Electronic Arts Chicago
Moby ID: 6086
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Electronic Arts Chicago was founded as a merger of different internal EA development teams: the Def Jam and Fight Night teams from EA Canada, and NuFX. The campus was initially set up in downtown Hoffman Estates, IL, just outside Chicago city proper, but an additional studio was placed in October 2006, in the heart of the city.
On 6 November 2007, the division was closed. Frank Gibeau, president of the EA Games label, sent out a memo that the location had grown dramatically in the past three years while revenue from the games developed there had not. The sequel to Def Jam: Icon was cancelled. At that time, the company was also working on a Marvel fighting game. Most of the developers moved on to Robomodo, formed in January 2008.
Credited on 3 Games from 2005 to 2007
| Def Jam: Icon (2007 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) |
| Fight Night Round 3 (2006 on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360...) |
| Fight Night Round 2 (2005 on PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube) |
History +
- November 6, 2007
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The division is closed.
- October 2006
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An additional studio is set up in the center of Chicago.
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 3 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 3 games with Electronic Arts Publishing SARL
- 2 games with GameWizz Digital Entertainment
- 2 games with EA Sports
- 1 game with Electronic Arts K.K.
- 1 game with Electronic Arts Ltda.
- 3 games with John Schappert
- 3 games with Nathan Baker
- 3 games with Brian Smolik
- 3 games with Brian Hayes
- 3 games with John Calcagno
- 3 games with Rémi Berthet
- 3 games with Beverly Koeckeritz
- 3 games with Kudo Tsunoda
- 3 games with Peter Nguyen
- 3 games with Liam Millar
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