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140-430: The player begins by creating a personal team, in which the players correspond to real players whether present or past. Players are obtained by competing in and completing daily quests, games, or events, or can be purchased on the transfer market, exchange market, or in-game store. Alongside these ways of obtaining players; the in-game currency of coins, gems, and seasonal tokens can all also be obtained, which can be spent in

280-434: A Fortune 500 company with over one thousand employees. In February 1982, Hawkins arranged a meeting with Don Valentine of Sequoia Capital to discuss financing his new venture, Amazin' Software. Valentine encouraged Hawkins to leave Apple, where the latter served as Director of Product Marketing, and allowed Hawkins to use Sequoia Capital's spare office space to start the company. Trip Hawkins incorporated and established

420-468: A Stanford MBA classmate, Jeff Burton from Atari for international business development. The business plan was again refined in September and reissued on October 8, 1982. By November, the employee headcount rose to 11, including Tim Mott, Bing Gordon , David Maynard, and Steve Hayes. Having outgrown the office space provided by Sequoia Capital, the company relocated to a San Mateo office that overlooked

560-507: A bigger company, albeit with Viacom as the potential bidder. In May 2008, EA announced that it would purchase the assets of Hands-On Mobile Korea, a South Korean mobile game developer and publisher. The company became EA Mobile Korea. In September 2008, EA dropped its buyout offer of Take-Two. No reason was given. As of November 6, 2008, it was confirmed that Electronic Arts is closing their Casual Label & merging it with their Hasbro partnership with The Sims Label. EA also confirmed

700-539: A black & white animation tool called Studio/1, and a series of Paint titles called Studio/8 and Studio/32 (1990). Relationships between Electronic Arts and their external developers often became difficult when the latter missed deadlines or diverged from the former's creative directions. In 1987, EA released Skate or Die! , their first internally developed game. EA continued publishing their external developers' games while experimenting with their internal development strategy. This led to EA's decision of purchasing out

840-417: A conference call with reporters, stated that their poor performance in the fourth quarter was not due entirely to the poor economy, but also to the fact that they did not release any blockbuster titles in the quarter. In the quarter ending December 31, 2008, the company lost US$ 641 million . On February 2, 2009, Ludlum Entertainment had signed a deal with Electronic Arts to grant exclusive rights to bring

980-461: A direct competitor to Valve 's Steam and Epic Games ' Store . EA also owns and operates major gaming studios such as DICE , Motive Studio , BioWare , and Respawn Entertainment . Trip Hawkins had been an Apple Inc. employee since 1978, at a time when the firm had only about fifty employees. Over the next four years, the market for home personal computers skyrocketed. By 1982, Apple had completed its initial public offering (IPO) and become

1120-722: A final deal that would have had NBCUniversal spun out from Comcast before bringing EA within it. Amazon was also mentioned as a possible customer for EA; CNBC reported in late August that Amazon was no longer interested in a takeover. In January 2023, EA cancelled development on Apex Legends Mobile and Battlefield Mobile, leading to the shutdown of developer Industrial Toys . On February 28, 2023, EA eliminated 200 QA testers from its Baton Rouge, Louisiana office. The testers predominantly worked on Respawn Entertainment 's Apex Legends battle royale game. On March 29, EA announced it would lay off 6% of its workforce, or 775 employees. In June 2023, EA announced an internal reorganization of

1260-543: A full 90-minute match. However, the time is sped up, so fulltime will take about six to eight minutes. If the score is tied by the end of the match, the game will not go into extra time. The only gamemode where it is possible to go into extra time is when the player is playing against the AI or another player in Tournaments or PVP. Manager Mode Manager Mode(MM) is a gamemode where the AI will play against each other instead of

1400-493: A gradual increase in stock value. In July 2015, Electronic Arts reached an all-time high with a stock value of US$ 71.63, surpassing the previous February 2005 record of $ 68.12. This is also up 54% from $ 46.57 in early January 2015. The surge was partly attributed to EA's then-highly anticipated Star Wars Battlefront reboot, which released one month before Star Wars: The Force Awakens , also highly anticipated. During E3 2015 , EA vice-president Patrick Söderlund announced that

1540-536: A group that will complement their objectives." This statement comes a week after EA announced it was laying off 6% about 600 of their staff positions and had a US$ 310 million net loss for the quarter. Due to the 2008 economic crisis , Electronic Arts had a poorer than expected 2008 holiday season, moving it in February 2009 to cut approximately 1,100 jobs, which it said represented about 11% of its workforce. It also closed 12 of their facilities. Riccitiello, in

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1680-574: A licensing agreement to develop and release EA's titles, like John Madden Football , FIFA International Soccer , Shaq Fu , Jungle Strike and Urban Strike for various consoles. In 1995, Electronic Arts won the European Computer Trade Show award for best software publisher of the year. As the company was still expanding, they opted to purchase space in Redwood Shores, California in 1995 for construction of

1820-546: A lower quality of the 3DO's software library as a backfiring of its liberal license policy, it fell further behind and lost competition. 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. In 1994, Electronic Arts and THQ signed

1960-572: A men's World Cup. Frappart previously oversaw the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final . They were joined by three female assistant referees, Neuza Back, Kathryn Nesbitt, and Karen Díaz Medina. Frappart then officially became the first-ever female referee to officiate a World Cup match when she worked the Costa Rica vs Germany match in Group E on 1 December. Gambian referee Bakary Gassama and Argentine assistant referee Juan Pablo Belatti were among

2100-523: A mistake, often stripping smaller studios of its creative talent. Riccitiello said that the city-state model allows independent developers to remain autonomous to a large extent, and cited Maxis and BioWare as examples of studios thriving under the new structure. During 2007, EA announced that it would be bringing some of its major titles to the Mac . EA also released Battlefield 2142 , Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars , Crysis , Harry Potter and

2240-541: A multi-year pact to broadcast Madden NFL competitive matches across the world through its Competitive Gaming Division arm. On August 14, 2018, Patrick Söderlund announced his departure from EA as its vice-president and chief design officer, after serving twelve years with the company. With Söderlund's departure, the SEED group was moved as part of EA's studios, while the EA Originals and EA Partners teams were moved under

2380-465: A new Sims and Casual Label, where there is a deep compatibility in the product design, marketing and demographics. ... In the days and weeks ahead, we will make further announcements on the reporting structure for the other businesses in the Casual Label including EA Mobile, Pogo, Media Sales and Online Casual Initiatives. Those businesses remain growth priorities for EA and deserve strong support in

2520-492: A new headquarters, which was completed in 1998. Early in 1997, Next Generation identified Electronic Arts as the only company to regularly profit from video games over the past five years, and noted it had "a critical track record second to none". In 1999, EA replaced their long-running Shapes logo with one based on the EA Sports logo used at the time. EA also started to use a brand-specific structure around this time, with

