and video games interactive entertainment founded 2011 headquarters gothenburg sweden area served guildford surrey united kingdom bucharest romania key people marcus nilsson products need for speed series 2013 number of employees 65 1 parent electronic arts website ghostgames.com ghost games formerly ea gothenburg is a swedish video game developer owned by electronic arts ea . there are also 2 studios besides the main studio in sweden in the united kingdom and romania . 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 . contents 1 history 2 games developed 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 . 2 also reported was that the studio was developing a game in the need for speed franchise . 3 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 . 4 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 . 5 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 . 6 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 . 7 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 . 8 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 . 9 in 2014 electronic arts ceo andrew wilson announced that there would not be a new need for speed game that year making it the first year since 2001 that a need for speed game was not released . 10 the next need for speed game developed by ghost is a reboot of the series which received mixed reviews upon release . 11 as of january 2016 ghost games has begun development on the next need for speed game . this game will be released in 2017 12 games developed edit year video game platform notes 2013 need for speed rivals microsoft windows playstation 3 playstation 4 xbox 360 xbox one additional work by criterion games 2015 need for speed microsoft windows playstation 4 xbox one franchise reboot 2017 untitled need for speed game tba references edit computer games create jobs . ghost games . 23 december 2012 . retrieved 23 april 2016 . mitchell richard 3 may 2012 . ea opens ea gothenburg studio focused on frostbite 2 projects . joystiq . retrieved 28 february 2016 . goldfarb andrew 8 october 2012 . ea gothenburg working on next need for speed . ign . retrieved 28 february 2016 . scammell david 22 august 2012 . ea gothenburg developing new need for speed . videogamer.com . retrieved 28 february 2016 . scammell david 8 october 2012 . confirmed ea gothenburg developing unannounced need for speed . videogamer.com . retrieved 28 february 2016 . devore jordan 15 november 2012 . ea s studio in gothenberg is now called ghost . destructoid . retrieved 28 february 2016 . mcelroy griffin 23 may 2013 . how ghost games hopes to put itself on the map with need for speed rivals . polygon . retrieved 28 february 2016 . crecente brian 1 february 2014 . layoffs hit ghost games uk office unannounced nfs title mothballed . polygon . vox media . retrieved 2 february 2014 . mark langshaw 1 february 2014 . need for speed studio ghost games hit by layoffs . digital spy . retrieved 1 february 2014 . pereira chris 6 may 2014 . need for speed skips 2014 ; first year without one in over a decade . gamespot . retrieved 4 june 2015 . the most disappointing video games of 2015 . cnet . retrieved 28 february 2016 . under the hood 7 . ghost games blog . retrieved 10 may 2016 . external links edit official website v t e electronic arts employees founder trip hawkins current larry probst executive chairman andrew wilson ceo peter moore coo patrick s derlund evp will wright joe ybarra former bing gordon don mattrick jeff green ralph guggenheim robin hunicke greg kasavin john riccitiello subsidiaries current bioware criterion games ea canada ea dice ea mobile ea montreal ea salt lake ea singapore ea sports ea tiburon european integration studio firemonkeys studios ghost games maxis motive studios popcap games the sims studio visceral games defunct bullfrog productions danger close games ea black box ea bright light ea chicago ea phenomic ea uk kesmai mythic entertainment origin systems pandemic studios playfish victory games westwood studios franchises army of two battlefield bejeweled burnout command & conquer crysis dead space dragon age fifa madden nfl mass effect medal of honor mirror s edge nba live ncaa football need for speed nhl plants vs. zombies rock band simcity spore ssx the sims related ea access origin pogo.com frostbite list of acquisitions by electronic arts list of electronic arts games category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ghost games & oldid 743137407 categories companies based in gothenburgcompanies established in 2011electronic artsvideo game companies of swedenvideo game development companieshidden categories use dmy dates from may 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italianopolskiportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 01 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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