Trauma Studios Explained

Trauma Studios
Type:Subsidiary of Digital Illusions CE
Successor:Kaos Studios
Foundation:2003
Defunct:June 7, 2005
Location Country:United States
Industry:Video games
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, , was released on February 25, 2008.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Digital Illusions sign popular Battlefield 1942 mod makers . . en. Archived on 2022-01-05.
  2. Web site: DICE NYC KIA. Thorsen. Tor. GameSpot. 2005-06-07. 2014-07-27. Archived on 2022-01-05.
  3. Web site: Kaos Descends: How Homefront 's Developer Met its End . . 6 July 2012 . en.