2660-547: A new packaged version of Crysis 2 that included all the downloadable content without the storefront features, EA did not publish any additional games on Steam until 2019, instead selling all personal computer versions of games through Origin. In July 2011, EA announced that it had acquired PopCap Games , the company behind games such as Plants vs. Zombies , Peggle and Bejeweled . EA continued its shift toward digital goods in 2012, folding its mobile-focused EA Interactive (EAi) division "into other organizations throughout

2800-531: A partnership in which EA becomes an exclusive major supplier of mobile games to Nokia mobile devices through the Nokia Content Discoverer. In the beginning, Nokia customers were able to download seven EA titles ( Tetris , Tetris Mania , The Sims 2 , Doom , FIFA 06 , Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 and FIFA Street 2 ) on the holiday season in 2006. Rick Simonson is the executive vice-president and director of Nokia and starting from 2006

2940-676: A remaining 14.8% stake in it in 2010. Since June 2023, the company is organized in two main divisions: EA Entertainment Technology & Central Development (EA Entertainment for short, formerly EA Games) and EA Sports. First introduced in 1991 as the Electronic Arts Sports Network, before being renamed due to a trademark dispute with ESPN, EA Sports publishes all the sports games from EA, including FC , Madden NFL , Fight Night , NBA Live , NCAA Football , Cricket , NCAA March Madness , Tiger Woods PGA Tour , NHL , NASCAR and Rugby . FIFA

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3080-480: A result, the World Cup was unusually staged in the middle of the seasons of many domestic association football leagues, which started in late July or August, including all of the major European leagues, which had been obliged to incorporate extended breaks into their domestic schedules to accommodate the World Cup. Major European competitions had scheduled their respective competitions group matches to be played before

3220-614: A second successive World Cup for the first time in their history, losing in the qualification play-off semi-finals . The Italians were the only former champions and the highest ranked team in the FIFA Men's World Rankings that failed to qualify. Italy were also the fourth team to have failed to qualify for the upcoming World Cup after having won the previous UEFA European Championship , following Czechoslovakia in 1978 , Denmark in 1994 , and Greece in 2006 . The previous World Cup hosts, Russia , were disqualified from competing due to

3360-469: A series of companies they identify as successful, as well as the decision to release annualized franchises to cut budget costs. Because of Trip Hawkins' obsession of simulating a sports game, he signed a contract with football coach John Madden that led to EA's developing and releasing annual Madden NFL games. In 1988, EA published a flight simulator game exclusively for Amiga, F/A-18 Interceptor , with filled-polygon graphics that were advanced for

3500-564: A subsidiary of EA. Wilson stated that "the franchises in our combined portfolio will enable us to create innovative new experiences and bring more players into the excitement of cars and motorsport". In January 2021, Disney announced it had revived the Lucasfilm Games label for its licensed video game properties and announced new games including a new Star Wars game that would be developed by Ubisoft aimed for release in 2023, indicating that EA's ten-year exclusive license in 2013 to

3640-527: A takeover bid for rival game company Take-Two Interactive . After its initial offer of US$ 25 per share, all cash stock transaction offer was rejected by the Take-Two board, EA revised it to US$ 26 per share, a 64% premium over the previous day's closing price and made the offer known to the public. Rumours had been floating around the Internet prior to the offer about Take-Two possibly being bought over by

3780-579: A team's quota of regular substitutions. Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand suffered a concussion in his country's opening match against England and was replaced by Hossein Hosseini . This was the first use of a dedicated concussion substitute during a World Cup. The bidding procedure to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups began in January 2009. National associations had until 2 February 2009 to register interest. Initially, 11 bids were made for

3920-496: A very small chance of containing one of the UTOTS players and hundreds of millions of coins, it was guaranteed to contain those rewards. Although the glitch was patched in about an hour, the market was flooded with coins and people had the best teams in the game. EA responded by giving everyone who didn't open a glitched pack one UTOTS player and TOTS player. EA also shut down the market for multiple hours. Eventually, all players who used

4060-469: Is a discounted series of EA Sports. In 2011, Forbes ranked EA Sports eighth on their list of most valuable sports brands, with a value of $ 625 million . EA All Play is a mobile-oriented label that, since 2012, publishes digital titles like The Simpsons ' , Tetris , and Battlefield , as well as Hasbro board games like Scrabble . The EA Competitive Gaming Division (CGD), founded in 2015 by Peter Moore and currently headed by Todd Sitrin,

4200-635: Is affiliated with John Riccitiello and are partners. In February 2007, Probst stepped down from the CEO job while remaining on the board of directors. His handpicked successor is John Riccitiello , who had worked at EA for several years previously, departed for a while, and then returned. Riccitiello previously worked for Elevation Partners , Sara Lee and PepsiCo . In June 2007, new CEO John Riccitiello announced that EA would reorganize itself into four labels, each with responsibility for its own product development and publishing (the city-state model). The goal of

4340-734: Is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California . Founded in May 1982 by former Apple employee Trip Hawkins , the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the designers and programmers responsible for its games as "software artists". EA published numerous games and some productivity software for personal computers, all of which were developed by external individuals or groups until 1987's Skate or Die! The company shifted toward internal game studios, often through acquisitions, such as Distinctive Software becoming EA Canada in 1991. Into

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4480-528: Is due to its strategy of platform-agnostic development and the creation of strong multi-year franchises. EA was the first publisher to release yearly updates of its sports franchises— Madden , FIFA , NHL , NBA Live , Tiger Woods , etc.—with updated player rosters and small graphical and gameplay tweaks. Recognizing the risk of franchise fatigue among consumers, EA announced in 2006 that it would concentrate more of its effort on creating new original intellectual property. In September 2006, Nokia and EA announced

4620-582: Is located in Stockholm and Vancouver . EA announced the closure of Visceral Games in October 2017. Prior, Visceral had been supporting EA's other games but was also working on a Star Wars title named Project Ragtag since EA's acquisition of the Star Wars license, even hiring Amy Hennig to direct the project. While EA did not formally give a reason for the closure, industry pundits believed that EA

4760-630: Is the group dedicated on enabling global eSports competitions on EA's biggest franchises including FIFA , Madden NFL , Battlefield and more. The Search for Extraordinary Experiences Division (SEED) was revealed at the 2017 Electronic Entertainment Expo as a technology research division and incubator, using tools like deep learning and neural networks to bring in player experiences and other external factors to help them develop more immersive narratives and games. SEED has offices in Los Angeles and Stockholm. EA Partners co-publishing program

4900-606: The James Bond property, DreamWorks Interactive , and eventually DICE ; in the latter two cases, these studios were acquired by EA as part of the EA DICE family. In 2003, EA's president John Riccitiello pushed for a renaming of the EA Distribution label, seeing the potential to bring in more independent developers and additional revenue streams. While they rebranded the label as EA Partners in 2003, Riccitiello left EA

