List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts

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Electronic Arts is an American company that is a developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of video games, that was founded in 1982. Products of the company include EA Sports franchises, Sims , and other titles on both handheld and home gaming consoles. [1]

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Electronic Arts often acquires new companies to expand or add to new product lines. For instance, EA chairman and chief executive officer Larry Probst said after the acquisition of JAMDAT Mobile that "we intend to build a leading global position in the [...] business of providing games on mobile phones". [2] EA followed through with this later, making the company into EA Mobile, and allowing people to purchase and download content produced by them directly onto their phones. [1] After the acquisition of Origin Systems, some staff in that company claimed that Electronic Arts initially gave them more resources, but allowed little latitude if employees made a mistake, and in some cases no longer trusted them, and even worked against them. [3] [4] EA has shut down entire companies or the studios thereof after acquiring them, including the studio DICE Canada, Origin Systems, EA Chicago (NuFX), and Pandemic Studios. [5] [6] [7] [8] Gaming blogger Brian Crecente has said that fears that EA doesn't care about the quality of their products after they are acquired are debatable. [9]

As of April 2021, Electronic Arts' largest acquisition is the purchase of Glu Mobile, for $2.4 billion. Of the 39 companies acquired by EA, 20 are based in the U.S., five in the United Kingdom, six in Continental Europe, and eight elsewhere. The majority of these companies and studios are now defunct, with some having been merged into other entities. Of the six companies which EA purchased a stake in, two remaining companies are based in the U.S., while three other U.S. companies are defunct. After acquiring a 19.9% stake in France-based Ubisoft in 2004, EA sold a remaining 14.8% stake in it in 2010. [10] [11]

Each acquisition listed is for the entire company, unless otherwise noted. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between Electronic Arts (EA) and the subject of the acquisition. Unless otherwise noted, the value of each acquisition is listed in U.S. dollars, because EA is headquartered in the U.S. If the value of the acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed. If the EA service that is derived from the acquired company is known, then it is also listed. According to data from Pitch Book via VentureBeat, the company has spent about $2.9 Billion on its 10 biggest acquisitions since 1992. [12]

Key

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†Defunct
‡Merged into surviving group
*Electronic Arts sold stake

