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Playdemic Ltd. is a mobile game development company based in Wilmslow, United Kingdom, and was established in 2009. The company specializes in creating engaging games that appeal to a wide audience and has a strong presence in social gaming. Playdemic primarily publishes its titles on platforms such as Facebook and MySpace. As of February 2017, Playdemic operates as a subsidiary of TT Games Ltd., further strengthening its capabilities and reach within the gaming industry.

Metalhead Software is a Canadian game developer in Victoria, British Columbia. The studio has focused on its Super Mega Baseball series since inception, now 10 years in the making.

Glu Mobile Inc. is a developer and publisher of free-to-play mobile games designed for smartphone and tablet users. The company offers a diverse portfolio of games across four primary genres: lifestyle, casual, mid-core, and sports. Notable titles include original intellectual properties such as Cooking Dash and Deer Hunter, alongside games that incorporate popular licensed brands like Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena. Glu Mobile distributes its games through direct-to-consumer digital storefronts, including the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, Glu Mobile has expanded its operations globally, with additional offices in locations such as Brazil, Canada, China, and Russia.

Codemasters, established in 1986 and headquartered in Southam, United Kingdom, is a prominent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment products, primarily focusing on racing video games. The company has developed a notable portfolio that includes popular titles such as the F1 series, GRID, DiRT Rally 2.0, and ONRUSH. Codemasters distributes its games globally across various platforms, catering to audiences in Europe, the United States, Australia, and beyond. The company has development studios in Southam and Birmingham, along with an art studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and a location in Pune, India. Codemasters is recognized for holding the video game rights to FORMULA ONE, having released its first high-definition F1 game in 2010. The company employs over 500 people and operates as a subsidiary of Reliance BIG Entertainment Pvt Ltd, which acquired a significant stake in 2010.

Industrial Toys Inc. is an independent game studio based in Pasadena, California, founded in 2011. The company specializes in developing mobile games aimed at core gamers, with its flagship title being Midnight Star, a re-imagined sci-fi shooter designed for touch devices. The studio focuses on fostering collaboration between game designers and users, allowing enthusiasts to engage with games on various platforms, including tablets and smartphones. As of July 2018, Industrial Toys operates as a subsidiary of Electronic Arts Inc.

Respawn Entertainment is an independent video game development studio located in the San Fernando Valley. Respawn was co-founded in Spring 2010 by Vince Zampella, a former co-founder of Infinity Ward, creators of the multi-billion dollar Call of Duty franchise. The studio released their first game, Titanfall, in March of 2014. Titanfall was the most awarded game of E3 2013 earning over 100 nominations, 60 plus wins and sweeping the Game Critics Awards for the show as well as earning numerous other accolades throughout development.

ESN Social Software is a web software company based on their real-time web framework, Planet. Planet is a modern web framework that has been engineered for the requirements found in today's popular web sites. It gives developers a complete development environment to create rich real-time web applications. The Planet software is for example used by several high profile gaming studios. They use Planet to move and share their game events back to the web in real-time - to create an immersive, sharable, social web experience around their games. Planet technology also powers a push service for creating real-time web applications; Beaconpush.com. Offering commercial Planet licenses as well as support, training and consulting, ESN provides a complete solution for creating high-profile web sites.

KlickNation, based in Sacramento, California, is a developer and publisher of free-to-play role-playing games, primarily focused on social platforms like Facebook. The company specializes in creating engaging social games, particularly in the genres of war and role-playing games. By leveraging the social aspects of these platforms, KlickNation aims to provide interactive and immersive gaming experiences to its users.

PopCap Games develops, publishes, and operates video games. Its games are available in many platforms, including PC and Mac, iPhone and iPad, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, Facebook, and more. The company is the creator of award-winning games such as Bejeweled, Zuma, Peggle, and Plants vs. Zombies. Its games have been downloaded over 1.5 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship franchise, Bejeweled, has sold more than 50 million units. PopCap Games was founded in 2000 by Stevie Case and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Firemint is a Melbourne, Australia-based studio of almost 60 people dedicated to making truly great games. Best known for worldwide hits Flight Control and Real Racing on iPhone and iPad, Firemint was founded by Rob Murray in 1999 and developed over 30 games on commission from publishers before switching to self-publishing original titles.