5040-492: The 2018 FIFA World Cup , but Mexico withdrew from proceedings, and Indonesia's bid was rejected by FIFA in February 2010 after the Indonesian Football Association failed to submit a letter of Indonesian government guarantee to support the bid. After UEFA were guaranteed to host the 2018 event, members of UEFA were no longer in contention to host in 2022. There were five bids remaining for

5180-499: The 2023 AFC Asian Cup . Since Qatar reached the final stage as winners in their group, Lebanon , the fifth-best second place team, advanced instead. France , the reigning World Cup champions , qualified for the event through European qualification. Saint Lucia initially entered CONCACAF qualification but withdrew from it before their first match. North Korea withdrew from the AFC qualifying round due to safety concerns related to

5320-510: The COVID-19 pandemic . Both American Samoa and Samoa withdrew before the OFC qualification draw due to travel restrictions following the pandemic. Tonga withdrew after the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami . Due to COVID-19 outbreaks in their squads, Vanuatu and Cook Islands also withdrew because of the travel restrictions . Of the 32 nations qualified to play at

5460-605: The Golden Glove , awarded to the tournament's best goalkeeper ; and the Young Player Award , awarded to the tournament's best young player, respectively. With 172 goals, the tournament set a record for the highest number of goals scored in the 32-team format, with every participating team scoring at least one goal. The choice to host the World Cup in Qatar attracted significant criticism , with concerns raised over

5600-660: The Middle East and Persian Gulf countries , and the second held entirely in Asia after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan . This tournament was the last with 32 participating teams, with the number of teams being increased to 48 for the 2026 edition . To avoid the extremes of Qatar's hot climate , the event was held in November and December instead of during the traditional months of May, June, or July. It

5740-611: The NCAA , EA announced in February 2021 that it was returning to college sports with a planned EA Sports College Football title to likely be released in 2023. The company announced its plans to extend its mobile commitment in February 2021 by acquiring Glu Mobile in an deal estimated worth $ 2.1 billion . The acquisition was completed by the end of April 2021. The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia acquired 7.4 million shares of EA, valued at $ 1.1 billion , in February 2021. Former CEO and current chairman Probst stated in May 2021 he

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5880-601: The PlayStation 2 launch title X-Squad . The second; Square Electronic Arts L.L.C., would publish Square's titles in North America. The venture was described as a success by Square, as it allowed the company to release more of their titles in the North American market. In February 2003, with the preparation of Square and Enix's merger into Square Enix ; both partnerships were announced to be dissolved at

6020-542: The Russian invasion of Ukraine . Chile , the 2015 and 2016 Copa América winners, failed to qualify for the second consecutive time. Nigeria were defeated by Ghana on away goals in Confederation of African Football (CAF) final playoff round, having qualified for the previous three World Cups and six out of the last seven. Egypt , Panama , Colombia , Peru , Iceland , and Sweden , all of whom qualified for

6160-561: The San Francisco Airport landing path. When he incorporated the company, Hawkins originally chose Amazin' Software as their company name, but his other early employees of the company universally disliked the name; as a result, the company changed its name to Electronic Arts in November 1982. He scheduled an off-site meeting in the Pajaro Dunes , where the company once held such off-site meetings. Hawkins had developed

6300-445: The Star Wars property was likely not extended. EA still maintained a non-exclusive license to Star Wars games, affirming more titles would be coming following this announcement. As of February 2021, EA's Star Wars games had sold more than 52 million copies and brought in more than $ 3 billion in revenue. After a six-year absence from producing college sports-based game due to legal issues related to student athlete likenesses with

6440-670: The 2004 holiday season, EA responded by making several large sports licensing deals which include an exclusive agreement with the NFL , and in January 2005, a 15-year deal with ESPN . The ESPN deal gave EA exclusive first rights to all ESPN content for sports simulation games. On April 11, 2005, EA announced a similar, 6-year licensing deal with the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) for exclusive rights to college football content. Much of EA's success, both in terms of sales and with regards to its stock market valuation,

6580-428: The 2018 World Cup, did not qualify for the 2022 tournament. Ghana were the lowest ranked team to qualify, ranked 61st. The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the FIFA Men's World Ranking before the tournament were: AFC (6) CAF (5) CONCACAF (4) CONMEBOL (4) OFC (0) UEFA (13) Before submitting their final squad for

6720-801: The 2022 FIFA World Cup, 24 countries competed at the previous tournament in 2018. Qatar were the only team making their debut in the FIFA World Cup, becoming the first hosts to make their tournament debut since Italy in 1934 . The Netherlands , Ecuador , Ghana , Cameroon , and the United States returned to the tournament after missing the 2018 tournament. Canada returned after 36 years, their only prior appearance being in 1986 . Wales made their first appearance in 64 years—the longest-ever gap for any team, their only previous participation having been in 1958 . Italy , four-time winners and reigning European champions , failed to qualify for

6860-534: The 2022 FIFA World Cup: Australia, Japan, Qatar, South Korea, and the United States. The 22-member FIFA Executive Committee convened in Zürich , Switzerland, on 2 December 2010 to vote to select the hosts of both tournaments. Two FIFA executive committee members were suspended before the vote in relation to allegations of corruption regarding their votes. The decision to host the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which

7000-584: The 21st century, EA develops and publishes games of established franchises, including Battlefield , Need for Speed , The Sims , Medal of Honor , Command & Conquer , Dead Space , Mass Effect , Dragon Age , Army of Two , Apex Legends , and Star Wars , as well as the EA Sports titles FC , FIFA , Madden NFL , NBA Live , NHL , PGA , and UFC . Since 2022, their desktop titles appear on self-developed EA App , an online gaming digital distribution platform for PCs and

7140-522: The 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. In July 2022, FIFA announced the hotels and training sites for each participating team. This World Cup was the most compact since the inaugural edition in 1930 , with 24 of the 32 teams being within a 10 km radius of each other, and are concentrated within the Doha area. It was the first Cup since 1930 in which players did not need to take flights to matches and could remain at

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7280-685: The Amiga will blow your socks off. We think the Amiga, with its incomparable power, sound and graphics, will give Electronic Arts and the entire industry a very bright future. –Trip Hawkins, 1985 Amiga advertisement In the mid-1980s, Electronic Arts aggressively marketed products for the Amiga , a home computer introduced in 1985. Commodore had given EA development tools and prototype machines before Amiga's actual launch. For Amiga EA published some notable non-game titles. A drawing program Deluxe Paint (1985) and its subsequent versions became perhaps

7420-709: The Chinese version of the game. In 2020, Nexon released the Korean and Japanese version of the game. On June 23, 2016, EA Sports announced that the J1 League and J.League Cup would be featured in the game for the first time. On September 4, 2016, EA Sports announced at Brasil Game Show 2016 that 19 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A teams will be featured in their respective league ( Corinthians and Flamengo , who signed an exclusivity deal with Konami for Pro Evolution Soccer , do not appear). Five Série B teams are also in

