EA Montreal
| Subsidiary of Electronic Arts | |
| Industry |
Computer and video games Interactive entertainment |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Key people | Alain Tascan |
| Products | Video games |
| Owner | Electronic Arts |
Number of employees | 849 |
| Parent | Electronic Arts |
| Website |
www |
EA Montreal is a Canadian video game development studio owned and operated by Electronic Arts. The studio is based in Montreal, Québec. It was inaugurated by EA on March 17, 2004.[1]
The studio was founded by Alain Tascan a former Ubisoft and BAM! Entertainment executive. It is one of a few examples where EA created a new studio instead of acquiring one. In 2006 with the acquisition of Jamdat, its Montreal offices were moved to the location of EA Montreal studio.
EA Montreal and EA Mobile Montreal are operated separately, however. In 2007, following the split of EA development studios into four labels, EA Montreal became part of EA Games Label (Frank Gibeau, President). EA Montreal is responsible for two original franchises: Boogie and Army of Two as well as other titles where it collaborates with other EA studios.
The Visceral Montreal studio was closed in February 2013.[2] In April 2012, EA announced layoffs in the Mobile division.[3] A further layoff on the Mobile Division took place in February 2015.[4]
In July 2015, EA announced the creation of Motive Studios,[5] a new Montreal-based operation led by Jade Raymond. Motive is co-located at EA Montreal with BioWare, which has maintained a Montreal studio operation under the leadership of studio director Yanick Roy.
Games
| Year | Game | Platform(s) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS2 | Xbox | Win | PSP | Wii | NDS | PS3 | X360 | ||
| 2005 | SSX on Tour | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 2006 | NHL 07 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| 2007 | SSX Blur | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| 2007 | Boogie | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 2008 | Army of Two | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| 2008 | Boogie Superstar | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| 2008 | Skate It | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| 2009 | Spore Hero | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| 2009 | Need for Speed: Nitro | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| 2010 | Army of Two: The 40th Day | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| 2010 | The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| 2013 | Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Location
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EA Montreal studio is located at 3 Place Ville-Marie, downtown Montreal.
- Address:
- Electronic Arts Montreal
- 3, Place Ville Marie
- Suite 200
- Montreal, QC
- H3B 2E3
References
- ↑ Navarro, Alex (2004-03-17). "EA's Montreal Studio open for business". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
- ↑ Marchiafava, Jeff (2013-02-21). "Visceral Montreal Employee Confirms Entire Staff Let Go". Game Informer. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
- ↑ Futter, Mike. "[Updated] "Key Development Studio" EA Montreal's Mobile Division Hit With Layoffs - News - www.GameInformer.com". Game Informer. GameStop Corporation. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ Alex Wawro (2015-02-06). "Report: Layoffs strike EA Montreal". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
- ↑ http://www.ea.com/motivestudios/
External links
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