Westwood Studios

Background
Westwood Associates was founded in 1985 by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle. In 1992, it became part of Virgin Interactive, but was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1997 for $122.5 million. EA closed the studio in 2003. Some of the staff were let to merge into EA UK, while others went to create Petroglyph Studios.

1st Logo (1990)
Logo: There are the words "Westwood ASSOCIATES" on a screen. The second word is much smaller than the first word. The words cast a shadow on the screen.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on early games like Circuit's Edge and Dragonstrike.

2nd Logo (1991-1994)
Logo: There is a black screen with the word "Westwood" in a futuristic font. Below it is a bar with the word "STUDIOS" spread out in bronze. Everything is covered in a border of bronze. A few pings appear on the logo.

FX/SFX: Only the shining.

Music/Sounds: Usually none.

Availability: Common.

3rd Logo (September 26, 1995-1999)
Logo: The Westwood logo from before, but with "STUDIOS" in the same font as "Westwood" and  without a bronze outline, is wiped by light.

Variants:
 * In its first year of use, a special anniversary variant was presented. Rather than being wiped, it appeared through raindrops.
 * There are other animated vvariants as well.

FX/SFX: The wiping.

Music/Sounds: A humming choir.

Availability: Seen on Command & Conquer and its sequels, on Monopoly from 1995 and Blade Runner.

4th Logo (January 31, 2000-February 27, 2002)
Logo: A ball with electricity flowing through it comes down, along with the "W" from the 3rd logo and a sharp-edged "S" coming down and landing on the ball. In the bottom right corner appears the byline "Westwood Studios is an Electronic Arts Company". The ball also has 8 curves spinning around it. The ball and letters fly towards the screen and disappear via a switch-off effect.

FX/SFX: The logo coming and rippling.

Music/Sounds: Humming sounds.

Availability: Seen on Nox, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Emperor: Battle for Dune and C&C: Renegade.