7560-476: The Chinese, Japanese and Korean version had another update in terms of gameplay graphics, which later were adopted to the successor EA Sports FC Mobile . UTOTS stands for Ultimate Team Of The Season, featuring the best players out of the main Team Of The Season in every top 5 European leagues. On June 13, 2023, there was a glitch that affected a pack in the new UTOTS event. Instead of the pack having

7700-1020: The Global version, such as the introduction of Head to Head, which later adopted in FIFA Mobile 19 Global version. FIFA Mobile 19 introduces the UEFA Champions League . It was confirmed that the game would have a licensed Serie A . The game will include the CSL , the first FIFA title to do so. However, it was confirmed that the game will not include the Russian Premier League , as it did in FIFA Mobile 18 and previous FIFA Mobile versions. The Russian Premier League teams PFC CSKA Moscow , Spartak Moscow , and Lokomotiv Moscow were kept, while Dinamo Zagreb , Dynamo Kyiv , Slavia Praha , and Viktoria Plzen were added to

7840-548: The November 2019 release of Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order , as well as bringing the EA Access subscription service to Steam. While EA plans to continue to sell games on Origin, the move to add Steam releases was to help get more consumers to see their offerings. Due to COVID-19 lockdowns and growing demand for online games, EA's revenue grew to $ 1.4bn in the first quarter of 2020. EA rebranded both EA Access and Origin to EA Play on August 18, 2020, but otherwise without changing

7980-637: The Order of the Phoenix , Madden NFL 08 , Need for Speed: Carbon , and Spore for the Mac. All of the new games have been developed for the Macintosh using Cider, a technology developed by TransGaming that enables Intel -based Macs to run Windows games inside a translation layer running on Mac OS X. They are not playable on PowerPC-based Macs. In February 2008, it was revealed that Electronic Arts had made

8120-622: The U.S., five in the United Kingdom, six in Continental Europe , and eight elsewhere. The majority of these companies and studios are now defunct , with some having been merged into other entities. Of the six companies which EA purchased a stake in, two remaining companies are based in the U.S., while three other U.S. companies are defunct. After acquiring a 19.9% stake in France-based Ubisoft in 2004, EA sold

8260-476: The World Cup, to avoid playing group matches the following year. The match schedule was confirmed by FIFA on 15 July 2020. The group stage was set to begin on 21 November, with four matches every day. Later, the schedule was tweaked by moving the Qatar vs Ecuador game to 20 November, after Qatar lobbied FIFA to allow their team to open the tournament. The final was played on 18 December 2022, National Day , at Lusail Stadium . Unlike previous tournaments where

8400-500: The arrival of FIFA Mobile 22 for Android and iOS devices. This season of FIFA Mobile made more changes in terms of graphics and gameplay similar to the Chinese, Japanese and Korean version of FIFA Mobile 21. A new market system was introduced. Regions were also added based on location, with players only being able to play with others in their region. The 2022 update also saw the removal of 'Stamina'. Clubs such as Ferencvárosi TC , Hajduk Split , Wrexham FC , and APOEL FC were added to

8540-519: The best seven teams. Pot 2 contained the next best eight teams, with the next best eight teams into pot 3. Pot 4 contained the five lowest-ranked teams, along with the placeholders for the two inter-confederation play-off winners and the UEFA Path A play-off winner. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group except for UEFA teams, for which there was at least one and no more than two per group. This principle also applied to

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8680-516: The cancellation of a first-person shooter set in the Star Wars universe, and that the company would be moving away from licensed IP in favor of EA-owned franchises. In July 2024, actor labor union Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), which also has numerous video game voice actors as members, would initiate a labor strike against a number of video publisher, including EA, over concerns about lack of A.I. protections not only video game actors, but also

8820-508: The company leveraged to leapfrog its early competitors. Promoting its developers was a trademark of EA's early days. Games were sold in square packages modeled after album covers (such as those for 1983's M.U.L.E. and Pinball Construction Set ). Hawkins thought the packaging would both save costs and convey an artistic feeling. EA routinely referred to their developers as "artists" and gave them photo credits in their games and full-page magazine ads. Their first such ad, accompanied by

8960-556: The company said that current CFO and COO Blake Jorgensen would be stepping down by mid-2022. The company's COO role was taken over by Chief Studios Officer Laura Miele , while a search for a new CFO was launched. Longtime Microsoft executive Chris Suh was later appointed as CFO in March 2022. Industry reports around May 2022 asserted that EA had been looking to be acquired by larger media firms, including Disney, Apple, and Comcast / NBCUniversal . These reports said that EA had been nearing

9100-617: The company with a personal investment of an estimated US$ 200,000 on May 27, 1982. For more than seven months, Hawkins refined his Electronic Arts business plan . With aid from his first employee (with whom he worked in marketing at Apple), Rich Melmon, the original plan was written, mostly by Hawkins, on an Apple II in Sequoia Capital's office in August 1982. During that time, Hawkins also employed two of his former staff from Apple, Dave Evans and Pat Marriott, as producers , and

9240-567: The company would start investing more on smaller titles such as Unravel so as to broaden the company's portfolio. On December 10, 2015, EA announced a new division called Competitive Gaming Division, which focuses on creating competitive game experience and organizing ESports events. It was once headed by Peter Moore . In May 2016, Electronic Arts announced that they had formed a new internal division called Frostbite Labs. The new department specializes in creating new projects for virtual reality platforms, and "virtual humans". The new department

9380-457: The company's Strategic Growth group. On February 6, 2019, Electronic Arts' stock value was hit by a decline of 13.3%, the worst decline since Halloween 2008. This was largely due to the marketing of their anticipated title Battlefield V , which was released after the holiday season of October 2018. Stocks were already declining since late August, when EA announced that Battlefield V ' s release would be delayed until November. Upon release,

9520-433: The company's chief marketing officer. On August 23, EA announced it was eliminating 50 roles at BioWare , or 20% of its workforce. A group of former employees later sued EA, seeking better severance following their layoffs. In December 2023, EA laid off an unknown number of Codemasters employees. In February 2024, EA announced that it would lay off 670 employees, or 5% of its global workforce. The cuts came with

9660-456: The company, specifically those divisions led by EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, COO Peter Moore, and CTO Rajat Taneja, and EVP of digital Kristian Segerstrale." On March 18, 2013, John Riccitiello announced that he would be stepping down as CEO and a member of the Board of Directors on March 30, 2013. Larry Probst was also appointed executive chairman on the same day. Andrew Wilson was named as

