Posted by Chrissyx – 27.02.2008 – 00:00 Uhr – Kategorie: EA sucks
EA assimiliert weiter und weiter, in den letzten Tagen war nun Take-Two (u.a. GTA4) das Ziel. Gleich zwei Angebote wurden gemacht, das letzte belief sich auf eine Summe von 2 Milliarden US-Dollar. Zum Glück wurden beide abgelehnt, was EA sicher nicht an einer feindlichen Übernahme (z.B. wie bei Ubisoft) hindern wird. Passend dazu mal eine Übersicht, welche Studios EA bisher vernichtet und gemolken hat:
Studios Closed
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, relocated to Guildford
2007: EA Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. Closed due to failure to meet profit targets.
Studios Opened or Acquired
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
2007: EA UK, relocated to Guildford from Chertsey
2008: EA Korea in Seoul, South Korea
2008: EA Studio in Bucharest, Romania
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