14 Facts About Electronic Arts

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Electronic Arts Inc is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California.

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Electronic Arts shifted toward internal game studios, often through acquisitions, such as Distinctive Software becoming EA Canada in 1991.

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3.

Electronic Arts scheduled an off-site meeting in the Pajaro Dunes, where the company once held such off-site meetings.

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4.

Electronic Arts recruited his original employees from Apple, Atari, Xerox PARC, and VisiCorp, and got Steve Wozniak to agree to sit on the board of directors.

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5.

Electronic Arts wrote and released to the public the Interchange File Format, which soon became an Amiga standard.

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6.

In 1990, Electronic Arts began producing console games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, after previously licensing its computer games to other console-game publishers.

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7.

Electronic Arts was The 3DO Company's primary partner in sponsoring their console, showcasing on it their latest games.

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Electronic Arts dropped its support for 3DO in favor of the PlayStation, 3DO's production ceased in 1996 and, for the remainder of the company's lifetime, 3DO developed video games for other consoles and the IBM PC until it folded in 2003.

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9.

In 1995, Electronic Arts won the European Computer Trade Show award for best software publisher of the year.

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10.

On February 1, 2006, Electronic Arts announced that it would cut worldwide staff by 5 percent.

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11.

Electronic Arts's handpicked successor is John Riccitiello, who had worked at EA for several years previously, departed for a while, and then returned.

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12.

In July 2015, Electronic Arts reached an all-time high with a stock value of US$71.

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13.

In May 2016, Electronic Arts announced that they had formed a new internal division called Frostbite Labs.

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14.

Since the mid-2010s, Electronic Arts has been in the center of numerous controversies involving acquisitions of companies and alleged anti-consumerist practices in their individual games, as well as lawsuits alleging EA's anti-competition when signing sports-related contracts.

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