Electronic Arts
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| Electronic Arts, Inc | |
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| Type | Public |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California |
| Key people | Trip Hawkins, Founder and CEO to 1991 Larry Probst, current chairman of the board and CEO from 1991-2007 John Riccitiello, current CEO |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Revenue | $3.665 billion USD (2008) |
| Net income | (-) $454 million USD (2008) |
| Employees | 7,900 (2007) |
| Website | www.ea.com |
Electronic Arts (EA) is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of video games. 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 one of the world's largest third-party publishers, 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.
[edit] Burnout games published
| Title | Release Date | Systems |
|---|---|---|
| Burnout 3: Takedown | September 7, 2004 | PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Burnout Revenge | September 13, 2005 | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 |
| Burnout Legends | September 13, 2005 | PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS |
| Burnout Dominator | March 6, 2007 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable |
| Burnout Paradise | January 22, 2008 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows |
