Naughty Dog, was brought into EA for Visceral as creative lead and to help write the story for Yuma. The concept was later changed, making it about a large-scale heist and renaming it Ragtag. EA made the decision to close down Visceral on October 17, 2017. EA reassigned the Star Wars game to its EA Worldwide Studios, led by EA Vancouver, and said they will revamp the gameplay. The closure of Visceral was seen as a sign of the waning interest in publishers in making games that are strictly single player, as many of Visceral's games had been. In light of these concerns, EA's CEO Andrew Wilson stated that the reason for Visceral's closure wasn't a single-player versus multiplayer game issue, but instead one based on listening to player feedback and following marketplace trends. The company felt that the current design of Ragtag wasn't fitting these changes and that the closure of Visceral and reassignment to another studio was because "we needed to pivot the design". Games References External links 1998 establishments in California 2017 disestablishments in California Companies based in Redwood City, California Defunct video game companies of the United States Electronic Arts Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Video game companies based in California Video game companies disestablished in 2017 Video game companies established in 1998 Video game development companies Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area