History Creator / ElectronicArts

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Despite this, EA has proven extremely successful over the past few years, outdoing their profit projections for the eighteenth consecutive quarter in Q4 FY 2019.

Although the company launched its own service, Origin, in 2011, to compete with UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and gradually began to stop releasing games on Steam (with ''Warp'' being the last game they would release on Steam), on October 29, 2019, they reversed this policy, announcing that they would be bringing several of their titles released over the course of the previous year (as well as the ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'') to Steam (though you still have to have an Origin account).

On a funny note, their record label used for their games' music (EA™ Recordings) used to be abbreviated as [[FunWithAcronyms E.A.R.S.]], now named Electronic Arts Music after 2016.

[[https://ea.com Electronic Arts, Inc.]] (EA) is the second-oldest independent video game publisher to remain in existence (since the demise of Creator/{{Acclaim}}). Beginning life in 1982 as the brainchild of electronics entrepreneur and corporate raider Trip Hawkins, the company first made its name publishing titles for the home computer market on machines like the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} and UsefulNotes/AppleII rather than attempting to follow Creator/{{Activision}} into the home console market. As a result of this, they largely avoided becoming embroiled in UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 which killed off many of their rivals. In their early days, they justified their name by attempting to treat computer games as art, and the authors as artists in their own right, [[AuteurLicense sending them to network television interviews and nationwide press junkets.]] They also did various non-videogame projects during the era, including the animation in the title sequence of the British GameShow ''Series/CatchPhrase'' for its' first few years. They also compared game designers to "rock stars," to the point where they issued early games in [[PackagedAsOtherMedium LP-style sleeves]], complete with gatefolds.

[[http://ea.com Electronic Arts]] (EA) is the second-oldest independent video game publisher to remain in existence (since the demise of Creator/{{Acclaim}}). Beginning life in 1982 as the brainchild of electronics entrepreneur and corporate raider Trip Hawkins, the company first made its name publishing titles for the home computer market on machines like the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} and UsefulNotes/AppleII rather than attempting to follow Creator/{{Activision}} into the home console market. As a result of this, they largely avoided becoming embroiled in UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 which killed off many of their rivals. In their early days, they justified their name by attempting to treat computer games as art, and the authors as artists in their own right, [[AuteurLicense sending them to network television interviews and nationwide press junkets.]] They also did various non-videogame projects during the era, including the animation in the title sequence of the British GameShow ''Series/CatchPhrase'' for its' first few years. They also compared game designers to "rock stars," to the point where they issued early games in [[PackagedAsOtherMedium LP-style sleeves]], complete with gatefolds.

The "Games" half of the company has also grown over the years, acquiring many other smaller companies and their intellectual properties: Maxis (''VideoGame/SimCity'', ''VideoGame/TheSims'', ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}''), Creator/OriginSystems (''VideoGame/StrikeCommander'', ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'', ''VideoGame/WingCommander'', ''VideoGame/WingCommanderPrivateer''), Creator/WestwoodStudios (''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer Command & Conquer]]''), Creator/BullfrogProductions (''VideoGame/{{Populous}}'', ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'', ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}''), Pandemic Studios (''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront Star Wars: Battlefront]]''), Creator/BioWare (''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'', ''Franchise/MassEffect'', ''Franchise/DragonAge'') and Creator/PopCap (''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'', ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''). Occasionally, EA even publish their own unique games, such as ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''.

A lesser-known, third division of the company is called EA Partners, which handles publishing duties in the West for many games developed by Japanese publishers who lack a presence outside Japan, as well as offering publishing and distributing channels for smaller Western developers that wouldn't normally have access to those channels by themselves. The most prominent of those was a short-lived partnership with Creator/{{Square|Enix}}soft in the days before their merging with Enix. Today, EA Partners is the publisher of a number of titles from smaller developers, including the ''VideoGame/RockBand'' series, the ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' series, the ''VideoGame/{{Shank}}'' games and, surprisingly, being the retail distributor of games developed by Creator/{{Valve|Software}} before the company seemingly abandoned console gaming altogether.

Although the company launched their own service, Origin, in 2011, to compete with UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and gradually began to stop releasing games on Steam (with ''Warp'' being the last game they would release on Steam), on October 29, 2019, they reversed this policy, announcing that they would be bringing several of their titles released over the course of the previous year (as well as the ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'') to Steam (though you still have to have an Origin account).

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* Officially licensed UsefulNotes/FormulaOne games, from 2000 to 2003 and then from 2021 onwards thanks to their buyout of Codemasters.

