EA Phenomic

EA Phenomic
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo game development
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
FounderVolker Wertich
Defunct2013 (2013)
HeadquartersIngelheim, Germany
Key people
Dirk Ringe (CEO)
ProductsVideo games
OwnerElectronic Arts
Number of employees
60
ParentElectronic Arts (2006–2013)
Websitewww.phenomic.de

EA Phenomic was a real-time strategy video game developer, headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, and founded as Phenomic Game Development in 1997 by Volker Wertich, who had previous worked in Blue Byte and developed The Settlers and The Settlers III. The studio was acquired by Electronic Arts on 23 August 2006 and renamed as EA Phenomic.[1]

Electronic Arts announced that EA Phenomic would concentrate on developing real-time strategy video games.

In July 2013, EA closed the studio and laid off the 60 employees.[2]

Games developed

Year Title Platform(s)
As Phenomic Game Development
2004 SpellForce: The Order of Dawn Microsoft Windows
2006 SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars Microsoft Windows
As EA Phenomic
2009 BattleForge Microsoft Windows
2010 Lord of Ultima Browser
2012 Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances Browser

References

  1. ^ Loughrey, Paul (2006-08-24). "EA buys Phenomic". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  2. ^ "gamesindustry.biz: EA Phenomic closed". Archived from the original on 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
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