Electronic Arts have announced that they are forming a specialist studio that will concentrate solely on games for Wii. The former Headgate Studios, well known for the Tiger Woods PGA Tour games, has been purchased by EA and will now be called EA Salt Lake.

"Having worked with EA for the past six years, we know their teams share work ethic, passion for creative excellence and commitment to quality," Vance Cook, founder of Headgate and now newly appointed Executive Producer of EA Salt Lake stated. "By joining EA, we are making official what we all already feel – that we are part of the EA family."

Although no games have been confirmed as being in development at the new studio, Headgate studios were also behind 'The Godfather' and 'Madden NFL 07', both of which are pencilled in to appear on Wii.

EA's current list of games for Wii include, Need for Speed Carbon and Call of Duty 3, but they are said to be working on a new style Sims game, as well as Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix and SSX.

The new founded 'family' will be looking to challenge Ubisoft who currently have more Wii launch titles than any other third party developer.