EA Acquires KlickNation
01 Dezembro 2011 - 7:05PM
Business Wire
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced the
acquisition of KlickNation, a developer of free-to-play social
role-playing games (RPGs). The acquisition further strengthens EA’s
position as a leader in social games, increasing the company’s
expertise and technological resources in the fast-growing core
social games genre. KlickNation is now BioWare Sacramento, part of
EA’s BioWare™ label. The team joins BioWare’s existing social
gaming team at BioWare San Francisco to form a new business unit,
BioWare Social, focused on the development of RPG experiences for
social networks and led by former KlickNation CEO Mark Otero.
“KlickNation’s expertise in building innovative and compelling
RPGs for social platforms makes them a seamless tuck-in with the
BioWare team at EA,” said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Senior Vice President and
General Manager of EA’s BioWare label. “We share the same creative
values. The new BioWare Social unit will bring BioWare and EA
franchises to the growing audience of core gamers who are looking
for high quality, rich gameplay experiences on social
platforms.”
“While developing social RPG experiences, we held BioWare as a
role model for storytelling and game design,” said Mark Otero,
General Manager, BioWare Social and co-founder of KlickNation.
“Joining with BioWare and EA is an opportunity to realize our
vision for bringing high-quality RPG titles to the fast-growing,
highly-engaged core gamers looking for deeper experiences on social
platforms.”
KlickNation develops and publishes games for social platforms
including Facebook®. Known for combining in-depth storylines with
high-quality graphics, KlickNation has consistently delivered
repeated breakthroughs in the social RPG genre since the release of
its first game in 2009. SuperHero City was the first social game to
feature animated battles; Age of Champions introduced the first
mass combat battle system in a social game; and Six Gun Galaxy uses
a newly-developed engine to deliver a completely flash-based
isometric game experience.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) is a global leader in digital
interactive entertainment. The Company’s game franchises are
offered as both packaged goods products and online services
delivered through Internet-connected consoles, personal computers,
mobile phones and tablets. EA has more than 100 million registered
players and operates in 75 countries.
In fiscal year 2011, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.6 billion.
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for
critically acclaimed, high-quality blockbuster franchises such as
The Sims™, Madden NFL, FIFA Soccer, Need for Speed™, Battlefield,
and Mass Effect™. More information about EA is available at
http://info.ea.com.
About BioWare
The BioWare label is a division of EA which crafts high quality,
multiplatform role-playing, MMO and strategy games, focused on
emotionally engaging, rich stories with unforgettable characters
and vast worlds to discover. Since 1995, BioWare has created some
of the world's most critically acclaimed titles and franchises,
including Baldur's Gate™, Neverwinter Nights™, Star Wars®: Knights
of the Old Republic™, Jade Empire™, Mass Effect and Dragon Age™.
BioWare currently operates in eight locations across the world,
including Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Montreal (Quebec, Canada),
Austin (Texas), Fairfax (Virginia), San Francisco (California), Los
Angeles (California), Galway (Ireland) and Sacramento
(California).
In 2008, BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts, a leading
global interactive entertainment publisher. In 2011 EA created the
BioWare Label, alongside EA Games, EA SPORTS™ and EA Play. For more
information on BioWare, visit www.bioware.com, or follow us on
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http://social.bioware.com.
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Electronic Arts Inc. BioWare, Dragon Age, Jade Empire and Mass
Effect are trademarks of EA International (Studio and Publishing)
Ltd. KlickNation, Age of Champions, SuperHero City and Six Gun
Galaxy are trademarks of KlickNation Corporation. John Madden, NFL
and FIFA are trademarks of their respective owners and used with
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