History Creator / EAGothenburg

EA Gothenburg (known as Ghost Games from 2012 to 2020) is a Swedish video game developer based in Gothenburg and owned by Creator/ElectronicArts, with additional studios in Guildford, England and Bucharest, Romania. They were established in 2011 as EA Gothenburg before being renamed to Ghost Games on 15 November 2012. The studio, which includes employees who were formerly from Creator/{{DICE}}, [[Creator/BlackBox EA Black Box]], Creator/CriterionGames, and Creator/PlaygroundGames, were the overseers of the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' franchise from [[MediaNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2013 to 2020]], using DICE's [[UsefulNotes/GameEngine Frostbite Engine]] in their games.

EA Gothenburg (known as Ghost Games from 2012 to 2020) is a Swedish video game developer based in Gothenburg and owned by Creator/ElectronicArts, with additional studios in Guildford, England and Bucharest, Romania. They were established in 2011 as EA Gothenburg before being renamed to Ghost Games on 15 November 2012. The studio, which includes employees who were formerly from Creator/{{DICE}}, [[Creator/BlackBox EA Black Box]], Creator/CriterionGames, and Creator/PlaygroundGames, were the overseers of the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' franchise from [[UsefulNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2013 to 2020]], using DICE's [[UsefulNotes/GameEngine Frostbite Engine]] in their games.

In February 2020, EA announced that they would return Ghost Games to an engineering support studio for the company, renaming it back to EA Gothenburg once government approvals are cleared, and the ''Need for Speed'' license would return to Criterion.

!!Games developed (all as Ghost Games):

** ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedRivals'' (2013; with assistance from Creator/CriterionGames)

** ''Need for Speed Rivals'' (2013; with assistance from Creator/CriterionGames)
** ''Need for Speed'' (2015)

[[caption-width-right:316:The developer's previous logo as Ghost Games]]

EA Gothenburg (known as Ghost Games from 2012 to 2020) is a Swedish video game developer based in Gothenburg and owned by Creator/ElectronicArts, with additional studios in Guildford, England and Bucharest, Romania. They were established in 2011 as EA Gothenburg before being renamed to Ghost Games on 15 November 2012. The studio, which includes employees who were formerly from Creator/{{DICE}}, [[Creator/BlackBox EA Black Box]], Creator/CriterionGames, and Creator/PlaygroundGames, were the overseers of the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' franchise from 2013 to 2020, using DICE's [[UsefulNotes/GameEngine Frostbite Engine]] in their games.

EA Gothenburg (known as Ghost Games from 2012 to 2020) is a Swedish video game developer based in Gothenburg and owned by Creator/ElectronicArts, with additional studios in Guildford, England and Bucharest, Romania. They were established in 2011 as EA Gothenburg before taking on their current name on 15 November 2012. The studio, which includes employees who were formerly from Creator/{{DICE}}, [[Creator/BlackBox EA Black Box]], Creator/CriterionGames, and Creator/PlaygroundGames, were the overseers of the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' franchise from 2013 to 2020, using DICE's [[UsefulNotes/GameEngine Frostbite Engine]] in their games.

EA Gothenburg (known as Ghost Games from 2012 to 2020) is a Swedish video game developer based in Gothenburg and owned by Creator/ElectronicArts, with additional studios in Guildford, England and Bucharest, Romania. They were established in 2011 as EA Gothenburg before taking on their current name on 15 November 2012. The studio, which includes employees who were formerly from Creator/{{DICE}}, [[Creator/BlackBox EA Black Box]], Creator/CriterionGames, and Creator/PlaygroundGames, were the overseers of the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' franchise from 2013 to 2020, using DICE's [[GameEngine Frostbite Engine]] in their games.