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- A Complete List of Studios EA has Purchased and Closed
- Posted 5 months, 1 weeks ago by Dominic
Again, taken from mah blogz.
The folks over at CVG have compiled a complete list of EA's consolidation records, including which studios have closed. Proves intriguing given EA's recent proposition, not to mention John Riccetello's warning against consolidation.
Studios Opened or Acquired
- 1998: EA Tiburon in Maitland, Florida
- 1999: EA Canada in Burnaby, British Columbia
- 2000: EA Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California
- 2002: EA Black Box in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 2004: Criterion Software in Guildford, United Kingdom
- 2004: Digital Illusions CE in Stockholm, Sweden
- 2004: EA China in Shanghai, China
- 2004: EA Montreal in Montreal, Quebec
- 2005: EA Mobile
- 2005: EA Redwood Shores in Redwood City, California
- 2005: EA Singapore
- 2006: EA Mobile India, Hyderabad, India
- 2006: EA Mythic in Fairfax, Virginia
- 2006: EA Phenomic in Ingelheim, Germany
- 2006: EA Salt Lake in Bountiful, Utah (Formerly Headgate Studios)
- 2007: EA Casual Entertainment
- 2007: EIS (European Integration Studio) in Madrid, Spain
- 2007: BioWare Corp. in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Austin, Texas
- 2007: Pandemic Studios in Los Angeles, California and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 2007: EA UK, relocated to Guildford from Chertsey
- 2008: EA Korea in Seoul, South Korea
- 2008: EA Studio in Bucharest, Romania
- 1998: Original HQ in San Mateo, California - moved to Redwood City
- 2000: EA Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland - established in 1996 as part of Origin
- 2001: Kesmai (known also as GameStorm); acquired in 1999
- 2001: Bullfrog Productions in Surrey, England - acquired in 1995
- 2002: EA Seattle in Seattle, Washington - formerly Manley & Associates, acquired in 1996
- 2003: Westwood Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada - acquired in 1998
- 2003: EA Pacific (known for a time as Westwood Pacific) in Irvine, California - formerly part of Virgin Interactive, acquired with Westwood in 1998
- 2004: Origin Systems in Austin, Texas - acquired in 1992
- 2004: Maxis in Walnut Creek, California - acquired in 1997, moved to Redwood City
- 2006: DICE Canada in London, Ontario (created Battlefield 2: Special Forces expansion, Battlefield Vietnam, and all BF2 patches). Acquired DICE fully October 2, 2006; closed DICE Canada studio hours later.
- 2007: EA Japan in Tokyo, Japan - closed due to consolidation; moved under EA Partners model
- 2007: EA UK in Chertsey, United Kingdom, relocated to Guildford
- 2007: EA Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. Closed due to failure to meet profit targets.
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I remember the good old days when you saw the EA logo, you knew you were in for a good game. That was in the last century however...
Now when you see an EA logo, you know your in for bugs.
Tomorrow the world!
Oh my, what a list.
EA :: Gaming Industry
Meijers :: Wholesalers
Why don't they just recruit aggressively instead of trying to swallow up creative teams intact so as to steal someone else's fire?
In future news:
2008: Take-Two
2008: Ubisoft
2009: Sony Entertainment Studios
2009: Nintendo of America
2010: The Federal Government of America
2011: Earth
2012: Mars
And then, in 2015, God will make a bid on EA for 4.5 kajillion-mobillion-sextillion dollars. EA will laugh, and then kill the Alpha and Omega with a look.
If Max Barry is to be believed, someday all of our last names will be Electronic-Arts...