EA Vancouver
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video game developer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Key facts
- Company type
- Division
- Industry
- Video games
- Predecessors
- Distinctive Software EA Black Box
- Founded
- 1991 ; 35 years ago ( 1991 ) (as EA Canada)
- Headquarters
- Burnaby , British Columbia , Canada
- Products
- NHL series (1991–present), EA Sports FC series (2023–present), FIFA series (1993–2022), SSX series (2000–2012), NFS series (1994–2000, see EA Black Box ), Skate series (2007–2010, see EA Black Box )
- Number of employees
- 1,300
- Parent
- EA Sports
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1982
- Location
- Burnaby, Canada
- Also known as
- EA Canada
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 3000
- Official website
- www.ea.com/careers/careers-overview/vancouver
- Image
- EA - Electronic Arts Office - Canada.jpg
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- inception
- 1982-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Former headquarters of Bight Games, later made an office of EA Canada, the property then sold off
EA Vancouver (formerly known as EA Burnaby, then EA Canada) is a Canadian video game developer located in Burnaby, British Columbia. The development studio opened as Distinctive Software in January 1983, and is also Electronic Arts's largest and oldest studio. EA Vancouver employs approximately 1,300 people, and houses the world's largest video game test operation. It is best known for developing a lot of EA Sports and EA Sports BIG titles, including EA Sports FC (formerly FIFA), NHL, SSX, NBA Street, NFL Street, EA Sports UFC, and FIFA Street titles, as well as a number of NBA Live and NCAA Basketball titles between 1994 and 2009.