| Company type | Subsidiary ofDigital Illusions CE |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Defunct | June 7, 2005 |
| Successor | Kaos Studios |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Products | Desert Combat Battlefield 2 |
| Parent | Digital Illusions CE |
Trauma Studios was an Americanvideo game developer company founded in 2003. They were best known for having createdDesert Combat, amod forBattlefield 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 thefirst-person shooterBattlefield 2, follow-up toBattlefield 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 publisherTHQ to create a new internal development studio known asKaos Studios. Their first game,Frontlines: Fuel of War, was released on February 25, 2008.[3]