EA Canada

EA Canada is a development studio headquartered in Burnaby in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The studio was opened in January 1983 and is the largest and oldest studio of Electronic Arts. Alone at EA Canada operate over 2,000 people and it houses the world's largest test center for video games.

Headquarters

In the building of the studio there is a motion-capture studio, 22 spaces for the development, 14 rooms for video editing, 3 production studios, a wing for the preparation of background music and sound effects and a department for quality assurance. There are also fitness rooms, cinemas, a cafeteria with the name EAt, a café and a room to play video games. The building is located near the Discovery Park. Other offices in Canada, the EA Black Box in Vancouver, Montreal and Edmonton.

History

EA Canada is a large development studio of the American video game company Electronic Arts ( EA short ), which has several, not American based development studios around the world. EA, whose headquarters is located in Redwood City, California, EA Canada bought in 1991 for $ 11 million, which was still called Distinctive Software at the time, and its headquarters was located in Vancouver. At the time when EA bought Distinctive Software, these were known for some racing and sports computer games, which were published under the brand Accolade. Since the takeover and renaming to EA Canada, the studio developed mainly for the three brands EA EA Games, EA Sports and EA Sports BIG.

EA Black Box was founded by the purchase of Black Box Games as part of EA Canada. In March 2003 the studio to rent the top four floors of an office tower in downtown Vancouver decided to expand, as the existing space for the projects currently in development at that time was not sufficient. In 2005 it became an independent EA development studio. Since its founding until 2008 EA Black Box was the sole developer of the racing game series Need for Speed ​​.

On December 19, 2008 Electronic Arts announced in a savings concept known that the studio by EA Black Box in Vancouver closed and would be moved to the studios in Burnaby. Moving from Black Box to be completed by June 2009.

Games

The following games were developed by EA Canada and EA Black Box. Entries with an * indicate a game that is currently located in one of the two studios in development.

EA Games

The following games were branded as EA Games / EA published (EA, the EA Games brand since given up and only uses EA):

EA Sports

The following games were released under the brand EA Sports:

  • 3 on 3 NHL Arcade
  • 2006 FIFA World Cup
  • FIFA 06
  • FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup
  • FIFA Manager 06
  • FIFA 07
  • FIFA 08
  • FIFA 09
  • FIFA 10
  • FIFA 11
  • FIFA 12
  • FIFA 13
  • Fight Night: Round 4
  • Facebreaker
  • Grand Slam Tennis
  • Celebrity Sports Showdown
  • Cricket 07
  • Cricket 09
  • Knockout Kings
  • Madden NFL 2007 ( Wii)
  • MVP 06 NCAA Baseball
  • NBA Live 2003
  • NBA Live 2004
  • NBA Live 2005
  • NBA Live 06
  • NBA Live 07
  • NBA Live 08
  • NBA Live 09
  • NCAA March Madness
  • NHL 06
  • NHL 07
  • NHL 08
  • NHL 09
  • NHL 10
  • NHL 11
  • Rugby 06
  • Rugby 08
  • Total Club Manager 2005
  • UEFA Euro 2004
  • UEFA Euro 2008

EA Sports BIG

The following games were released under the brand EA Sports BIG:

  • Def Jam Vendetta
  • FIFA Street
  • FIFA Street 2
  • FIFA Street 3
  • NBA Street
  • NBA Street Vol 2
  • NBA Street V3
  • NBA Street Showdown
  • NBA Street Homecourt
  • NFL Street
  • NFL Street 3
  • NFL Tour
  • SSX
  • SSX Tricky
  • SSX 3
  • SSX On Tour
  • SSX Blur
  • SSX: Deadly Descents
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