* Starting from 2021, officially licensed UsefulNotes/FormulaOne games thanks to their buyout of Codemasters.

Electronic Arts (EA) is the second-oldest independent video game publisher to remain in existence (since the demise of Creator/{{Acclaim}}). Beginning life in 1982 as the brainchild of electronics entrepreneur and corporate raider Trip Hawkins, the company first made its name publishing titles for the home computer market on machines like the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} and UsefulNotes/AppleII rather than attempting to follow Creator/{{Activision}} into the home console market. As a result of this, they largely avoided becoming embroiled in UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 which killed off many of their rivals. In their early days, they justified their name by attempting to treat computer games as art, and the authors as artists in their own right, [[AuteurLicense sending them to network television interviews and nationwide press junkets.]] They also did various non-videogame projects during the era, including the animation in the title sequence of the British GameShow ''Series/CatchPhrase'' for its' first few years. They also compared game designers to "rock stars," to the point where they issued early games in [[PackagedAsOtherMedium LP-style sleeves]], complete with gatefolds.

* ''VideoGame/TheImmortal''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}} Paradise'' (pulled from digital stores after their license with Creator/{{Universal}} expired)

* Official games based on ''Franchise/TheSimpsons''. (2001-2002; and since 2007)
** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'' (Console version only)
** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsSkateboarding''
** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame''
** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut''

* As of May 6, 2013, official games based on the ''Star Wars'' franchise.[[note]]although EA published ''The Old Republic'' prior to the acquisition of the license[[/note]][[index]]
** ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''
** ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront2015''
** ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017''
** ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder''
** ''[[VideoGame/{{Ragtag}} Project: Ragtag]]''[[note]]After Visceral Games was closed in late October 2017, ''Ragtag'' was cancelled and may be retooled.[[/note]]
** ''VideoGame/StarWarsSquadrons''

* Official games based on Creator/DCComics movies. (Until 2006, as the rights were reverted to [=DC's=] parent company Creator/WarnerBros through their gaming division)
** ''VideoGame/BatmanBegins''
** ''VideoGame/Catwoman2004''
** ''VideoGame/SupermanReturns''

* [[VideoGame/HarryPotter Official games]] based on the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies. (Until 2011, as the rights were reverted to Creator/WarnerBros through their gaming division)
** ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' (2001)
** ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' (2002)
** ''VideoGame/HarryPotterQuidditchWorldCup'' (2003)
** ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' (2004)
** ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' (2005)
** ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' (2007)
** ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' (2009)
** ''[[VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts 1 and 2]]'' (2010, 2011)

* Official games based on {{Creator/Hasbro}} properties
* Official games based on the Creator/PeterJackson ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'' movies (Until 2009, as the rights were reverted to Creator/WarnerBros through their gaming division under license from the Tolkien Estate)

* Official games based on the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' franchise
** ''VideoGame/TomorrowNeverDies''
** ''VideoGame/TheWorldIsNotEnough''
** ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenRacing''
** ''VideoGame/AgentUnderFire''
** ''VideoGame/{{Nightfire}}''
** ''VideoGame/EverythingOrNothing''
** ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent''
** ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove''
* ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesBackInAction''

* ''VideoGame/MarvelNemesisRiseOfTheImperfects''

* ''VideoGame/EASportsStreet''

* ''VideoGame/BoomBlox''
* ''VideoGame/CliveBarkersUndying''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dawngate}}''

* ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesBackInAction''

* Official games based on ''Franchise/TheSimpsons''.

* [[Creator/DreamWorksInteractive Ripple Effect Studio]] (formerly [=DreamWorks=] Interactive LLC, later EA Los Angeles, Danger Close Games, and lastly DICE Los Angeles)

* ''VideoGame/LostInRandom''

** [[Creator/DreamWorksInteractive DICE Los Angeles]] (formerly [=DreamWorks=] Interactive LLC, later EA Los Angeles, and lastly Danger Close Games)

* The Sims Studios

* EA Maxis
* Visceral Games (formerly EA Redwood Shores)

* ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenRacing'' -- developed in co-operation with Eutechnyx

* ''[[VideoGame/BlackAndWhite Black and White]]''

* As of May 6, 2013, official games based on the Star Wars franchise.[[note]]although EA published ''The Old Republic'' prior to the acquisition of the license[[/note]][[index]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' (the remaster of Crysis 1 is self-published by Creator/{{Crytek}})