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

## Infobox (company)

- **name**: Electronic Arts, Inc.
- **logo**: Electronic Arts 2020.svg
- **logo size**: 230px
- **type**: Public company, Public
- **traded as**:
NASDAQ-100, NASDAQ-100 Component
S&P 500, S&P 500 Component
- **founder**: Trip Hawkins
- **location**: Redwood City, California, United States
- **key people**: Larry Probst
<small>(Chairman)</small>
Andrew Wilson
<small>(CEO)</small>
- **area served**: Global
- **industry**: Interactive entertainment
Video game industry, Computer and video games
- **products**: Battlefield (series), _Battlefield_ series
 Burnout (series), _Burnout_ series
 Command & Conquer, _Command & Conquer_ series
 Crysis (series), _Crysis_ series
 Dead Space (series), _Dead Space_ series
Dragon Age, _Dragon Age_ series
 FIFA (video game series), _FIFA_ series
 Fight Night (EA video game series), _Fight Night_ series
 Harry Potter, _Harry Potter_ series
 Madden NFL, _Madden NFL_ series
 Mass Effect, _Mass Effect_ series
 Medal of Honor (series), _Medal of Honor_ series
 NBA Live, _NBA Live_ series
 NCAA Football series, _NCAA Football_ series
 Need for Speed, _Need for Speed_ series
 NHL series, _NHL_ series
 Rock Band (series), _Rock Band_ series
 SimCity (series), _SimCity_ series
 The Sims (series), _The Sims_ series
 Skate (video game), _Skate_ series
 SSX (series), _SSX_ series
 Titanfall, _Titanfall_ series
- **operating income**: United States dollar, US$ 35 million (2012)
- **net income**: US$ 76 million (2012)
- **assets**: US$ 5.491 billion (2012)
- **equity**: US$ 2.458 billion (2012)
- **num employees**: 7,645 (2012)
- **homepage**: [http://www.ea.com/ EA.com]