EA Phenomic

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EA Phenomic

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legal form Daughter of Electronic Arts
founding 1997
resolution July 2013
Reason for dissolution Closure by the parent company
Seat Ingelheim am Rhein
management Dirk Rings
Number of employees 60
Branch Entertainment software
Website www.phenomic.de

Phenomic Game Development Logo (2003-2005)

EA Phenomic , originally founded as Phenomic Game Development , was a German development studio for computer games . It became famous for the development of the Spellforce series. From 2006 the company was part of the EA Group , and in 2013 it was closed.

Company history

Phenomic was founded in 1997 by Volker Wertich in Ingelheim am Rhein under the name Phenomic Game Development. Wertich had already earned a reputation as the inventor and creative head of the successful Die-Siedler series and was significantly involved in the development of the first and third parts of the series.

In August 2006, Phenomic Game Development was taken over by the US publisher Electronic Arts and has since operated under the name EA Phenomic. In the group structure, EA Phenomic was assigned to the Swedish development studio Digital Illusions CE . EA Phenomic was the first studio to be acquired by Electronic Arts in Europe outside of the UK. Shortly after this takeover, the US publisher announced the acquisition of all shares in Digital Illusions CE.

Electronic Arts announced that EA Phenomic after the acquisition to the creation of online - real-time strategy games will focus.

In July 2013 it was announced that EA had closed the studio and laid off the 60 employees.

meaning

Besides Crytek , EA Phenomic was one of the few German studios with international significance. In the area of ​​international reviews, Phenomic was one of the most successful German development studios. From 2001 to 2006 there were only two PC games developed in Germany that achieved a higher average rating on Metacritic.com than SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars , namely Far Cry and Gothic .

A novelty in the SpellForce series is the unusually strong mixture of elements from the genres of real-time strategy and role-playing games. On December 13, 2011 it was announced that EA Phenomic is developing the web-based real-time strategy Free2Play game Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances .

Games

Phenomic also mentions its collaboration on the first and third part of the Die-Siedler series on the official website . The creative mind behind Phenomic is Volker Wertich , the inventor of the Die-Siedler series.

Awards

German developer award

The awards EA Phenomic received as part of the German Developer Award :

2006 public vote

  • 2nd place in the category best German role-playing game (SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars)
  • 2nd place in the category best German strategy game (SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars)

Jury selection

  • 2nd place in the category best German game (SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars)
  • 3rd place in the category best game graphics (SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars)
  • 3rd place in the category best soundtrack / in-game sound (SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars)
  • 2nd place in the category best cut scenes / intros (SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars)
  • 2nd place in the best game / level design category (SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars)

2005

  • 3rd place in the category best soundtrack / in-game sound (SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix)
  • 3rd place in the category best story / game world (SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix)
  • 2nd place in the category best game / level design (SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix)
  • 2nd place in the category best RPG / adventure game (SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix)

2004

  • 1st place in the best sound category (SpellForce: Breath of Winter)
  • 2nd place in the best interface category (SpellForce: Breath of Winter)
  • 1st place in the category best cut scenes / intros (SpellForce: Breath of Winter)
  • 2nd place in the category best cutscenes / intros (SpellForce: The Order of Dawn)
  • 2nd place in the best graphics category (SpellForce: Breath of Winter)
  • 2nd place in the Midprice category (SpellForce: Breath of Winter)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b EA closes German developer studio
  2. ↑ Brendan Sinclair: EA Acquires Phenomic Game Development ( English ) GameSpot.com. August 23, 2006. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ Electronic Arts: EA Acquires Phenomic Game Development; Acclaimed Creators of Real Time Strategy Franchises Become EA's Newest Studio in ... ( English ) In: Press Release . The Free Library. August 23, 2006. Retrieved April 14, 2008.
  4. ↑ gamesindustry.biz: EA Phenomic closed (English)
  5. ↑ Spellforce2 - Metacritic.com (English)
  6. ↑ ea.de: EA announces Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances

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