TAKE-TWO-AGGEDON: A list of everything EA's bought in the last 20 years
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EA made public a serious move to buy Take-Two last night, a deal that would have been worth more than $2 billion to Take-Two shareholders. While Take-Two has rejected the offer and negotiations are now ongoing, MTV was kind enough to put together a list of the companies EA has acquired over the past 17 years. Just in case you need it, like.
- 1991: Distinctive Software (now EA Canada); purchased for $11 million
- 1992: Origin Systems (now defunct)
- January 1995: Bullfrog Productions (now defunct)
- 1996: Manley & Associates (became EA Seattle, now defunct)
- July 1997: Maxis (folded into EA Redwood Shores)
- 1998: Tiburon Entertainment (now EA Tiburon)
- August 1998: Westwood Studios (now defunct); purchased for $122.5 million
- November 1999: Kesmai (now defunct)
- February 2000: DreamWorks Interactive (now EA Los Angeles)
- June 2002: Black Box Games (now EA Black Box/EA Canada)
- October 2003: Studio 33 (now EA North West)
- February 2004: NuFx
- August 2004: Criterion Software; purchased for a rumored 40 million pounds ($79 million)
- July 2005: Hypnotix (now part of EA Tiburon)
- December 2005: JAMDAT Mobile (now EA mobile); purchased for $680 million
- June 2006: Mythic Entertainment (now EA Mythic)
- August 2006: Phenomic (now EA Phenomic)
- October 2006: Digital Illusions CE; approx. $24 million
- November 2006: Headgate Studios (now EA Salt Lake)
- January 2008: BioWare Corp./Pandemic Studios; purchased for $620 million