’s Ambitious Star Wars game
https://kotaku.com/the-collapse-of-viscerals-ambitious-star-wars-game-1819916152
EA Shuts Down Visceral
https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-has-shut-down-visceral-games
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