EA Phenomic explained

EA Phenomic
Type:Subsidiary
Foundation:1997
Defunct:2013
Location:Ingelheim, Germany
Key People:Dirk Ringe (CEO)
Founder:Volker Wertich
Industry:Video game development
Products:Video games
Owner:Electronic Arts
Num Employees:60
Parent:Independent (1997-2006)
Electronic Arts (2006-2013)
Homepage:www.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
2004Microsoft Windows
2006Microsoft Windows
As EA Phenomic
2009BattleForgeMicrosoft Windows
2010Lord of UltimaBrowser
2012Browser

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EA buys Phenomic . Loughrey . Paul . . 2006-08-24 . 2012-08-29 . 2017-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171019135056/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news240806_eabuysphenomic . live .
  2. Web site: gamesindustry.biz: EA Phenomic closed . 2014-04-07 . 2015-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150217142457/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-07-12-ea-phenomic-closed . live .