9800-499: The company. In June 2011, EA launched Origin , an online service to sell downloadable games for personal computers directly to consumers. Around this time, Valve , which runs Steam in direct competition with Origin, announced changes to storefront policy disallowing games that used in-game purchases that were not tied to Steam's purchasing process, and removed several of EA's games, including Crysis 2 , Dragon Age II , and Alice: Madness Returns in 2012. Although it released

9940-525: The company. CEO Andrew Wilson announced a realignment of the company into two organizations – EA Sports and EA Entertainment – both of which would report directly to him, having Laura Miele, previously Chief Studios Officer and COO, as the president of EA Entertainment, and Cam Weber, formerly EVP and group General Manager of EA Sports as president of EA Sports. Vince Zampella , Samantha Ryan, and Jeff Karp continued on EA Entertainment, leading and overseeing specific studios under EA Entertainment. Also announced in

10080-526: The costs of these elements in anticipation of the game's full November 2017 launch, but they were reportedly told by Disney to disable all microtransactions until they could come up with a fairer monetization scheme. By March 2018, EA had developed a fairer system that eliminated the pay to win elements and drastically reduced costs for unlocking characters. The controversy over Battlefront II 's loot boxes led to an 8.5% drop in stock value in one month—about $ 3.1 billion and impacted EA's financial results for

10220-464: The country's treatment of migrant workers , women , and members of the LGBT community , as well as Qatar's climate, lack of a strong football culture , scheduling changes, and allegations of bribery for hosting rights and wider FIFA corruption . The FIFA World Cup is a professional football tournament held between national football teams, organised by FIFA . The tournament, held every four years,

10360-525: The data to public forums and threatening to release more if their demands were not met. EA acquired mobile game developer Playdemic Studios in Manchester, England from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in June 2021 for $ 1.4 billion , following the merger of Discovery, Inc. with WarnerMedia . As of June 2021, the acquisition was expected to complete by 2022. In their SEC filings in September 2021,

10500-527: The deal did not include those properties, so Cut the Rope became published by ZeptoLab , and Angry Birds became published by Rovio Entertainment . On May 4, 2011, EA reported $ 3.8 billion in revenues for the fiscal year ending March 2011, and on January 13, 2012, EA announced that it had exceeded $ 1 billion in digital revenue during the previous calendar year. In a note to employees, EA CEO John Riccitiello called this "an incredibly important milestone" for

10640-642: The departure of Kathy Vrabeck, who was given the position as former president of the EA Casual Division in May 2007. EA made this statement about the merger: "We've learned a lot about casual entertainment in the past two years, and found that casual gaming defies a single genre and demographic. With the retirement and departure of Kathy Vrabeck, EA is reorganizing to integrate casual games—development and marketing—into other divisions of our business. We are merging our Casual Studios, Hasbro partnership, and Casual marketing organization with The Sims Label to be

10780-403: The different offensive stages of a match only, and the difficulty level of the chances is decided by the team OVR. The VS Attack mode features an asynchronous turn-based multiplayer. Apart from VS Attack, there are also other Division Rivals multiplayer gamemodes, being Head to Head and Manager Mode. Head to Head Head to Head, or more commonly known as H2H, is a PVP match in which a player plays

10920-425: The draw are shown below. The eight groups were formed randomly, selecting one team from each of the four pots. Two teams from the same confederation could not be placed into the same group, with the exception of UEFA teams, where up to two teams could be in the same group. The only team whose position in the draw was predetermined was the host Qatar, who were placed into position A1. In May 2022, FIFA announced

11060-531: The eight stadiums were built (some in place of older, outdated venues) and the Khalifa International Stadium was renovated for the tournament. Of these eight stadiums, all but two have since been either dismantled, or have been moderately or heavily modified. The Stadium 974 is used to be dismantled after the tournament, however as of November 2024, this has not happened and the stadium has sat abandoned in its original site—this stadium

11200-869: The end of March with each partner buying the other's shares. Electronic Arts Square was renamed as Electronic Arts K.K. and began self-publishing EA's titles in Japan from then on while Square Electronic Arts was folded under Square Enix's North American operations. In 2004, EA made a multimillion-dollar donation to fund the development of game production curriculum at the University of Southern California's Interactive Media Division . On February 1, 2006, Electronic Arts announced that it would cut worldwide staff by 5 percent. On June 20, 2006, EA purchased Mythic Entertainment , who are finished making Warhammer Online . After Sega's ESPN NFL 2K5 successfully grabbed market share away from EA's dominant Madden NFL series during

11340-416: The end of its financial quarter ending March 31, 2019, Wilson announced they were cutting about 350 jobs, or about 4% of its workforce, primarily from their marketing, publishing, and operations divisions. Wilson stated the layoffs were necessary to "address our challenges and prepare for the opportunities ahead". EA announced in October 2019 that it would be returning to release games on Steam, starting with

11480-554: The event. FIFA's six continental confederations organised their own qualifying competitions . All 211 FIFA member associations were eligible to enter qualification. The Qatari national team , as hosts, qualified automatically for the tournament. However, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) obliged Qatar to participate in the Asian qualifying stage as the first two rounds also act as qualification for

11620-569: The fans in the region. In 2020, Nexon announced the Korean and Japanese version of FIFA Mobile , which differ in terms of graphics and gameplay like the Chinese version. FIFA Mobile 21 was released on 2 November 2020. This season of FIFA Mobile saw the addition of the League Matchups mode. The Chinese, Japanese and Korean version also have another major changes in terms of graphics and new Impact Engine gameplay, which later adopted to FIFA Mobile 22 Global version. EA Sports announced

11760-419: The film company United Artists , Steve Hayes opposed, saying, "We're not the artists, they [the developers] are..." This statement from Hayes immediately tilted sentiment towards Electronic Arts and the name was unanimously endorsed and adopted later in 1982. He recruited his original employees from Apple, Atari, Xerox PARC, and VisiCorp, and got Steve Wozniak to agree to sit on the board of directors. Hawkins

11900-558: The first time as a Live Event. EA Sports FC Mobile 25 is the season update of EA Sports FC Mobile 24 to celebrate first anniversary since FIFA Mobile was renamed as EA Sports FC Mobile, launched on September 24th, 2024. Just like FIFA Mobile 23, the Squads would not be reset after season update. This season saw the addition of new mode called Club Challenge, in which player compete against other users in head to head matches like Head to Head mode, except with clubs from several leagues around

12040-424: The five stadium projects launched were designed by German architect Albert Speer & Partners . The Al Bayt and Al Wakrah stadiums were the only indoor stadiums of the eight used. In an April 2013 report by Merrill Lynch , the organisers in Qatar requested that FIFA approve a smaller number of stadiums due to the growing costs. Bloomberg said that Qatar wished to cut the number of venues to eight or nine from

