Electronic Arts Inc.

Electronic Arts (EA) is a major American video game company that develops, publishes, and distributes interactive entertainment worldwide. Founded in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, EA grew rapidly through the 1990s and 2000s by building internal development studios and acquiring third-party developers. The company is known for a wide range of high-profile gaming franchises including FIFA (EA Sports), Madden NFL, The Sims, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Apex Legends, and many others. EA operates both as a publisher of its internal studios' titles and as a platform provider through services such as Origin (historically) and EA Play.

Over the decades EA shifted from boxed retail distribution to digital distribution, live-service games, and recurring-revenue models such as subscriptions and microtransactions. EA has been involved in industry consolidation through acquisitions of studios and technologies, and it maintains a global presence with numerous studios and corporate offices. The company has...