Top 10 Video Game Companies Destroyed by EA

[@WatchMojo]

Which game company demise by the hands of EA has you the most salty!?

[@irishpride6544]

Pandemic love the mercenaries

[@irishpride6544]

Rip bioware

[@StarOfHala]

Pandemic studios.

[@nemanjapalija5958]

Rip Plants vs Zombies 1 & 2

[@Nitrogenic]

@@nemanjapalija5958 PvZ 3

[@AMGBVG1369]

EA: *buy a video game company* Video game company: I'm in danger

[@p_sher12]

"Chuckles"

[@BrotagonalZenithine]

Oh Damn, It's Microsoft all over again...

[@harveycustodio2625]

@@BrotagonalZenithine Any video game company is better than EA.... Because EA is the Vampire of the Games Industry.... Slowly taking the life of any beloved game franchise and company....

[@Shotgun93Alexander]

A.M.G you also can’t spell stEAl without EA

[@MariOmor1]

@@harveycustodio2625 But at least some Vampires can be good...

[@MrKluckie13]

Surprised nobody suggested "Evil Acquisitions" as a name.

[@gokulmanohar5677]

Truman

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Why didn't I think of that

[@harveycustodio2625]

I figured out EA master plan.... It's to mimic Disney in acquiring competition.... But instead of taking the IP and making more money EA consumes and destroys what they buy.... Essentially making EA the only place to buy games.... If you ever make a game that is universally acclaimed.... Just run to Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft.... Heck any alternative is better than "Evil Axis".

[@CollinMcLean]

@@harveycustodio2625 So basically most big companies... eliminate competition and win...

[@Tinbeef22]

Actually they did. Listen carefully next time

[@jjsponge1202]

You can’t spell “death” without “EA”.

[@James-gj8rn]

AYYYYY!!!!

[@OtakuKing28]

JJSponge120 That was clever

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Damn

[@figotlatenby588]

you also cant spell "morons" without "ea"

[@SO-ql9dy]

dth

[@joshkittrell914]

EA: “Single player games don’t profit anymore.” Visceral: *Dies* 2019 EA: “Let’s make a single player Star Wars game!”

[@faithdefool2737]

I thought most game nowadays like sekiro, dmc are single player only except fighting games like DOA

[@brndonlu9635]

Well Fallen Order Was great.

[@pranaym3859]

@Gaming With Ryan But it will take less than a minute for EA to destroy it but they choose not to

[@shadow-man8715]

I like playing single player games more since playing multiplayer in any game can get toxic.

[@KenzieRetro]

Oh the beautiful irony of that statement

[@OtakuKing28]

I’m still pissed that EA got their grubby hands on BioWare.

[@adamgray1753]

Yep. Mass Effect 3 needed more time for it's ending and second half of it's game. I figured it required at least one year's more development for the writing team to decide on an actual ending rather than the haphazard pile of dung endings we got. I still strongly suspect the writers for ME3 were forced to say stuff like, "That was our original vision!" and other crap. Forced to say if they wanted their next paycheck and to remain hire-able in the video game industry.

[@chrisgonzalez5883]

@@adamgray1753 i know and it felt that they just pulled the omaga part and the other story.dlc out. Just to sell it as dlc.

[@adamgray1753]

I get EA's side about gotta make money, @@chrisgonzalez5883, but there is a Balance of making money at all and maximizing your profits ironically at all costs.

[@chrisgonzalez5883]

@@adamgray1753 i know and that is what people hate about ea. I know you have to make your money back. But there are better ways in doing so. When it comes to make a video game.

[@JackOBlades0801]

We all are...

[@isaacgleeth3609]

I feel BioWare has ONE chance of staying alive--the next Dragon Age game.

[@maxr7527]

I just hope no one preorders. I'm probably even gonna wait at least 2 weeks after release to make sure it's not garbage.

[@thanegrace8539]

Come, we must pray to the maker 😋

[@Webshooters1]

Even if that game delivers, BioWare's soul is dead. It's not the same company that make KOTOR and Mass Effect. It is but a hallow shell of it's former glory.