12180-420: The following quarters. Furthermore, the visibility of this controversy led to debate at government levels around the world to determine if loot boxes were a form of gambling and if they should be regulated. In January 2018, EA announced eMLS, a new competitive league for EA Sports' FIFA 18 through its Competitive Gaming Division (CGD) and MLS . That same month, EA teamed up with ESPN and Disney XD in

12320-443: The following stadiums: FIFA confirmed the group stage venue and kick-off times on 1 April 2022, following the draw. In April 2022, FIFA announced the prizes for all participating nations. Each qualified team received $ 1.5 million before the competition to cover preparation costs with each team receiving at least $ 9 million in prize money. This edition's total prize pool was $ 440 million, $ 40 million greater than

12460-573: The game changed to Impact Engine for the first time, which was previously used for the mobile version of FIFA 16 Ultimate Team . The game featured more than 30 official leagues, over 700 clubs and over 17,000 players. It included for the first time the Romanian Liga 1 and its 16 teams and also the Indian Super League (ISL) with all of its 11 clubs, as well as UAE club, Al Ain , who were added following extensive requests from

12600-493: The game was met with a mixed reception, and EA sold one million fewer copies than their expected figure of 7.3 million. Also attributed to the stock plunge was the game's lack of the game mode Battle Royale , popularized by PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and then Fortnite . Stocks then surged 9.6% with the surprise release of Apex Legends , which garnered 25 million players in just one week, smashing Fortnite ' s record of 10 million players in two weeks. In advance of

12740-915: The game. Boca Juniors appears as Buenos Aires FC in the game since the club signed a deal with Konami ; for the same reasons, Colo-Colo appears as CD Viñazur . Once again, due to Konami securing deals with certain Brazilian clubs, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A is featured in an incomplete form, this time with only 15 clubs, with the notable omissions of São Paulo , Palmeiras , Corinthians , Flamengo and Vasco da Gama , all of which are Konami partners. The remaining Brazilian clubs, while appearing with licensed branding, do not have any of their players licensed due to an ongoing judicial dispute over image rights, which are negotiated individually with each player, unlike other countries. After two previous season use old FIFA 08 engine,

12880-440: The game. EA released its FIFA Mobile 22 on 18 January 2022. In November 2022, FIFA Mobile 23 (the final season until the game was changed as EA Sports FC Mobile ) was released as a season update of FIFA Mobile 22 , with several changes such as Advanced Passing and the Squads would not be reset after season update. FIFA Mobile 23 was the first and only version that featured the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament mode. In 2023,

13020-502: The game. The Brazilian teams in the game have generic player names which the user cannot change. FIFA Mobile 18 was announced by EA Sports for Global version in 2017 and Tencent Games for Chinese version in 2018. It features the third tier of Germany 's Bundesliga , the 3. Liga , and has again included the Turkish Süper Lig after EA renewed its licence with them. The Chinese version have several differences compared to

13160-475: The glitch had their coins reset to 200M. In 2023, EA Sports FC Mobile succeeded the FIFA Mobile game series in the launch of EA Sports FC Mobile 24 on 21 September for the Chinese version, 22 September for the Korean version, 23 September for the Japanese version, and 26 September for the global version. Following the split between EA and FIFA, features included cross-regional play, power shots, new skills,

13300-439: The ideas of treating software as an art form and calling the developers "software artists". Hence, the latest version of the business plan suggested the name "SoftArt". Hawkins and Melmon knew the founders of Software Arts , the creators of VisiCalc , and thought their permission should be obtained. Dan Bricklin did not want the name used because it sounded too similar (perhaps " confusingly similar ") to Software Arts ; however,

13440-424: The likes of Cafu (Brazil), Lothar Matthäus (Germany), Adel Ahmed Malalla (Qatar), Ali Daei (Iran), Bora Milutinović (Serbia/Mexico), Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Rabah Madjer (Algeria), and Tim Cahill (Australia). For the draw, 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on the FIFA Men's World Rankings of 31 March 2022. Pot 1 contained host Qatar (who were automatically assigned to position A1) and

13580-425: The list of 36 referees, 69 assistant referees, and 24 video assistant referees for the tournament. Of the 36 referees, FIFA included two each from Argentina, Brazil, England, and France. For the first time women referees officiated games at a major men's tournament. France's Stéphanie Frappart , Salima Mukansanga from Rwanda, and Yoshimi Yamashita from Japan became the first female referees to be appointed to

13720-403: The main publishing side of the company rebranding to EA Games. The EA Sports brand was retained for major sports titles, the new EA Sports Big label would be used for casual sports titles with an arcade twist, and the full Electronic Arts name would be used for co-published and distributed titles. EA began to move toward direct distribution of digital games and services with the acquisition of

13860-471: The match venues and kick-off times for each fixture were set prior to the draw, the assignment of group fixtures for each matchday to a specific venue and kick-off time was only made after the final draw, with the teams of each specific fixture known. This was due to the close proximity of the venues, which allowed the organizers to optimize stadium allocation for spectators and kick-off times for television audiences. The matches for each group were allocated to

14000-672: The most famous piece of software available for Amiga platform. In addition, EA's Jerry Morrison conceived the idea of a file format that could store images, animations, sounds, and documents simultaneously, and would be compatible with third-party software. He wrote and released to the public the Interchange File Format , which soon became an Amiga standard. Other Amiga programs released by EA included Deluxe Music Construction Set , Instant Music and Deluxe Paint Animation . Some of them, most notably Deluxe Paint , were ported to other platforms. For Macintosh EA released

14140-475: The name concept was liked by all the attendees. Hawkins had also recently read a bestselling book about the film studio United Artists and liked the reputation that the company had created. Hawkins said everyone had a vote, but they would lose it if they went to sleep. Hawkins liked the word "electronic", and various employees had considered the phrases "Electronic Artists" and "Electronic Arts". When Gordon and others pushed for "Electronic Artists", in tribute to

14280-1226: The new CEO of EA by September 2013. In April 2013, EA announced a reorganization which was to include dismissal of 10% of their workforce, consolidation of marketing functions which were distributed among the five label organizations, and subsumption of Origin operational leadership under the President of Labels. EA acquired the lucrative exclusive license to develop games within the Star Wars universe from Disney in May 2013, shortly after Disney's closure of its internal LucasArts game development in 2013. EA secured its license from 2013 through 2023, and began to assign new Star Wars projects across several of its internal studios, including BioWare , DICE , Visceral Games , Motive Studios , Capital Games and external developer Respawn Entertainment . In April 2015, EA announced that it would be shutting down various free-to-play games in July of that year, including Battlefield Heroes , Battlefield Play4Free , Need for Speed: World , and FIFA World . The reorganization and revised marketing strategy lead to

