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Electronic Arts

Founded

1982^[1]

Headquarters

Redwood City, California^[1]

Subsidiaries

Official website

ea.com

"For some reason EA was negotiating with Lucas/Disney, as to whom should make the new Star Wars games. And just a week later it was like, 'Oh, by the way, that discussion you were having about Star Wars? Do you want to make it?' "

―Patrick Bach, executive producer at DICE^[3]

Electronic Arts (EA) is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer andvideo games established in1982 byTrip Hawkins. EA grew from a home-computing game publisher; in1987 they began developing gamesin-house. In the early 1990s, EA began to develop games for consoles. EA has bought various successful developers and since the early 2000s has been one of the largestthird-party publishers.

EA is known for various series and labels includingEA Sports,Need for Speed,Medal of Honor,Plants vs. Zombies,The Sims,Command & Conquer and the later games in theBurnout series. Many notable and popular games have been published through EA.

History[]

OnOctober 11,2007, Electronic Arts announced they had purchasedBioWare, the developer ofStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, as well asPandemic Studios, the developer ofStar Wars: Battlefront.^[4] OnMay 6,2013,Disney and EA jointly announced that EA would hold exclusive rights to makeStar Wars video games for the next several years.^[5] New games would be developed across several of their studios, includingStar Wars Battlefront byDICE^[3] andProject Ragtag byVisceral Games. Additionally,Star Wars: The Old Republic would be continually maintained under the agreement, with frequent content updates andexpansion pack releases.

In addition to creating originalStar Wars games with the license, Electronic Arts has the ability to addStar Wars–themed content to their other products. The first product to includeStar Wars–branded content wasThe Sims 4, releasing costumes ofPrincess Leia,Yoda,Darth Vader, and aRebel pilot onOctober 1,2014,^[6] along with costumes ofAayla Secura,Darth Maul, andBoba Fett onMay 4,2015.

OnJanuary 25,2022, it was announced that three new EA games were in development under the supervision ofRespawn Entertainment: a sequel toStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order titledStar Wars Jedi: Survivor, astrategy game, and afirst-person shooter game.^[7] OnFebruary 28,2024, it was announced that the first-person shooter project was canceled.^[8]

Games[]

Year	Title	Development studio
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	BioWare
2013	Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel	BioWare
2013	Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter	BioWare
2014	Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Strongholds	BioWare
2014	Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan	BioWare
2015	Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire	BioWare
2015	Star Wars Battlefront	DICE
2015	Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes	EA Capital Games
2016	Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne	BioWare
2017	Star Wars Battlefront II	DICE,Motive Studios,Criterion Games
2019	Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught	BioWare
2019	Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order	Respawn Entertainment
2020	The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu	Maxis
2020	Star Wars: Squadrons	Motive Studios
2022	Star Wars: The Old Republic: Legacy of the Sith	BioWare
2023	Star Wars Jedi: Survivor	Respawn Entertainment^[9]
TBA	Untitled strategy game	Respawn Entertainment,Bit Reactor^[7]
Status unknown	Star Wars: Rise to Power
Canceled	Project Ragtag	Visceral Games, Motive Studios, EA Vancouver
Canceled^[8]	Untitled first-person shooter game	Respawn Entertainment^[7]