A Games publisher who specialises in digital distribution across multiple platforms. Chillingo has published games for iPhone and iPod touch, iPad, Wii, PSP Mini and Xbox arcade. Innovate. Publish. Play.

Playfish is a developer and publisher of social games designed for interactive play among friends on platforms like Facebook, MySpace, and mobile devices. The company has achieved significant success, with each of its games ranking among the top 10 on Facebook. Notably, Pet Society has emerged as the most popular game on the platform, attracting over 11 million monthly users. In addition to game development, Playfish offers advertising opportunities, including in-game video advertisements and sponsorship packages. The company is supported by Accel Partners and Index Ventures and operates offices in London, San Francisco, Beijing, and Tromso, Norway.

J2Play is a company that specializes in providing a viral distribution framework for casual games across web, mobile, and PC platforms. Founded in 2006 and based in Kitchener, Canada, J2Play enables game developers to self-publish their games on various social sites and integrate them into the broader social games ecosystem. The company also offers referral revenue models, facilitating monetization for game creators. As of mid-2009, J2Play operates as a subsidiary of Electronic Arts Inc.

J2MSoft designs and develops online games. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea. As of December 2, 2008, J2MSoft Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Electronic Arts Inc.

Hands-On Mobile is a global publisher of mobile lifestyle, games and personalization products targeting all market segments of the mobile handset marketplace. Hands-On Mobile is a private company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It has further offices in San Diego, London and Manchester (UK), Krakow (Poland), Madrid (Spain), Paris (France), Munich (Germany), Beijing and Shangai (China), and Sao Paulo (Brazil).

Rupture was an online destination connecting gamers and allowing them to share gaming experiences, events, challenges, and achievements. The site was founded by Shawn Fanning and investor Ron Conway. After working together with the original Napster and then with music distributor [Snocap](http://crunchbase.com/organization/snocap), the two began work on Rupture, a social network for MMORPGs; primarily for World of WarCraft (WOW) gamers. The company was based in San Francisco, California. Parent company ThreeSF, Inc., was acquired by [Electronic Arts](/organization/electronic-arts) on May 28, 2008.

VG Holding Corp. owns and operates BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios. BioWare Corp. is an electronic entertainment company and Pandemic Studios provides interactive entertainment software. VG Holding Corp. is based in Menlo Park, California.

Super Computer International, founded in 2001 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializes in providing a range of services for online multiplayer video gaming. The company develops high-performance server clustering technologies and offers gaming client applications, on-game display technologies, and backend infrastructure. Among its key products is Orion, a fully integrated gaming portal, as well as a Private Label Partner program that allows partners to sell online game server hosting. Super Computer International targets various sectors within the gaming industry, including game publishers, developers, multimedia companies, software retailers, and other related businesses, providing essential support for high-speed online gaming experiences.

SingShot is the premier online singing community that lets you choose from thousands of songs, record your own versions, and share them with the world! SingShot is located in San Francisco and was created by people passionate about music, singing, and creating new consumer experiences that people can really enjoy.

Headgate Studios is a company that was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2006.

Digital Illusions operates as a game development studio.

Phenomic Game Development is a company that was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2006.

Mythic Entertainment is a video game studio that specializes in video game development. It was launched in 1995.

Wireless game developer and publisher for multiple cell platforms. Headquartered in Los Angeles, JAMDAT has employees in locations around the world, including Honolulu, Montreal, Tokyo, London, Bucharest and Hyderabad. The company was acquired by Electronic Arts and brought into the fold of the EA Mobile line of games (with JAMDAT CEO Mitch Lasky leading the worldwide mobile gaming efforts) in December of 2005.