14420-477: The new entity. By fall 2012, both Muzyka and Zeschuk had chosen to depart the merged entity in a joint retirement announcement. On November 9, 2009, EA announced layoffs of 1,500 employees, representing 17% of its workforce, across a number of studios including EA Tiburon, Visceral Games , Mythic and EA Black Box . Also affected were "projects and support activities" that, according to Chief Financial Officer Eric Brown "don't make economic sense", resulting in

14560-437: The officials to serve at their third World Cup. Belatti was an assistant referee in the 2018 final . Other returning officials included referees César Arturo Ramos of Mexico and Janny Sikazwe of Zambia, and Iranian assistant referee Mohammadreza Mansouri . On 15 December 2022, FIFA announced that Polish referee Szymon Marciniak would adjudicate the final. Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. ( EA )

14700-451: The placeholder teams, with constraints applying based on the confederation of both potential winners of each play-off tie. The draw started with pot 1 and ended with pot 4, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically. The position for the team within the group would then be drawn (for the purpose of the match schedule ), with the pot 1 teams automatically drawn into position 1 of each group. The pots for

14840-617: The player can play a VSA or H2H match against a friend. As the name suggests, there are different divisions in Division Rivals. This is so as to split the players of different levels of gamelplay. When the player reaches a certain number of "fans", cups or points, the division will increase. Every 28 days, the divisions will reset. The game also features Live Events themed on recent real world events, as well as mini games based on skills such as shooting, passing, dribbling and goalkeeping. Examples of events that are based on happenings in

14980-458: The player manually controlling the players on the pitch. The idea of MM is more focused on tactics than skill. As a reward for playing the match, the player will receive Uniserval Tokens depending on the results of the match. In VSA, the number of fans changes. In H2H, the number of cups changes, and in MM the number of points changes. VS Friends There is also another section called VS Friends, where

15120-587: The popular online gaming site Pogo.com in 2001. In 2009, EA acquired the London-based social gaming startup Playfish . In December 1997, Electronic Arts ended their Japanese publishing joint-venture with Victor Entertainment , entitled Electronic Arts Victor , and purchased out Victor's 35% stake in the venture. On May 1, 1998, Electronic Arts announced the formation of two joint-ventures with Square . The first; Electronic Arts Square K.K., would publish Electronic Arts' titles in Japan and also developed

15260-410: The previously mentioned markets. The personal team is used for PvP matches in Division Rivals and some Live Events. Other Live Event matches and Tournament matches have the player use a real team to play. There are different types of Division Rivals matches, with them being VS Attack, Head to Head, and Manager Mode. VS Attack The game has a "VS Attack" mode, better known as VSA, in which players play

15400-434: The prize pool of the previous tournament . The tournament featured new substitution rules whereby teams could make up to five substitutions in normal time, and an additional substitution in extra time . In addition, it was the first World Cup to feature concussion substitutions , whereby each team was permitted to use a maximum of one concussion substitute during a match. A concussion substitution did not count towards

15540-717: The real world: Current Events in-game include Starting from FIFA Mobile 23, the game featured Tournament Mode, themed on several real life football events, such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup , the UEFA Champions League , and the UEFA Euro 2024 (the latter two events were appeared in EA Sports FC Mobile 24). EA announced the game on August 16, 2016, during Gamescom 2016 and the game was released worldwide on October 11, 2016, for iOS , Android , and Microsoft Windows . In November 2017, EA ended support for FIFA Mobile on Windows devices. In 2018, Tencent Games released

15680-497: The reorganization was to empower the labels to operate more autonomously, streamline decision-making, increase creativity and quality, and get games into the market faster. This reorganization came after years of consolidation and acquisition by EA of smaller studios, which some in the industry blamed for a decrease in quality of EA titles. In 2008, at the DICE Summit, Riccitiello called the earlier approach of "buy and assimilate"

15820-460: The return of a global market, and a new UEFA Champions League tournament mode. FC Mobile also included CONMEBOL Libertadores for the first time as a Live Event. In April 2024, the game had another major update, which included a gameplay graphics improvement and new Spectator Mode. On June 11, 2024, the game had another new update, which featured UEFA Euro 2024 tournament mode and Live Event. Later, FC Mobile also included 2024 Copa América for

15960-447: The same day, CFO Chris Suh and chief experience officer Chris Bruzzo would be leaving the company at the end of the month, with the first leaving for another company while the other going to retire. In place of Suh as CFO came Stuart Canfield, a 20-year veteran of the company who had most recently been serving as SVP of enterprise finance and investor relations, while the company's new chief experiences officer became David Tinson, previously

16100-466: The same in 1958 and 1962. Argentine captain Lionel Messi was voted the tournament's best player, winning his second Golden Ball . The tournament has been considered exceptionally poetic as the capstone of his career, with the win fulfilling for some commentators a previously unmet criterion to be regarded as the greatest player of all time. Teammates Emiliano Martínez and Enzo Fernández won

16240-473: The same training base throughout the entire tournament. The Qatari government employed about 50,000 security personnel including police departments and military forces from at least thirteen countries, including Poland, Germany, France, Kuwait, Jordan, Italy, Palestine, Spain, Pakistan, Turkey, USA, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. The Turkish government provided about 3,000 riot police personnel, whilst Pakistan provided about 4,500 Army troops to Qatar for

16380-473: The shutdown of popular communities such as Battlefield News and the EA Community Team. These layoffs also led to the complete shutdown of Pandemic Studios . In October 2010, EA announced the acquisition of England-based iPhone and iPad games publisher Chillingo for US$ 20 million in cash. Chillingo published the popular Angry Birds for iOS and Cut the Rope for all platforms, but

16520-440: The slogan "We see farther," was the first video game advertisement to feature software designers. EA shared lavish profits with their developers, which added to their industry appeal. The Amiga will revolutionize the home computer industry. It's the first home machine that has everything you want and need for all the major uses of a home computer, including entertainment, education and productivity. The software we're developing for

16660-508: The stadium by up to 20 °C (36 °F). Their marketing included statements describing the stadiums as zero waste , and the upper tiers of the stadiums will be disassembled after the World Cup and donated to countries with less developed sports infrastructure. Qatar aspired to be compliant and certified by the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) for all the World Cup stadiums. All of

16800-409: The subscription price or services offered as part of a streamlining effort. In December 2020, EA placed a bid to buy Codemasters , a British developer of racing games, in a deal worth $ 1.2 billion, outbidding an earlier offer placed by Take-Two Interactive . The acquisition, agreed to by Codemasters, was completed by February 18, 2021, with all shares of Codemasters transferred to Codex Games Limited,

16940-576: The time. Another significant Amiga release (also initially available for Atari ST, later converted for other platforms) was Populous (1989) developed by Bullfrog Productions . It was a pioneering title in the genre that was later called " god games ". In 1990, Electronic Arts began producing console games for the Nintendo Entertainment System , after previously licensing its computer games to other console-game publishers. In 1991, Trip Hawkins stepped down as EA's CEO and

