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==Overview== |
==Overview== |
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Established in 1982 by [[wikipedia:Trip Hawkins|Trip Hawkins]], the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for their games. EA was just a publisher for its first few years and exclusively published for home computers, but began developing games in-house in the late 1980s and started supporting consoles in the early 1990s. Also in the 1990s, EA began to expand by acquiring several successful developers and, as of the early 2000s, EA has become the world's largest third-party publisher, with a net revenue of US$3.129 billion for its fiscal year March 31, 2005. |
Established in 1982 by [[wikipedia:Trip Hawkins|Trip Hawkins]], the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for their games. EA was just a publisher for its first few years and exclusively published for home computers, but began developing games in-house in the late 1980s and started supporting consoles in the early 1990s. Also in the 1990s, EA began to expand by acquiring several successful developers and, as of the early 2000s, EA has become the world's largest third-party publisher, with a net revenue of US$3.129 billion for its fiscal year March 31, 2005. Currently, the company's most successful products are sports games published under their EA Sports label, games based on popular movie licenses and games from long-running franchises like ''[[wikipedia:Need for Speed|Need for Speed]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Medal of Honor (series)|Medal Of Honor]]'', ''[[The Sims series|The Sims]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Command_&_Conquer|Command & Conquer]]'' and the later games in the [[wikipedia:Burnout (series)|''Burnout'' series]]. |
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Revision as of 06:02, 27 July 2012
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Logo.
Electronic Arts (often called EA or EA Games) is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer and video games[1]
It is the publisher of The Sims, The Sims 2, and The Sims 3 and all their expansion packs.
Overview
Established in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for their games. EA was just a publisher for its first few years and exclusively published for home computers, but began developing games in-house in the late 1980s and started supporting consoles in the early 1990s. Also in the 1990s, EA began to expand by acquiring several successful developers and, as of the early 2000s, EA has become the world's largest third-party publisher, with a net revenue of US$3.129 billion for its fiscal year March 31, 2005. Currently, the company's most successful products are sports games published under their EA Sports label, games based on popular movie licenses and games from long-running franchises like Need for Speed, Medal Of Honor, The Sims, Command & Conquer and the later games in the Burnout series.
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