Hypnotix is a company that was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2005.

Ubisoft Entertainment SA, founded in 1986 by the Guillemot brothers, is a leading independent video game publisher headquartered in Montreuil, France. The company produces, publishes, and distributes video games for various platforms, including consoles, PCs, smartphones, and tablets, in both physical and digital formats globally. Ubisoft is known for its popular franchises, such as Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, and Just Dance. With a presence in 28 countries and sales in over 55 countries, Ubisoft employs a large network of developers across the world. The company also engages in online and mobile gaming and has ventured into the film business. Additionally, Ubisoft has a strategic partnership with Tencent, enhancing its reach and capabilities in the gaming market. Recently, Ubisoft has launched several high-profile titles, including Skull and Bones and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.

Criterion Software Group develops videogames and the technologies used to make them. The company is popularly known for its RenderWare product portfolio, a middleware technology for the games industry, which includes RenderWare platform: a game development middleware, which comprises an integrated technology suite that provides graphics, physics, AI, and Audio; and RenderWare studio: a game development framework. The company’s games include Burnout, Burnout 2, Burnout 3: Takedown, Burnout Revenge, Black, Burnout Paradise, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, and Burnout Crash. Criterion Software Group Limited was founded in 1993 and is based in Guildford, United Kingdom. The company was acquired by [Electronic Arts Inc.](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/electronicarts) in 2004.

NuFX is a company that was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2004.

Studio 33 is known primarily for games created for the console including Formula One, Newman-Haas Racing, and Destruction Derby Arenas. Those games, developed for other publishers, are not part of the transaction.

Black Box Games is the creators of top-selling sports and racing games.

Pogo.com is a free online gaming website that offers over 100 casual games from brands like Hasbro and PopCap Games. It offers a variety of card and board games like First Class Solitaire and Monopoly to puzzle, sports and word games like Scrabble. It is owned by Electronic Arts and is based in Redwood Shores, CA.

Kesmai is a company that was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1999.

PlayNation Ltd is a company based in Warrington, United Kingdom, that specializes in the distribution of amusement and gaming machines. Established in 2012, it serves a variety of venues, including holiday parks, motorway services, bowling centers, and airports. As of September 2015, PlayNation operates as a subsidiary of NOVOMATIC UK.

Westwood Studios is a computer and game developer that provides real-time strategy, adventure, and role-playing genres. The products of the company are eye of the beholder, the legend of kyrandia, dune, lands of lore, and command and conquer. The company develops VQA which is a file format for video encoding. The VQA format was used in every Westwood game released between 1995 and 2000. Westwood Studios is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1985 by Louis Castle. It was later acquired by Electronic Arts in 1998.

ABC is Switzerland's leading distributor of entertainment, edutainment and application software. ABC Software (Switzerland and Austria) has more than 60 full-time employees.

Tiburon Entertainment is a company that was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1998.

Maxis is a video game developer known for its innovative and engaging titles, particularly The Sims, which is recognized as the best-selling computer game of all time. As a subsidiary of Electronic Arts, Maxis focuses on creating, marketing, publishing, and distributing video games that appeal to online consumers. The company has a history of developing popular franchises, including SimCity, SimEarth, and SimAnt, and has successfully produced multiple sequels to its flagship title, with The Sims 2, The Sims 3, and The Sims 4 contributing to its ongoing success in the gaming industry.

Vision was founded in 1990. It is the leader in entertainment and edutainment software sales in South Africa and has 16 full-time employees. The company has regional offices in Durban and Cape Town and is rapidly building export sales into Kenya and four neighboring countries (Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland). In addition to Electronic Arts products, Vision distributes software for other leading publishers.

Bullfrog Productions is a game designing company. It operates as a subsidiary of Electronic Arts Inc. The company was founded by Les Edgar in 1987.

DROsoft is a company that was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1994.

Origin Systems is a video game developer.

Distinctive Software, Inc. (DSI) was a Canadian video game developer established in Burnaby, British Columbia.