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Electronic Arts is an American company that is a developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of video games, that was founded in 1982. Products of the company include EA Sports franchises, Sims, and other titles on both handheld and home gaming consoles. [ 1] Electronic Arts often acquires new companies to expand or add to new product lines.
This is a list of largest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the video game industry with publicly disclosed deal values.Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is the most expensive video game acquisitions of all time followed by Activision-Vivendi Games merger and Take-Two Interactive-Zynga acquisition. 14 of the 20 most expensive video game purchases in video game history occurred ...
Since Microsoft's first acquisition in 1986, it has purchased an average of six companies a year. The company purchased more than ten companies a year between 2005 and 2008, and it acquired 18 firms in 2006, the most in a single year, including Onfolio, Lionhead Studios, Massive Incorporated, ProClarity, Winternals Software, and Colloquis.
Electronic Arts announced Wednesday that it will cut 5% of its workforce, part of a plan that includes reducing office space and ending work on some video games. Video game company EA to lay off 5 ...
October 13, 2023. ( 2023-10-13) Status. Closed. On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. [ 1] The acquisition was completed on October 13, 2023, with its total cost amounting to $75.4 billion. [ 2] Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft brought Activision Blizzard under its ...
Electronic Arts is laying off 5% of its workforce, making it the latest video game company to enact staffing reductions in the first quarter of the year. In its most recent annual SEC filing ...
Activision Blizzard joined the S&P 500 stock index on August 28, 2015, becoming one of only two companies on the list related to gaming, alongside Electronic Arts. [53] The company released the next iteration of the Skylanders franchise in September 2015, which added vehicles to the "toys to life" category. [54]
After months of teases and hype, EA Sports’ “College Football 25” will be released for PlayStation and Xbox next Friday on July 19, 2024, marking the first new game in 11 years in the ...