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Electronic Arts is an American company that is adeveloper, marketer,publisher, and distributor ofvideo games, that was founded in 1982. Products of the company includeEA Sports franchises,Sims, and other titles on bothhandheld and homegaming consoles.[1]

Electronic Arts often acquires new companies to expand or add to new product lines. For instance, EAchairman andchief executive officerLarry Probst said after the acquisition ofJAMDAT 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 intoEA Mobile, and allowing people to purchase and download content produced by them directly onto their phones.[1] After the acquisition ofOrigin 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 studioDICE Canada,Origin Systems, EA Chicago (NuFX), andPandemic Studios.[5][6][7][8] Gaming bloggerBrian 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 ofGlu 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 inContinental Europe, and eight elsewhere. The majority of these companies and studios are nowdefunct, 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-basedUbisoft 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. Theacquisition date listed is the date of the agreement betweenElectronic 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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General
†Defunct
‡Merged into surviving group
*Electronic Arts sold stake

Acquisitions

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DateCompanyBusinessCountryValue (USD)Derived StudiosReferences
11987Batteries Included†Hardware andsoftware developerCAN——[13][14]
2July 1, 1991Distinctive Software Inc.‡Video game developer—EA Vancouver[15]
3September 10, 1992Origin Systems†USA$35,000,000—[16]
4November 14, 1994DROsoft†Software distributorESP——[17]
5January 6, 1995Bullfrog Productions†Video game developerUK——[18][19]
6March 8, 1995Kingsoft GmbH†Software distributorGER——[20]
7January 29, 1996Manley & Associates‡Video game developerUSA—EA Seattle[21]
8June 4, 1997Maxis†Video game developer and publisher$125,000,000Maxis[note 1][22][23][24]
9April 2, 1998Tiburon Entertainment‡Video game developer—EA Tiburon[25]
10April 8, 1998Vision Software‡Software distributorRSA—Vision Software[26]
11July 28, 1998ABC Software†[note 2]  CH—ABC Software[28]
12August 17, 1998Westwood Studios;Virgin Interactive's North American Operations,Burst Studios†Computer andvideo game developersUSA$122,500,000EA Pacific†[note 3][29][30]
13September 8, 1999PlayNation‡Developer ofonlineentertainment—PlayNation[31]
14November 22, 1999Kesmai†Video game developer and onlinegame publisher——[32]
15February 24, 2000DreamWorks Interactive†Video game developer—Danger Close Games†[33][34]
16February 28, 2001Pogo.comFamilygameswebsite——[35]
17June 11, 2002Black Box Games†Sports andracingvideo game developerCAN—Quicklime Games†[36][37][38]
18October 16, 2003Studio 33‡Racingvideo game developerUK—EA Northwest[39]
19February 13, 2004NuFX†Sportsvideo game developerUSA—EA Chicago†[8][40]
20July 28, 2004Criterion SoftwareVideo game developerUK$48,000,000—[41][42]
21July 27, 2005Hypnotix†USA—EA Tiburon[43]
22December 8, 2005JAMDAT Mobile‡Mobile entertainment developer$680,000,000EA Mobile[2]
23July 20, 2006Mythic Entertainment†Computer game developer—EA Mythic†[44][45]
24August 23, 2006Phenomic Game Development†Real-time strategygame developerGER—EA Phenomic†[46][47]
25October 2, 2006Digital Illusions CE (DICE)‡[note 4]Video game developerSWE—EA DICE[48]
26November 30, 2006Headgate Studios†USA—EA Salt Lake†[49]
27February 12, 2007SingShot Media‡Social network service—Sims on Stage[50][51]
28October 5, 2007Super Computer International‡Computer software developer—EA Online Technology‡[52]
29October 11, 2007VG Holding Corp.†Holding company ofvideo game developers$775,000,000BioWarePandemic Studios†[53]
30May 21, 2008Hands-On Mobile‡Mobilevideo game developer andpublisherROK—EA Mobile Korea[54]
31June 3, 2008ThreeSF†Social network serviceUSA——[55]
32December 2, 2008J2MSoft†Computer game developerROK——[56]
33Q1 Fiscal 2010J2Play†Social network serviceCAN——[57]
34November 9, 2009Playfish†Social network game developerUK$400,000,000—[58][59][60]
35October 20, 2010Chillingo†Mobile video game publisher$20,000,000—[61][62]
36May 3, 2011Mobile Post ProductionMobilevideo game developer andpublisherUSA——[63]
37May 4, 2011FiremintAUS——[64]
38July 12, 2011PopCap GamesVideo game developer and publisherUSA$750,000,000[note 5]San Francisco &SeattleDublin† &Vancouver†[38][65][66]
39August 11, 2011Bight Games‡Trade Wars (mobile game)CAN—Red Crow Studios[67]
40June 1, 2012ESNSocial gaming product developersSWE——[68]
41December 1, 2017Respawn EntertainmentVideo game developerUSA$315,000,000[note 6]—[69][70]
42May 1, 2018GameFlyGame streaming——[71]
43July 9, 2018Industrial Toys†Mobile video game developer——[72]
44February 18, 2021CodemastersVideo game developer and publisherUK$1,200,000,000—[73]
45April 29, 2021Glu MobileMobile video game developer and publisherUSA$2,400,000,000EA Mobile[74]
46May 5, 2021Metalhead SoftwareVideo game developerCAN——[75]
47June 23, 2021PlaydemicMobile video game developerUK$1,400,000,000—[76]
48February 4, 2025TRACAB TechnologiesSports tracking platformSWE——[77][78]

Total: 48 companies

Stakes

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DateCompanyBusinessCountryValueReferences
January 25, 1995Visual Concepts Entertainment[note 7]Video game developerUSA—[79]
May 9, 1995NovaLogic†[note 8]Video game developer andpublisherUSA—[80]
March 11, 1997Accolade†[note 9]Video game developer andpublisherUSA—[81][82]
April 3, 1997Mpath Interactive†[note 10]Computer game andonline companyUSA—[83][84]
August 4, 1998Kodiak Interactive Software Studios, Inc.†[note 11]Video game developerUSA—[85][86]
December 24, 2004Ubisoft*[note 12]Video game developer andpublisherFRA68.9 million euros[10][11][87]

Notes

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  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. ^The company was closed in March 2017, due to "the changed profitability of the business and the increasing digitalisation of the gaming industry".[27]
  3. ^Staff who choose to remain were absorbed into EA Los Angeles.
  4. ^DICE Ontario was closed down; the Stockholm studio persists under the "EA DICE" label.
  5. ^Includes $650 million in cash and the issuing of $100 million in EAcommon stock to certain shareholders of PopCap Games. Does not include additional cash possibly received based onearnings before interest and taxes milestones through December 2013.
  6. ^Includes $151 million in cash and $164 million in equity.
  7. ^EA purchased a minority stake, later sold to Take 2 Interactive.
  8. ^EA purchased a minority stake, yet there is no mention of it on EA's Investor Page. Later sold toTHQ Nordic in 2016
  9. ^EA purchased a minority stake. Later purchased byInfogrames.
  10. ^EA purchased a minority stake. On June 18, 2001, it was acquired byGameSpy and MPlayer.com was merged withGameSpy Arcade.
  11. ^EA purchased a minority stake, but it later merged withAcclaim Entertainment.
  12. ^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 millionU.S. dollars (94 millioneuros).

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