[@whitewalker9862]

The people who made Bioware and it's amazing franchises have been long gone. It's just a shell of its previous self now. There is no hope any future games can be good. Even if by a miracle they would, still it won't be Bioware we knew. Well at least the founders of Bioware's great games are now establishing a new gaming company, hopefully they won't sell it to any greedy corporation in the future.

[@rickynotricardo6328]

Dragon age was my least popular BioWare game tbh. Not saying it was a bad game, but there’s just no room for redemption for me anymore. Hope you like the game though if it comes out!

[@sethfisher8529]

Game: makes a lot of money Game company: wow this did great EA: hey what are you doing over here buddy

[@umar6278]

EA is like a creepy dude in a children's playground

[@umar6278]

I say this out of my love for command and conquer series

[@Murf_Workshop]

@@umar6278 Out of my love for the original Battlefront games, I have to say you are correct

[@giannismit4578]

If EA bought Mojang, minecraft would be like this: "Would you like to break 'Oak log' for $5,99?" "Craft a wooden pickaxe for $2,99?" "Buy the nether expansion for $19,99"

[@dahorn100011]

I'm hoping mojang is large enough to stay independent. The game industry is a eat or be eaten world. If you're too large to be eaten usually you're doing ok.

[@giannismit4578]

@@dahorn100011 Mojang is bought by Microsoft, but it's not controlled by it.

[@dahorn100011]

@@giannismit4578 of course it is. Sorry I forgot. At least under that umbrella they should be untouchable by EA

[@Simbala-bq5vy]

Or Sqare Enix

[@MariOmor1]

"Jump into the winning portal for $99.99?"

[@dianewierzbicki1997]

Someone needs to buy EA, then destroy it.

[@SuspiriaX]

Maybe if all gamers in the world worked together to buy EA Then we can destroy it? :D :D

[@antarticstorm7991]

Microsoft Sony Google Amazon Wb games Can buy ea

[@TipTapTippy]

mr beast?

[@heatherverhagen3911]

@@SuspiriaX My thoughts exactly. Have someone buy them and fire key people, or when a studio is shut down, have the fans crowd fun them enough that they can restart.

[@MariOmor1]

Elon Musk

[@samuelkim1827]

EA: Economical abuser lol edit: get it? micro transactions damn it

[@giancarlovicaldo8608]

Egregious Avarice

[@demosneokleous4877]

Yess lol

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

EA: *ruins a franchise* Also EA: No need to thank me.

[@jaylenevans778]

Jack C Name some. I dont play alot of activison games and stuff so I just wanna know.

[@OtakuKing28]

Jack C I mean True Crime was good how did they ruin it?

[@OtakuKing28]

Jack C oh wow also I played Streets of LA. Streets of New York was THAT bad?

[@untitledjunk03]

How did Activision ruin Crash Bandicoot? Titans and Mind Over Mutant were only hated because of the character redesigns and Activision wasn’t involved with it, that was Sierra Entertainment and Radical Entertainment.

[@ahmadluthfi2364]

Also EA: we dont understand why we're the bad guy

[@lewpi2647]

EA:We stand as Electronic arts Me:EA stands for Electronic Aids.

[@Chaos89P]

Electronic AAAAAASSSSSSS!

[@Acidrain82]

LOL

[@e_4325]

Evil ass

[@somerandofromoregon]

@@Chaos89P He's the Angry........... EA............ NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD!

[@stevencisneros9306]

I’d say...EA stands for Egotistical Ass!!

[@Ragnarok1979]

Video Game Companies: *fails after EA acquires them* EA: I don't understand why people hate us

[@coriingersoll3265]

"Why am I still getting hate"

[@staticshock4239]

EA is the Timmy Turner's Mom of gaming. Everything they touch dies.

[@tsukuyomi9960]

No, EA is Dinkleburg

[@themcadambrothers3184]

DINKLEBURG!!!!!!!!

[@Simbala-bq5vy]

No Nope more Vicky everytime they Sai EA everythings die like Vicki

[@MackyMuse]

Watchmojo: *EA BAD* Gamers: 😩👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😩

[@aderemiporsche]

The hottest of takes, brought to you by WatchMojo!

[@rinzinel3t316]

Emoji bad (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞

[@Lukkak09]

You have 69 likes.

