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General Information

Websiteea.com
Blogea.com/news
Twitter@EA
CategoryGames, Video and Entertainment
Phone650-628-1500
Email
Employees7,900
Founded1982
DescriptionGame Developer

Offices

Headquarters
209 Redwood Shores Parkway
Redwood City, WV, 94065
RUS

People

Chairman of the board
CEO
Chief Technology Officer, EA Redwood Shores
COO, EA Online
President, EA Games Label
President, EA Casual Entertainment
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
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Former People

SVP of Global Online Publishing, Managing Director (EA China)
VP of The Sims Internet Group
Vice President
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Acquisitions

Total$2.58B
KlickNation, 12/11
PopCap Games, 7/11 $1.3B
Firemint, 5/11
Chillingo, 10/10 $20M
Playfish, 11/09 $400M
J2Play, 6/09
Hands-On Mobile, 2/09 $30M
ThreeSF, 12/08 $15M
J2MSoft, 12/08
Rupture, 5/08 $15M
VG Holding, 10/07
Super Computer International, 10/07
SingShot Media, 2/07
Headgate Studios, 11/06
Digital Illusions, 10/06
Phenomic Game Development, 8/06
Mythic Entertainment, 6/06
Jamdat Mobile, 12/05 $674M
Hypnotix, 7/05
Criterion Software Group, 7/04
NuFX, 2/04
Studio 33, 10/03
Black Box Games, 6/02
Pogo.com, 2/01
DreamWorks Interactive, 4/00
Kesmai, 11/99
PlayNation, 9/99
Westwood Studios, 9/98
ABC Software, 7/98
Tiburon Entertainment, 4/98
Maxis, 7/97 $125M
Vision Software PTY, 4/96
Manley & Associates, 1/96
Kingsoft, 3/95
Bullfrog Productions, 1/95
DROsoft, 11/94
Distinctive Software, 8/91

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Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts is an American developer and publisher of computer and video games. They own well known game studios such as Bioware, Mythic, and Maxis games and have developed titles from the Need for Speed series to Crysis.

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EA Games

StageLive
Electronic Arts screenshot
Above: Crysis--July 2008
Uploaded: 7/7/08

EA Sports

Websiteeasports.com
Blogeasports.com/blogs
StageLive
Electronic Arts screenshot
Above: Fifa 2008
Uploaded: 7/7/08

The Sims Label

Electronic Arts screenshot
Above: The sims 2 -- June 2008
Uploaded: 7/7/08

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  1. EA Acquires KlickNation (investors.ea.com) [edit]
  2. EA Buys PopCap Games For As Much As $1.3B (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. EA Acquires Australian Mobile And Online Games Developer Firemint (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. Electronic Arts snaps up Chillingo (macworld.com) [edit]
  5. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. Electronic Arts Acquires Social Gaming Startup J2Play (insidesocialgames.com) [edit]
  7. Citation Needed [add]
  8. Electronic Arts Buys Shawn Fanning’s Gaming Social Network ThreeSF; Price $15 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  9. EA Acquires Korean Online Game Developer J2M (news.ea.com) [edit]
  10. Shawn Fanning Finally Gets A Real Payday: Electronic Arts Buys Rupture For $30 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. Electronic Arts to buy game maker VG Holding (marketwatch.com) [edit]
  12. EA Acquires Super Computer International (news.ea.com) [edit]
  13. Electronic Arts Acquires Online Karaoke Community SingShot Media (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
  14. Electronic Arts Acquires Utah-based Developer Headgate Studios (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
  15. EA Acquires Digital Illusions (news.teamxbox.com) [edit]
  16. EA Acquires Phenomic Game Development (businesswire.com) [edit]
  17. EA TO ACQUIRE MYTHIC ENTERTAINMENT (mythicentertainment.com) [edit]
  18. Citation Needed [add]
  19. Electronic Arts acquires Hypnotix (asia.gamespot.com) [edit]
  20. EA to Acquire Criterion Software Group from CANON EUROPE (findarticles.com) [edit]
  21. EA Acquires NuFX (gamershell.com) [edit]
  22. EA buys Studio 33 for undisclosed sum (digitaltrends.com) [edit]
  23. Electronic Arts today announced an agreement for the acquisition of Black Box Games (gamershell.com) [edit]
  24. EA.com Acquires Leading Games Destination pogo.com (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  25. Electronic Arts Acquires DreamWorks Interactive From Microsoft And DreamWorks SKG. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  26. Electronic Arts Announces Agreement to Acquire News Corp. Online Game Unit, Kesmai. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  27. Electronic Arts Announces Acquisition of PlayNation; Online Entertainment Developer Adds to EA's Internet Content. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  28. Electronic Arts Completes Acquisition of Westwood Studios (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  29. Electronic Arts Acquires ABC Software to Establish Direct Sales Organizations in Switzerland and Austria. (highbeam.com) [edit]
  30. Electronic Arts Acquires Software Developer TiburonEntertainment (allbusiness.com) [edit]
  31. gamespot.com [edit]
  32. Electronic Arts Acquires Vision Software PTY Ltd. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  33. Electronic Arts Acquires Software Developer Manley & Associates. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  34. Electronic Arts acquires distributor in Germany, Kingsoft GmbH. (highbeam.com) [edit]
  35. Electronic Arts to acquire leading European software developer, Bullfrog Productions Ltd. (allbusiness.com) [edit]
  36. Electronic Arts acquires distributor in Spain; forms third subsidiary in continental Europe. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
  37. Electronic Arts acquires Distinctive Software Inc. (highbeam.com) [edit]
  38. ShackNews (shacknews.com) [edit]
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