EA black box

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EA black box

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legal form Subsidiary of Electronic Arts
founding 1998 (as Black Box Games)
resolution 2013
Seat Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Branch Computer games

EA Black Box (formerly Black Box Games ) was a video game developer based in Burnaby , British Columbia , Canada , founded in 1998 by former Radical Entertainment employees and later acquired by Electronic Arts (EA). The developers are best known for the need-for-speed and skate series. The studio was during the development of Need for Speed: World in quicklime Games renamed. After a series of reorganizations, EA Black Box closed in April 2013.

history

In its early years, Black Box Games produced for publishers such as Midway Games, Sega and EA. During the development of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 in June 2002, Black Box Games was acquired by Electronic Arts (EA) and became a subsidiary of EA Canada. In the course of the takeover, the name of the studio was changed to EA Black Box.

On December 19, 2008, EA announced that, as part of EA's global consolidation plans, they would be decommissioning EA BlackBox's Vancouver studio location and moving operations to EA Canada's Burnaby facilities. Executives stressed that EA Black Box would remain open and expected the move to be completed by June 2009. The studio remained part of the EA Games label and was independent of the EA Sports studio, which was also located in the Burnaby facility.

In February 2012, EA confirmed a series of layoffs at EA Canada and EA Black Box, and that the studios would be redesigned towards "high-growth digital formats" including online, social gaming and free-to-play . EA made no statement as to whether the EA Black Box brand would remain.

In July 2012, EA Black Box was renamed Quicklime Games during the development of the PC game Need for Speed: World , under whose name it operated until it closed in April 2013.

Ghost Games assumed responsibility for the need-for-speed franchise .

Games

title year platform
GCN Mac Pc PS1 PS2 PS3 Wii Xbox X360
NASCAR 2001 2000 - - - Yes - - - - -
NHL 2K 2000 - - - - - - - - -
NHL Heat 20-02 2001 Yes - - - Yes - - Yes -
NHL heat 20-03 2002 Yes - - - Yes - - Yes -
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 2002 - - - - Yes - - - -
NHL 2004 2003 Yes - Yes - Yes - - Yes -
Need for Speed: Underground 2003 Yes - Yes - Yes - - Yes -
NHL 2005 2004 Yes - Yes - Yes - - Yes -
Need for Speed: Underground 2 2004 Yes - Yes - Yes - - Yes -
Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2005 Yes - Yes - Yes - - Yes Yes
Need for Speed: Carbon 2006 Yes Yes Yes - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NBA Street Homecourt 2007 - - - - - Yes - - Yes
Skate 2007 - - - - - Yes - - Yes
Need for Speed: ProStreet 2007 - - Yes - Yes Yes Yes - Yes
Skate it 2008 - - - - - - Yes - -
Need for Speed: Undercover 2008 - - Yes - Yes Yes Yes - Yes
Skate 2 2009 - - - - - Yes - - Yes
Need for Speed: World 2010 - - Yes - - - - - -
Skate 3 2010 - - - - - Yes - - Yes
Need for Speed: The Run 2011 - - Yes - - Yes Yes - Yes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trey Walker: EA to buy Black Box. In: GameSpot. May 17, 2006, Retrieved May 30, 2019 (American English).
  2. ^ Industry Canada Government of Canada: Archived - September 2002. October 3, 2002, accessed May 31, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Tor Thorsen: EA layoffs hit 1,000, Black Box 'consolidated'. In: GameSpot. Retrieved January 5, 2009, May 31, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ Fred Dutton: Redundancies confirmed at EA Canada. In: Eurogamer. February 3, 2012, accessed May 31, 2019 .
  5. ^ Post Arcade: EA closing Vancouver studios PopCap and Quicklime in latest round of layoffs: report | Financial Post. April 25, 2013, accessed May 31, 2019 (Canadian English).
  6. ↑ Chris Roper: EA Black Box Closing. In: IGN. December 19, 2008, Retrieved May 31, 2019 (American English).
  7. ^ Ghost takes control of the Need For Speed ​​brand. Retrieved May 31, 2019 .