17080-465: The tournament, teams named a provisional squad of up to 55 players. Teams were required to have their 55-player roster submitted to FIFA by 21 October. Teams were required to name their final squads by 13 November. In August 2022, FIFA increased the final squad size to 26 players from a total of 23 players at the 2018 edition . All teams had a total of 26 players in their final squads except for France and Iran , who chose 25 players. The final draw

17220-521: The true cost was $ 8 billion, and other figures related to overall infrastructure development since the World Cup was awarded to Qatar in 2010. The first five proposed venues for the World Cup were unveiled at the beginning of March 2010. Qatar intended that the stadiums should reflect its history and culture, and for the designs to meet the following terms of reference: legacy, comfort, accessibility, and sustainability. The stadiums were equipped with cooling systems that aim to reduce temperatures within

17360-443: The twelve originally planned. By April 2017, FIFA had yet to finalise the number of stadiums Qatar must have readied in five years' time. Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) said it expected there would be eight in and near Doha , with the exception of Al Khor. Eight stadiums in five Qatarian cities were built or renovated for the FIFA World Cup. Between 2010 (when Qatar were announced as hosts) and 2022, seven of

17500-445: The use of A.I to replicate an actor’s voice, or create a digital replica of their likeness. Since 1983 and the 1987 release of its Skate or Die! , Electronic Arts has respectively published and developed games, bundles, as well as a handful of earlier productivity software. As of April 2021, Electronic Arts' largest acquisition is the purchase of Glu Mobile , for $ 2.4 billion. Of the 39 companies acquired by EA, 20 are based in

17640-426: The work of Robert Ludlum into video gaming. As of early May 2009, the subsidiary studio EA Redwood Shores was known as Visceral Games. On June 24, 2009, EA announced it would merge two of its development studios, BioWare and Mythic into one single role-playing video game and MMO development powerhouse. The move placed Mythic under control of BioWare as Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk went in direct control of

17780-471: The world, such as Premier League , La Liga and CONMEBOL Libertadores . 2022 FIFA World Cup The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup , the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA . It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. It was the first World Cup to be held in

17920-497: Was first played in 1930 in Uruguay, and has been contested by 32 teams since the 1998 event . The tournament was contested with eight round-robin groups followed by a knockout round for 16 teams. The defending champions were France , who defeated Croatia 4–2 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final . The event was scheduled to take place under a reduced length, from 20 November to 18 December in Qatar. Being held in Qatar, it

18060-530: Was Argentina's third title and their first since 1986 , as well as being the first nation from outside of Europe to win the tournament since 2002 . French player Kylian Mbappé became the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final since Geoff Hurst in the 1966 final and won the Golden Boot as he scored the most goals (eight) during the tournament. Mbappé also became the first player to score in two consecutive finals since Vavá of Brazil did

18200-775: Was concerned about the principally single-player game which would be difficult to monetize, as well as the slow pace of development. EA's original approach to the microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II sparked an industry-wide debate on the use of random-content loot boxes . While other games had used loot boxes, EA's original approach within Battlefront II from its early October 2017 launch included using such mechanics for pay to win gameplay elements, as well as locking various Star Wars characters behind expensive paywalls, leading several gaming journalists and players to complain. EA modified some of

18340-407: Was dedicated to publishing and distributing games developed by third-party developers. EA Partners began as EA Distribution, formed in 1997 and led by Tom Frisina, a former executive from Accolade and Three-Sixty who helped both companies find third-party developers as to provide publishing support for them. Frisina's early partners included Looking Glass Studios , MGM Interactive for the rights to

18480-451: Was determined to sell directly to buyers. Combined with the fact that Hawkins was pioneering new game brands, this made sales growth more challenging. Retailers wanted to buy known brands from existing distribution partners. Former CEO Larry Probst arrived as VP of Sales in late 1984 and helped expand the already successful company. This policy of dealing directly with retailers gave EA higher margins and better market awareness, key advantages

18620-507: Was graded as having "high operational risk", generated criticism from media commentators. It was criticised by many as being part of the FIFA corruption scandals, which led to the 2015 FIFA corruption case . The voting patterns were as follows: At an estimated cost of over $ 220 billion, it is the most expensive World Cup ever held to date; this figure is disputed by Qatari officials, including organising CEO Nasser Al Khater, who said

18760-600: Was held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha , Qatar, on 1 April 2022, 19:00 AST , prior to the completion of qualification . The two winners of the inter-confederation play-offs and the winner of the Path A of the UEFA play-offs were not known at the time of the draw. The draw was attended by 2,000 guests and was led by Carli Lloyd , Jermaine Jenas and sports broadcaster Samantha Johnson, assisted by

18900-423: Was held over a reduced time frame of 29 days with 64 matches played in eight venues across five cities . Qatar entered the event—their first World Cup—automatically as the host's national team, alongside 31 teams determined by the qualification process . Argentina were crowned the champions after winning the final against the title holder France 4–2 on penalties following a 3–3 draw after extra time. It

19040-463: Was intended to appeal to the PC market. Electronic Arts was The 3DO Company's primary partner in sponsoring their console, showcasing on it their latest games. With a retail price of US$ 700 (equivalent to $ 1,476.43 in 2023) compared to its competitors' $ 100, the console lagged in sales, and with the 1995 arrival to North America of Sony's PlayStation , a cheaper and more powerful alternative, combined with

19180-561: Was retiring from the company. Current EA CEO Wilson took over as chairman. In June 2021, EA confirmed that they had suffered a data breach, with game and engine source code taken from their servers, including the source for the Frostbite Engine and FIFA 21 ; EA assured no player or user data had been obtained. Hackers that had taken the code had started selling it around on the dark web . The perpetuators of this breach began to extort EA for money in July, releasing small portions of

19320-407: Was succeeded by Larry Probst. Hawkins went on to found the now-defunct 3DO Company , but still remained EA's chair until July 1994. In October 1993, 3DO developed the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer , which at the time was the most powerful game console. Once a critic of game consoles, Hawkins had conceived a console that unlike its competitors would not require a first-party license to be marketed, and

19460-465: Was the first World Cup tournament to be held in the Arab world . Spectators were not required to follow most COVID-19 restrictions such as social distancing, wearing masks, and negative tests. Unlike previous FIFA World Cups, which are typically played in June and July, because of Qatar's intense summer heat and often fairly high humidity , the 2022 World Cup was played in November and December. As

19600-593: Was the first planned temporary stadium ever used for a FIFA World Cup. Lusail Stadium , Al Bayt Stadium , Ahmad bin Ali Stadium , Education City Stadium , Al Thumama Stadium and Al Janoub Stadium will be moderately or heavily modified as reduce their capacity by half. The Khalifa International Stadium (latter along with the Stadium 974 ) are the only largely unmodified stadium that were used for this tournament. Team base camps Base camps were used by

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