Trauma Studios

Last updated
Trauma Studios
Type Subsidiary of Digital Illusions CE
Industry Video games
Founded2003
DefunctJune 7, 2005
Successor Kaos Studios
Headquarters
United States
Products Desert Combat
Battlefield 2
Parent Digital Illusions CE

Trauma Studios was an American video game developer company founded in 2003. They were best known for having created Desert Combat , a mod for Battlefield 1942 . [1]

On September 1, 2004, Digital Illusions CE bought Trauma Studios which became DICE New York. [1] Since then, they had been collaborating on creating the first-person shooter Battlefield 2 , follow-up to Battlefield 1942. On June 7, 2005, Digital Illusions announced that they had shut down Trauma Studios. [2]

In January, 2006, the team behind Trauma Studios was hired by publisher THQ to create a new internal development studio known as Kaos Studios. Their first game, Frontlines: Fuel of War , was released on February 25, 2008. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Digital Illusions sign popular Battlefield 1942 mod makers". GamesIndustry.biz . Archived on 2022-01-05.
  2. Thorsen, Tor (2005-06-07). "DICE NYC KIA". GameSpot . Retrieved 2014-07-27. Archived on 2022-01-05.
  3. "Kaos Descends: How Homefront 's Developer Met its End". gamasutra.com . 6 July 2012.

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