Electronic Arts is one of the gaming world’s giants. Since it was founded in 1983, the company has gone on to release some of the largest and most successful games in history. The Battlefield series, Dead Space, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Army of Two, and Apex Legends are amongst the litany of action games in EA’s library. Then there are the sports games, which include the FIFA series, Madden, NBA Live, and many others. Oh and they’re also responsible for The Sims, which is meant to involve guiding virtual characters towards a better life but usually just doubles as gaming’s premier murder simulator.
It was also one of the companies that pioneered some of gaming’s less popular practices that are now, for better or worse, pretty standard in the industry. This includes the use of micro transactions, subscription-based services and pushing multiple DLC packs of varying quality. These practices tend to cause a lot of visible upset in the gaming community, but may have made EA’s current shareholders quite happy. The company has also reported steady annual revenue growth (via Macrotrends)
On top of everything else, EA isn’t just EA. Just as it could be acquired, over the years, EA has gobbled up plenty of smaller gaming companies too. Its notable acquisitions include Dice, which made the Battlefield series, Respawn which made Titan Fall, and RPG maker BioWare which is best known for Baldur’s Gate, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age. EA currently operates more than 40 studios worldwide (via Video Games Chronicle).
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