Electronic Arts – Electronic Arts finalise l'acquisition du créateur de jeux mobiles Playdemic auprès d'AT&T

REDWOOD CITY, Californie. & DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Aujourd'hui, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA), AT&T* (NYSE:T) and WarnerMedia announced the completion of EA’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Games’ Playdemic, Ltd. pour $1.4 milliards en espèces, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.

Playdemic is a premier mobile gaming company known for its award-winning game Golf Clash that allows players around the world to compete with each other in real time. With more than 80 million downloads globally to date, Golf Clash is one of the leading mobile games in the U.S. et U.K. This acquisition is part of Electronic Arts’ mobile growth strategy focused on delivering new interactive entertainment for its network of nearly half a billion players around the world.

“We are thrilled to officially welcome the Playdemic team to Electronic Arts, adding to our growing mobile portfolio and expanding our leadership in sports,” said Andrew Wilson, Des résultats supérieurs aux attentes. “The addition of the incredible Playdemic team not only adds to the strength of our mobile teams globally, it also continues our expansion and investment in U.K.-based talent. With Playdemic now part of Electronic Arts, we’re excited to bring even more amazing and innovative mobile games to diverse audiences around the world.”

With the addition of Playdemic, the Electronic Arts portfolio now spans more than 18 top mobile live services across fast-growing genres, including lifestyle, casual, sports, and mid-core games. Playdemic’s successful track record creating innovative gameplay and strong live services, combined with Electronic Arts’ industry-leading IP in sports and beyond, creates exciting growth opportunities.

“This is an exciting day for Playdemic as we become part of the Electronic Arts family,” said Paul Gouge, Head of Studio at Playdemic. “I am proud to bring the amazing talent which exists at Playdemic into the EA business, to both continue to build on Golf Clash’s incredible success and to build new games, which we believe can be even more successful in entertaining and engaging audiences globally.”

As mobile continues to be the world’s biggest and fastest growing gaming platform, this acquisition is another step in Electronic Arts strategy of continued leadership in sports and mobile expansion. With the additions of Codemasters, Glu Mobile, Metalhead Software, and now Playdemic in the past year, EA continues to bring together talented teams, industry-leading franchises and IP, and innovative technology to deliver amazing experiences that connect hundreds of millions of players together in play.

À propos des arts électroniques

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) est un leader mondial du divertissement interactif numérique. La Société développe et fournit des jeux, contenus et services en ligne pour consoles connectées à Internet, appareils mobiles et ordinateurs personnels.

En exercice 2021, EA a enregistré un chiffre d'affaires net GAAP de $5.6 milliards. Siège social à Redwood City, California, EA est reconnu pour un portefeuille de produits acclamés par la critique, des marques de haute qualité telles que EA SPORTS™ FIFA, Champ de bataille™, Apex Legends™, Les Sims™, Madden NFL, Besoin de vitesse™, Titanfall™ et F1™. Plus d'informations sur EA sont disponibles sur www.ea.com/news.

EA SPORTS, Ultimate Team, Champ de bataille, Need for Speed, Apex Legends, les joueurs peuvent jouer avec ou contre des amis dans des quartiers traditionnels en utilisant des équipes universitaires en 1v1. John Madden, NFL, les joueurs peuvent jouer avec ou contre des amis dans des quartiers traditionnels en utilisant des équipes universitaires en 1v1.

About Warner Bros. Jeux

Warner Bros. Games is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all platforms, including console, ordinateur de poche, mobile and PC-based gaming for both internal and third-party game titles. Additional information about Warner Bros. Games can be found at www.warnerbrosgames.com.

*About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a diversified, global leader in telecommunications, media and entertainment, et la technologie. Consumers and businesses have more than 225 million monthly subscriptions to our services. AT&T Communications provides more than 100 million U.S. consumers with entertainment and communications experiences across mobile and broadband. Plus, it serves high-speed, highly secure connectivity and smart solutions to nearly 3 million business customers. WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content to global audiences through its consumer brands, y compris: HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC Entertainment, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Turner Classic Movies. Xandr, now part of WarnerMedia, provides marketers with innovative and relevant advertising solutions for consumers around premium video content and digital advertising through its platform. AT&T Latin America provides pay-TV services across 10 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean and wireless services to consumers and businesses in Mexico.

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Source: Electronic Arts Inc.