Every Studio EA’s Bought and Closed

CVG brings us a list of every development studio opened or acquired by Electronic Arts followed by a list of all the studios they’ve closed. Their numbers are about equal:

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
• 2008: EA Korea in Seoul, South Korea
• 2008: EA Studio in Bucharest, Romania

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
• 2007: EA Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. Closed due to failure to meet profit targets.