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24 ABOUT


Founded: 1998 In-house (Owned by EA) Location: Burnaby, Canada www.eablackbox.com


Having spun out of Radical Entertainment in 1998, EA Black Box has a history developing games for a wealth of publishers including Sega, Midway Games and EA, with the latter acquiring the studio in 2002, renaming it from its original moniker, Black Box Games. For a decade it has taken the


reigns of the Need for Speed property, with the 2011 iteration The Run – which earnt the developer an impressive £10.97m in UK sales after release in November – securing the team a place on this list. Also behind the acclaimed Skate series, EA Black Box moved to EA Canada’s Burnaby building after the closure of the gaming giant’s Vancouver operation in 2008. It now shares its offices with another of the publisher’s subsidiaries, EA Sports.


38 WWW.DEVELOP100.COM NEED FOR SPEED GAMES INCLUDE:


HOT PURSUIT 2, UNDERGROUND, MOST WANTED, PROSTREET STUDIO’S 2011 BESTSELLERS


FORMATS


NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN


SKATE 3


NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON


SKATE 2


NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER


PLAYSTATION 3 XBOX 360 PC


TOTAL XBOX 360 PSP TOTAL XBOX 360 XBOX 360


PLAYSTATION 3 TOTAL


PLAYSTATION 3 TOTAL


PLAYSTATION 3 TOTAL


PUBLISHER


ELECTRONIC ARTS ELECTRONIC ARTS ELECTRONIC ARTS


RELEASE DATE TOTAL REV NOV 2011 £5.49m NOV 2011 £5.38m NOV 2011 £0.10m £10.97m


ELECTRONIC ARTS MAY 2010 ELECTRONIC ARTS MAY 2010


ELECTRONIC ARTS


ELECTRONIC ARTS ELECTRONIC ARTS


ELECTRONIC ARTS ELECTRONIC ARTS


£1.64m £0.83m £2.47m


NOV 2006 £0.05m £0.05m


JAN 2009 JAN 2009


£0.01m £0.01m £0.02m


NOV 2008 £0.01m NOV 2008 £0.01m £0.02m


EA BLACK BOX


develop 100 UK RETAIL REVENUE IN 2011


£13.55m


THE WORLD’S BEST GAMES STUDIOS


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