[@kingofgames2992]

I know, such a brave and Beautiful take which know one has ever said before

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

EA should really stand for Executive Assistant

[@ericz.1270]

Eternal Abomination

[@nonu01]

Video game company: we've decided to sell our company to EA EA: *So you have chosen Death*

[@SuspiriaX]

Embrace the void

[@kwantologic]

I'm pretty sure EA stands for Extinction Accelerator.

[@kakawyayo3478]

I remember when Execrable Arse made or distributed decent games back in the 80's. Archon: The Light and the Dark, The Bard's Tale, Mail Order Monsters and such. Now Excremental Apathy is run by money grubbing idiots.

[@adamgray1753]

I will *never* forgive EA for ruining the Road Rash franchise. The last Road Rash game I got to play was on the N64.

[@JonesBrothersProductionsiac]

Black Box 😭😭😭 Next Up: Top 10 Video Game Companies shutdown by Activision Or Asstivision.

[@_Gamble_]

*Asstovision

[@untitledjunk03]

No. 1 Universal Interactive (Vivendi owned Universal and merged with Activision, which caused the death of Universal Interactive)

[@naveendahiya144]

Oh man, They ruined Black Box and I personally believe Activision is one step ahead of EA in closing and merging/ruining studios. I can't count how much studios and franchises they ruined over the years.

[@kylelopez7631]

More like noactivevision

[@crusher5599]

Radical entertainment 😭😭😭😭

[@An_Imperial_Guard.]

EA stands for "Everything is Awful".

[@CFrancisBasketball]

So that's why the slogan is "EA Sports it's in the game" 🧐💡

[@Xamufam]

Haha

[@RatedR619spear]

I am pretty sure EA with still sell that 'is' as a DLC

[@hermeskino711]

Everything's Awful*

[@Acidrain82]

I will keep calling EA the evil army

[@brodaforlife]

There is a reason why EA is known as The Serial Killer of Video game developers, these are unfortunately the victims of them

[@Chaos-vm7cy]

The way you pronounced "Estoy Aqui" made my eyes roll.

[@somberstricken4424]

Why?

[@Nomimonyo]

@@somberstricken4424 it's pronounced es-tohy ah-key

[@cuckoophendula8211]

Someone didn't take espanol in middle school

[@ja4309]

Try to take in the pronounciation for a while. I guess "I'm here" to cringe

[@PiousMoltar]

How about when he pronounced "knell" as "kneel"?

[@Webshooters1]

"What's a Paladin?" "I'm not entirely sure." "Your knowledge of the land shall be great!" I highly recommend checking out Spoony's Ultima series retrospective which is necessary to understand how much of a betrayal Ultima IX was.

[@SirAthiro]

EA: Hello, dear gamer; what have you got there? Company: Nothing! Nothing! You only see air! EA: Don't be silly; I'll acquire you fairly fast! *Shuts down company* I guess I shouldn't touch~

[@celestialphoenixethernia8715]

If I ever had a game studio and EA tried to buy it. I'd refuse to let them no matter how much they pay me.

[@Sunflorazumarill]

Then what if in response to your refusal EA decides to utilize certain "legal" practices to simply take it from you without having to pay you anything? I wonder if they did that with some companies.

[@lugenhauser]

7:38 It's pronounced "estoy a-KEE"

[@redseagaming7832]

Extreme atrocity that's what EA should stand for

[@Belnick6666]

EA = Early Access EA = Early Alpha both fit what EA is

[@souleater7608]

Worst thing they did was to the Sims they drained it of life and snapped its neck and then sold the body for parts 😢

[@Tor-Erik]

Let's have a moment of silence for all those companies that got destroyed by Ecstasy Addiction.

[@regalcartoon5932]

BioWare is a goddamn hero in the gaming industry! They were the geniuses behind the Mass Effect series and Dragon Age series and they were also developers of the KOTOR series. Now they’ve released ME: Legendary Edition and a new Dragon Age game is in the works. Anthem, in my opinion has been slightly turned around and the world itself looks great. ME: Andromeda has received a few patches and fixes. Not to mention, BioWare still holds the title of Masters of Story Telling. And of course, the biggest achievement, they haven’t let EA kill them yet. They’ve held on for so long and I believe they may be the first company to ever escape EA’s company killing grip.

