Essay Planning:

To come up with a chosen theme I had to create a spider diagram in Photoshop and write down several ideas so that I could chose what I wanted to write about in this 1500 word essay.

This is my plan of what ideas and Passions I came up with:

The one idea that chose to write about what the closure of game Studios and Companies. To be able to write about this idea I started to research companies that have closed down in the past year or longer. I put all the website links in to a word document for reference.

The research I found was of some game companies that have closed down and the most game studios closed down by companies that just wanted to make there money back.

The games studios that I researched that have closed down are:

  • Visceral Games
  • Gazillion Entertainment
  • Capcom Vancouver
  • Telltale Games

These games companies closed down in and how long they have been around for:

  • Visceral Games (1998 to 2017)
  • Gazillion Entertainment (2004 to 2017)
  • Capcom Vancouver (2005 to 2018)
  • Telltale Games (2004 to 2018)

The Games That These Companies have made:

Visceral Games:

  • Dead Space (1,2 and 3)
  • Battlefield

Gazillion Entertainment:

  • Marvel Hero’s

Capcom Vancouver:

  • Dead Rising (1,2,3 and 4)

Telltale Games:

  • Batman: The Telltale Series
  • The Wolf Among Us
  • Minecraft: Story Mode
  • The Walking Dead


The games company with most closed down companies are:

  • Electronic Arts (EA)

The games companies with the most closed down companies:

  • Visceral Games
  • Westwood Studios
  • Pandemic Studios
  • Black Box Games

The games companies with the most closed down companies and when they closed down in and how long they have been around for:

  • Visceral Games (1998 to 2017)
  • Westwood Studios (1985 to 2003)
  • Pandemic Studios (1998 to 2009)
  • Black Box Games (1998 to 2013)

The games that these companies have made:

Visceral Games:

  • Dead Space (1,2 and 3)
  • Battlefield

Westwood Studios:

  • Nox
  • Command and Conquer
  • Blade Runner
  • Dune

Pandemic Studios:

  • Stars Wars Battlefront (1 and 2)
  • Destroy All Humans
  • Batman: The Dark Knight
  • Mercenaries (1 and 2)

Black Box Games:

  • Need for Speed
  • Skate (1,2 and 3)