List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts
Acquisitions

List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts

Section Title: Acquisitions
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Date	Company	Business	Country	Value (USD)	Derived Studios	References

1987	Batteries Included†	Hardware and software developer	CAN	—	—

July 1, 1991	Distinctive Software Inc.	Video game developer	CAN	—	EA Vancouver

September 10, 1992	Origin Systems†	Science fiction space sim & Fantasy role-playing game developer	USA	$35,000,000	—

November 14, 1994	DROsoft	Software distributor	ESP	—	—

February 6, 1995	Bullfrog Productions†	Video game developer	UK	—	—

March 8, 1995	Kingsoft GmbH†	Software distributor	GER	—	—

January 29, 1996	Manley & Associates	Video game developer	USA	—	EA Seattle

June 4, 1997	Maxis†	Video game developer and publisher	USA	$125,000,000	Maxis†

April 2, 1998	Tiburon Entertainment	Video game developer	USA	—	EA Tiburon

April 8, 1998	Vision Software	Software distributor	RSA	—	Vision Software

July 28, 1998	ABC Software	Software distributor	CH	—	ABC Software

August 17, 1998	Westwood Studios; Virgin Interactive's North American Operations, Burst Studios†	Computer and video game developers	USA	$122,500,000	EA Pacific†

September 8, 1999	PlayNation	Developer of online entertainment	USA	—	PlayNation

November 22, 1999	Kesmai†	Video game developer and online game publisher	USA	—	Kesmai

February 24, 2000	DreamWorks Interactive	Video game developer	USA	—	Danger Close Games†

February 28, 2001	Pogo.com	Family games website	USA	—	Pogo.com

June 11, 2002	Black Box Games†	Sports and racing video game developer	CAN	—	Quicklime Games†

October 16, 2003	Studio 33	Racing video game developer	UK	—	EA Northwest

February 13, 2004	NuFX	Sports video game developer	USA	—	EA Chicago†

July 28, 2004	Criterion Software	Video game developer	UK	—	Criterion Software

July 27, 2005	Hypnotix	Video game developer	USA	—	—

December 8, 2005	JAMDAT Mobile	Mobile entertainment developer	USA	$680,000,000	EA Mobile

July 20, 2006	Mythic Entertainment	Computer game developer	USA	—	EA Mythic†

August 23, 2006	Phenomic Game Development	Real-time strategy game developer	GER	—	EA Phenomic†

October 2, 2006	Digital Illusions CE (DICE)	Video game developer	SWE	—	EA DICE

November 30, 2006	Headgate Studios	Video game developer	USA	—	EA Salt Lake†

February 12, 2007	SingShot Media	Social network service	USA	—	Sims on Stage

October 5, 2007	Super Computer International	Computer software developer	USA	—	—

October 11, 2007	VG Holding Corp.	Holding company of video game developers	USA	$775,000,000	BioWare	Pandemic Studios†

May 21, 2008	Hands-On Mobile	Mobile video game developer and publisher	ROK	—	EA Mobile Korea

June 3, 2008	ThreeSF	Social network service	USA	—	—

December 2, 2008	J2MSoft	Computer game developer	ROK	—	—

Q1 Fiscal 2010	J2Play	Social network service	CAN	—	—

November 9, 2009	Playfish†	Social network game developer	UK	$400,000,000	—

October 20, 2010	Chillingo	Mobile video game publisher	UK	$20,000,000	—

May 3, 2011	Mobile Post Production	Mobile video game developer and publisher	USA	—	—

May 4, 2011	Firemint	Mobile video game developer and publisher	AUS	—	—

July 12, 2011	PopCap Games	Video game developer and publisher	USA	$750,000,000	San Francisco & Seattle	Dublin† & Vancouver†

June 1, 2012	ESN	Social gaming product developers	SWE	—	—

December 1, 2017	Respawn Entertainment	Video game developer	USA	$315,000,000	—

May 1, 2018	GameFly	Game streaming	USA	—

July 9, 2018	Industrial Toys	Mobile video game developer	USA	—

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In 1997 Maxis acquired by Electronic Arts which valued Maxis at $125 million.

final_sentence: In 1997 Maxis acquired by Electronic Arts which valued Maxis at $125 million.