Com a recente tentativa da Electronic Arts adquirir a Take Two, vem à memória a longa história desta gigante dos videojogos, que já adquiriu nomes inesquecíveis como a Maxis, Westwood ou Origin. Os mais recentes foram a Pandemic e a BioWare.
O CVG decidiu fazer um apanhado destas acções da EA, e elucida-nos um pouco sobre este percurso. Aqui fica o traçado desta poderosa editora:
Estúdios inaugurados ou adquiridos
* 1998: EA Tiburon in Maitland, Florida
* 1999: EA Canada in Burnaby, British Columbia
* 2000: EA Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California
* 2002: EA Black Box in Vancouver, British Columbia
* 2004: Criterion Software in Guildford, United Kingdom
* 2004: Digital Illusions CE in Stockholm, Sweden
* 2004: EA China in Shanghai, China
* 2004: EA Montreal in Montreal, Quebec
* 2005: EA Mobile
* 2005: EA Redwood Shores in Redwood City, California
* 2005: EA Singapore
* 2006: EA Mobile India, Hyderabad, India
* 2006: EA Mythic in Fairfax, Virginia
* 2006: EA Phenomic in Ingelheim, Germany
* 2006: EA Salt Lake in Bountiful, Utah (Formerly Headgate Studios)
* 2007: EA Casual Entertainment
* 2007: EIS (European Integration Studio) in Madrid, Spain
* 2007: BioWare Corp. in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Austin, Texas
* 2007: Pandemic Studios in Los Angeles, California and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
* 2008: EA Korea in Seoul, South Korea
* 2008: EA Studio in Bucharest, Romania
Estúdios encerrados
* 1998: Original HQ in San Mateo, California – moved to Redwood City
* 2000: EA Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland – established in 1996 as part of Origin
* 2001: Kesmai (known also as GameStorm); acquired in 1999
* 2001: Bullfrog Productions in Surrey, England – acquired in 1995
* 2002: EA Seattle in Seattle, Washington – formerly Manley & Associates, acquired in 1996
* 2003: Westwood Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada – acquired in 1998
* 2003: EA Pacific (known for a time as Westwood Pacific) in Irvine, California – formerly part of Virgin Interactive, acquired with Westwood in 1998
* 2004: Origin Systems in Austin, Texas – acquired in 1992
* 2004: Maxis in Walnut Creek, California – acquired in 1997, moved to Redwood City
* 2006: DICE Canada in London, Ontario (created Battlefield 2: Special Forces expansion, Battlefield Vietnam, and all BF2 patches). Acquired DICE fully October 2, 2006; closed DICE Canada studio hours later.
* 2007: EA Japan in Tokyo, Japan – closed due to consolidation; moved under EA Partners model
* 2007: EA UK in Chertsey, United Kingdom
* 2007: EA Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. Closed due to failure to meet profit targets.