Acquisitions

DateCompanyBusinessCountryValue (USD)Derived StudiosReferences
1987 Batteries Included† Hardware and software developer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN —— [13] [14]
July 1, 1991 Distinctive Software Inc.‡ Video game developer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN — EA Vancouver [15]
September 10, 1992 Origin Systems† Video game developer Flag of the United States.svg  USA $35,000,000— [16]
November 14, 1994 DROsoft† Software distributorFlag of Spain.svg  ESP —— [17]
January 6, 1995 Bullfrog Productions† Video game developer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK —— [18] [19]
March 8, 1995 Kingsoft GmbH† Software distributorFlag of Germany.svg  GER —— [20]
January 29, 1996 Manley & Associates‡ Video game developer Flag of the United States.svg  USA — EA Seattle [21]
June 4, 1997 Maxis† Video game developer and publisherFlag of the United States.svg  USA $125,000,000 Maxis [note 1] [22] [23] [24]
April 2, 1998 Tiburon Entertainment‡ Video game developer Flag of the United States.svg  USA — EA Tiburon [25]
April 8, 1998 Vision Software‡ Software distributorFlag of South Africa.svg  RSA — Vision Software [26]
July 28, 1998 ABC Software‡ Software distributorFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   CH — ABC Software [27]
August 17, 1998 Westwood Studios; Virgin Interactive's North American Operations, Burst Studios† Computer and video game developers Flag of the United States.svg  USA $122,500,000 EA Pacific† [note 2] [28] [29]
September 8, 1999 PlayNation‡ Developer of online entertainment Flag of the United States.svg  USA — PlayNation [30]
November 22, 1999 Kesmai† Video game developer and online game publisher Flag of the United States.svg  USA —— [31]
February 24, 2000 DreamWorks Interactive† Video game developer Flag of the United States.svg  USA — Danger Close Games† [32] [33]
February 28, 2001 Pogo.com Family games website Flag of the United States.svg  USA —— [34]
June 11, 2002 Black Box Games† Sports and racing video game developer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN — Quicklime Games† [35] [36] [37]
October 16, 2003 Studio 33‡ Racing video game developer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK — EA Northwest [38]
February 13, 2004 NuFX† Sports video game developer Flag of the United States.svg  USA — EA Chicago† [8] [39]
July 28, 2004 Criterion Software Video game developer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK $48,000,000— [40] [41]
July 27, 2005 Hypnotix† Video game developer Flag of the United States.svg  USA — EA Tiburon [42]
December 8, 2005 JAMDAT Mobile‡ Mobile entertainment developerFlag of the United States.svg  USA $680,000,000 EA Mobile [2]
July 20, 2006 Mythic Entertainment† Computer game developer Flag of the United States.svg  USA — EA Mythic† [43] [44]
August 23, 2006 Phenomic Game Development† Real-time strategy game developer Flag of Germany.svg  GER — EA Phenomic† [45] [46]
October 2, 2006 Digital Illusions CE (DICE)‡ [note 3] Video game developer Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE — EA DICE [47]
November 30, 2006 Headgate Studios† Video game developer Flag of the United States.svg  USA — EA Salt Lake† [48]
February 12, 2007 SingShot Media‡ Social network service Flag of the United States.svg  USA — Sims on Stage [49] [50]
October 5, 2007Super Computer International‡ Computer software developerFlag of the United States.svg  USA —EA Online Technology‡ [51]
October 11, 2007 VG Holding Corp.† Holding company of video game developers Flag of the United States.svg  USA $775,000,000 BioWare Pandemic Studios† [52]
May 21, 2008 Hands-On Mobile‡ Mobile video game developer and publisher Flag of South Korea.svg  ROK —EA Mobile Korea [53]
June 3, 2008 ThreeSF† Social network service Flag of the United States.svg  USA —— [54]
December 2, 2008J2MSoft† Computer game developer Flag of South Korea.svg  ROK —— [55]
Q1 Fiscal 2010J2Play† Social network service Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN —— [56]
November 9, 2009 Playfish† Social network game developer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK $400,000,000— [57] [58] [59]
October 20, 2010Chillingo†Mobile video game publisherFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK $20,000,000— [60] [61]
May 3, 2011Mobile Post ProductionMobile video game developer and publisherFlag of the United States.svg  USA —— [62]
May 4, 2011 Firemint Mobile video game developer and publisherFlag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS —— [63]
July 12, 2011 PopCap Games Video game developer and publisherFlag of the United States.svg  USA $750,000,000 [note 4] San Francisco & Seattle Dublin† & Vancouver† [37] [64] [65]
August 11, 2011Bight Games‡Trade Wars (mobile game)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN —Red Crow Studios [66]
June 1, 2012ESNSocial gaming product developersFlag of Sweden.svg  SWE —— [67]
December 1, 2017 Respawn Entertainment Video game developerFlag of the United States.svg  USA $315,000,000 [note 5] — [68] [69]
May 1, 2018 GameFly Game streamingFlag of the United States.svg  USA —— [70]
July 9, 2018 Industrial Toys†Mobile video game developerFlag of the United States.svg  USA —— [71]
February 18, 2021 Codemasters Video game developer and publisherFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK $— [72]
April 29, 2021 Glu Mobile Mobile video game developer and publisherFlag of the United States.svg  USA $ EA Mobile [73]
May 5, 2021Metalhead SoftwareVideo game developerFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN —— [74]
June 23, 2021 Playdemic Mobile video game developerFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK $— [75]

Total:47 companies

Stakes

DateCompanyBusinessCountryValueReferences
January 25, 1995 Visual Concepts Entertainment [note 6] Video game developer Flag of the United States.svg  USA — [76]
May 9, 1995 NovaLogic† [note 7] Video game developer and publisher Flag of the United States.svg  USA — [77]
March 11, 1997 Accolade† [note 8] Video game developer and publisher Flag of the United States.svg  USA — [78] [79]
April 3, 1997 Mpath Interactive† [note 9] Computer game and online companyFlag of the United States.svg  USA — [80] [81]
August 4, 1998Kodiak Interactive Software Studios, Inc.† [note 10] Video game developer Flag of the United States.svg  USA — [82] [83]
December 24, 2004 Ubisoft* [note 11] Video game developer and publisher Flag of France.svg  FRA 68.9 million euros [10] [11] [84]

Notes

  1. ↑ While Maxis Emeryville was closed, other Maxis groups were consolidated into existing studios of EA. New studios using the brand name began opening in 2019.
  2. ↑ Staff who choose to remain were absorbed into EA Los Angeles.
  3. ↑ DICE Ontario was closed down; the Stockholm studio persists under the "EA DICE" label.
  4. ↑ Includes $650 million in cash and the issuing of $100 million in EA common stock to certain shareholders of PopCap Games. Does not include additional cash possibly received based on earnings before interest and taxes milestones through December 2013.
  5. ↑ Includes $151 million in cash and $164 million in equity.
  6. ↑ EA purchased a minority stake, later sold to Take 2 Interactive.
  7. ↑ EA purchased a minority stake, yet there is no mention of it on EA's Investor Page. Later sold to THQ Nordic in 2016
  8. ↑ EA purchased a minority stake. Later purchased by Infogrames.
  9. ↑ EA purchased a minority stake. On June 18, 2001, it was acquired by GameSpy and MPlayer.com was merged with GameSpy Arcade.
  10. ↑ EA purchased a minority stake, but it later merged with Acclaim Entertainment.
  11. ↑ EA initially purchased a 19.9% stake then-valued at 68.9 million euros, but then sold its remaining stake in July 2010 for 122 million U.S. dollars (94 million euros).

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