Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA Games) is a large company which makes computer and video games all over the world. They made famous games such as FIFA, The Sims, Madden NFL and Medal of Honor. They also made the Need for Speed series. EAs most popular products are the games which are sold under the EA Sports label. History The company was started in February 1982 by Trip Hawkins. They first shipped their games in May 1983. They have since then produced video games every year. Studios EA owns other smaller game companies which they call 'studios'. A few of these include Maxis (creators of The Sims), Bullfrog (creators of Theme Park and Theme Hospital), BioWare (makers of Mass Effect), and PopCap Games (creators of Plants vs Zombies). Games Pinball Construction Set (1983) by Bill Budge Archon (1983) and Archon II: Adept (1984) by Free Fall Associates M.U.L.E. (1983) by Dan Bunten and Ozark Softscape One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird (1983) by Eric Hammond Music Construction Set (1984) by Will Harvey The Seven Cities of Gold (1984) by Dan Bunten and Ozark Softscape The Bard's Tale (1985) by Interplay Productions Mail Order Monsters (1985) by Paul Reiche III, Evan Robinson and Nicky Robinson Racing Destruction Set (1985) by Rick Koenig Instant Music (1986) by Robert Campbell Starflight (1986) by Binary Systems Skate or Die! (1987), EA's first internally developed title Zany Golf (1988), by Sandcastle Productions (Will Harvey) Populous (1989) by Bullfrog which EA acquired in 1995 The Immortal (1990) by Sandcastle Productions (Will Harvey) Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (1992) by EA's High Score Production group NHL series (1991–) Wing Commander series (1992 onwards, previous games published in-house) FIFA series (1993–) Need for Speed series (1994–) (first installment was made by EA in collaboration with Road & Track) Ultima Online (1997) by Origin Systems NASCAR series (1997–2009) Command & Conquer series (titles from 1999–present) by Westwood Studios (earlier titles released by Virgin Interactive) Dungeon Keeper series by Bullfrog Productions SimCity series (titles from 1999–) by Maxis (earlier titles released by other publishers) Medal of Honor series (1999–) System Shock 2 (1999) American McGee's Alice (2000) SSX series (2000–) James Bond series (1999–2005) Harry Potter series (2001–2011) The Sims (2000–2003) by Maxis The Sims 2 (2004–2008) by Maxis (and later The Sims Studio) The Sims Stories series (2007–2008) by Aspyr and EA The Sims 3 (2009–present) by Visceral Games and The Sims Studio Burnout series (2004–present) Battlefield series (2002–present) by EA Digital Illusions CE Madden NFL series (1989–present) NCAA Football series (1993–present) Dark Age of Camelot (republished after EA acquired Mythic in 2005) Crysis series (2007–) by Crytek Rock Band series (2007–) by Harmonix Skate series (2007–) by EA Black Box Mass Effect series (starting with Mass Effect 2, the first game was published by Microsoft)(2009–2012) by BioWare Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (2008) by Mythic Entertainment Spore series (2008–) by Maxis Army of Two series (2008–) by EA Montreal Dead Space series (2008–) by Visceral Games Mirror's Edge (2008) by EA Digital Illusions CE Dragon Age series (2009–) by BioWare Dante's Inferno (2010) by Visceral Games Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011) by BioWare The Simpsons: Tapped Out (2012, mobile) The Sims 4 (2014) Titanfall series (2014-) by Respawn Entertainment It Takes Two (2021) by Hazelight Studios References