Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts {{nasdaq|ERTS}} is a leading video game developer and publisher. It was founded in 1982 by Trip Hawkins. It is the largest video game publisher in the world, with annual sales exceeding USD$3 billion. EA's success over the years was built upon a huge library of popular video games. In the early days of home computers, EA routinely ported their most popular titles across all platforms.

Notable games published by EA

Some of the most notable and popular games of video game history have been published by EA. Many of these are included in the list below. Though EA published these titles, they did not always develop them. Many were developed by independent game development studios.

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Early era

• Pinball Construction Set (1982) by Bill Budge
• Archon (1983) by Free Fall Associates
• M.U.L.E. (1983), by Dani Bunten and Ozark Softscape
• ' (1983) by Eric Hammond
• Music Construction Set (1984) by Will Harvey
• ' (1984) by Free Fall Associates
• The Seven Cities of Gold (1984), by Dani Bunten and Ozark Softscape
• Skyfox (1984) by Ray Tobey
• The Bard's Tale (1985), by Interplay Productions
• Mail Order Monsters (1985) by Paul Reiche III, Evan Robinson and Nicky Robinson
• Adventure Construction Set (1985) by Stuart Smith
• Racing Destruction Set (1985) by Rick Koenig
• Heart of Africa (1987), by Dani Bunten and Ozark Softscape
• Skate or Die! (1987), EA's first internally-developed title
• Earl Weaver Baseball (1987) by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower
• Populous (1989), by Bullfrog which EA acquired in 1995
• Starflight (1989)
• Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (1993)

Contemporary era

• Madden NFL (1990-Current)
• NBA Live (1994-Current)
• Need For Speed (1994-Current)
• Ultima Online (1997)
• Command & Conquer series (titles from 1999-Current), by Westwood Studios (earlier titles released by Virgin Interactive)
• SimCity series (titles from 1999-Current), by Maxis (earlier titles released by other publishers)
• ' (1999), by Bullfrog
• Medal of Honor (1999-Current)
• The Sims series (2000-Current)
• Clive Barker's Undying (2001)
• Black & White (2001) by Lionhead Studios
• Battlefield series (2002-Current)
• Everything or Nothing (2004)
• ' (2004)
• Spore (2005)
• Burnout Revenge (2005)