Electronic Arts Gothenburg

Credits

Descriptions by
Metronome

Captures by
Metronome

Editions by
Chow Woon Gan

Video captures courtesy of
CostlyFall7064

Background

Electronic Arts Gothenburg (formerly Ghost Games) is a video game development company originally formed in 2011 as EA Gothenburg before changing its name on November 15, 2012 to Ghost Games. They have mainly overseen the development of games in the Need for Speed franchise, though they've had smaller roles on other projects such as Mirror's Edge: Catalyst and Battlefield V. In February 2020, it was announced that the company would revert back to the EA Gothenburg name.

Ghost Games

Logo (November 15, 2013-November 8, 2019)

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Visuals: There is a soft-rounded ghost figure with evil-looking eyes. Below the figure is the text "GHOST" in the Stem font.

Variants: Each game features a different variant:

• Need for Speed Rivals: The logo is seen on wet blue asphalt with a Ferrari F12 and a Koenigsegg Agera police car passing by.
• Need for Speed (2015): The logo is revealed by multicolored speed lines and appears in summer sky blue over a black background. Underneath it, there is the byline "AN EA STUDIO".
• Need for Speed Payback: The logo appears on a white background.
• Need for Speed Heat: The logo appears on a blue-purple-violet gradient background. The "GHOST" text is absent.

Technique: 3D CGI for the first two variants, and a still, digital graphic for the last two.

Audio:

• Need for Speed Rivals: Car engine noises with raining ambience.
• Need for Speed (2015): A whoosh followed by car engine noises.
• Need for Speed Payback: The opening theme of the game.
• Need for Speed Heat: None.

Availability: Appears on each of the games listed above. The latter two variants can be only seen when starting up the games for the first time.