Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (abbreviated and mostly known as EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. It is the second-largest gaming company in the Americas and Europe by revenue and market capitalization after Activision Blizzard and ahead of Take-Two Interactive, CD Projekt, and Ubisoft as of May 2020.
Founded and incorporated on May 27, 1982, by 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.
Electronic Arts is the current owner of the copyright for the Bejeweled series, and has been publishing Bejeweled titles since 2011, following the full acquisition of PopCap Games at $650 million. Following the studio's acquisition, EA shifted PopCap to become a studio dedicated to mobile and free-to-play games.
Bejeweled games published by EA
- Bejeweled (Java version)
- Bejeweled 3 (Java version)
- Bejeweled Classic
- Bejeweled Blitz
- Bejeweled Live (Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 versions)
- Bejeweled Live +
- Bejeweled Stars
Gallery
Corporate logo used from 1982 to 2000, featuring a square, circle and triangle.
Corporate workmark used from 1993 to 1997.
Corporate wordmark used from 1995 to 1997.
Corporate logo used from 2000 to 2020. The EA symbols are reused from the EA Sports logo with modifications. The symbol is still used today. The wordmark was used until 2020.
Corporate wordmark used since 2020.
Trivia
- Before the full acquisition of PopCap Games, EA had previously published Bejeweled on the Java platform, making it the first Bejeweled title to be published by the company
- Following the acquisition of PopCap, most of the copyright text featured in Bejeweled games would be altered to mention Electronic Arts instead, as PopCap has became a subsidiary of the company.
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