EA Vancouver


EA Vancouver is a 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 Canada employs approximately 1,300 people, and houses the world's largest video game test operation.

Premises

The campus consists of a motion-capture studio, twenty-two rooms for composing, fourteen video editing suites, three production studios, a wing for audio compositions, and a quality assurance department. There are also facilities such as fitness rooms, two theatres, a cafeteria, coffee bars, a soccer field, and several arcades. The building is situated next to Discovery Park.

History

EA Vancouver is a major studio of the American gaming software giant Electronic Arts which has many studios around the globe. EA, based in Redwood City, California, had acquired Distinctive Software in 1991 for $11 million and renamed Distinctive Software to EA Canada. At the time of the business acquisition, Distinctive Software was noted for developing a number of racing and sporting games published under the Accolade brand. Since becoming EA Canada, EA Canada has developed many EA Games, EA Sports, and EA Sports BIG games.
EA acquired Black Box Games in 2002 and Black Box Games became part of EA Canada under the name of EA Black Box. EA Black Box later became an independent EA studio in 2005. Since its acquisition, EA Black Box became home of the Need for Speed franchise, and many others

Games developed

YearTitlePlatform
2011Battlefield 3Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2011FIFA 12Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2011Fight Night ChampionPlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2011NBA Jam: On Fire EditionPlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2011NHL 12PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2012FIFA 13Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
2012FIFA StreetPlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2012Grand Slam Tennis 2PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2012NHL 13PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2012SSXPlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2012UEFA Euro 2012Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2013FIFA 14Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
2013NHL 14PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
20142014 FIFA World Cup BrazilPlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2014EA Sports UFCPlayStation 4, Xbox One
2014FIFA 15Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One
2014NHL 15PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
2015EA Sports UFCAndroid, iOS
2015FIFA 16Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
2015NHL 16PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
2016EA Sports UFC 2PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2016FIFA 17Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
2016FIFA MobileAndroid, iOS, Windows Apps, Windows Phone
2016NHL 17PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2017FIFA 18Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
2017NHL 18PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2017Star Wars Battlefront IIMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2018EA Sports UFC 3PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2018FIFA 19Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
2018NHL 19PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2019FIFA 20Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2019NHL 20PlayStation 4, Xbox One

EA Sports

Games developed for publishing by EA Sports:
Games developed for publishing by EA Sports BIG:
EA Graphics Library or EAGL is a game engine which was created and developed by EA Canada. It is the main engine used in some of EA's games, notably the Need for Speed series, and was also used in a few sports titles from EA Sports.
' and ' used the first version of the EAGL engine, ' uses EAGL 2, ' and ' uses EAGL 3, ' and Need for Speed Undercover uses EAGL 4; Need for Speed Undercover uses a modified version of EAGL 4 and combines it with the Heroic Driving Engine.
' uses a modified EAGL 3 engine with the physics of the earlier games with an external GUI programmed in Adobe Flash.
During the development for ', EA Black Box dropped its custom engine and adopted Frostbite 2 engine.