[@samuelmartinez8106]

Si, ojala que ME4 este a la altura de la trilogía original.

[@Zodiark29]

People diss EA all the time, yet they still buy their games like hell.

[@efestus5]

I don't

[@antarticstorm7991]

I pirate them hahaha

[@jesurenbnb]

its more like we love the games but we hate the company and we hate how that company destroys other good companies

[@DrFNAFDrones]

RIP Blackbox Studio

[@kevingame3198]

Mari0AmyBlaze Don’t know why people are telling ghost to learn from black box for need for speed heat

[@terminhaider9695]

Because black box made full and complete games where the new nfs games lack an endgame. Heat was killed off in just 3 months after its release with EA taking Ghost away from the NFS franchise. Just another day at ea

[@kevingame3198]

@@terminhaider9695 but I'm glad criterion is making a new nfs game in 2021 because want to return to exotic era nfs no customaztion just asphalt like racing game like classic nfs games of the mid 1990s brought into the modern era

[@terminhaider9695]

@@kevingame3198 I do agree and I just hope I can remain optimistic about the next nfs from them. hot pursuit 2010 is one of my favorite nfs games of all time even with the burnout gimmicks. But for right now, I'm just upset that Ghost made their best game yet (Heat) and suddenly get canned and now we're stuck with nothing new for NFS until 2021.

[@ShosuCeladon]

I'm very surprised no one said "Evil Ambition".

[@rulue8610]

EA is the worst video game company ever on Earth. Activision is the 2nd worst, and Take-Two Interactive is the 3rd worst.

[@MaskedCosplayer]

I'm still pissed what EA has done to the Dead space series. I will never forgive them for that, that was my No.1 Horror game

[@felixmitchell1178]

Once Nintendo gets their hands on them, They'll know how it feels.

[@byronmacdowell3732]

EA ruins EVERYTHING it touches. That said, Mass Effect died for me with ME2 because that's when the dumbing-down process began.

[@SuperAceboy123]

I once had so much reverence for "Executive Anarchy"... Now I couldn't despise them more! So many franchises destroyed by them!

[@GameBoyHarold]

“Extra Amount” 😂😂 didn’t expect to see my own tweet! Thank You Watchmojo & Dave

[@tacoboutit_]

Mass Effect deserved so much more. It’s still my favorite game series to date. The fans deserve a Andromeda 2 has a redemption.

[@seanmurphy4077]

I was expecting to see Origin Systems, and you didn’t disappoint! I grew up on the Ultima series and was completely disheartened by Ultima IX. It was one of my most anticipated releases and was an utter debacle. Being a New Hampshire boy, we had a home-grown loyalty to Origin, but I couldn’t get through Ultima IX.

[@meanguyy2]

EA: Evil Awaits

[@deeya]

Tagline then: EA GAMES, Challenge Everything Tagline now: EA GAMES, Charge for Everything

[@evanspratama148]

R.I.P Westwood Studios😭

[@KTRamsey]

Although if mentioned I would expect at most an Honorable Mention, Pop Cap is worth noting. After EA purchased them, they took Plants Vs. Zombies, an adorable 2D cartoon tower defense and turned it into a sad attempt at a comedic Call of Duty style shooter game. Don't believe me? They called it "Garden Warfare".

[@TheRoguePrince0]

Bioware will be next. EA: The cycle cannot be broken. The pattern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom. Game studios rise, evolve, advance. And at the apex of their glory, they are extinguished. You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.

[@javelinmaster2]

Getting acquired by Epidemical Aids is like getting backstabbed with a Broadsword and getting shot in the head afterwards before being set on fire.

[@RogerWazup007]

Lol estoy aquí is in Spanish and pronounced "ehs-STOY ah-KEE"

[@totallybonkers8673]

XD so cringe

[@godofdank9337]

random suggestion: top 10 hell's kitchen challenges

[@thefury4424]

God is that what everyone says every time you try to make a joke? God...

[@doomslayer360]

When I saw the comment "Everythings Ass" I lost it 😂

[@Froz3nT1ger]

ok, who's idea were those childish, annoying and not funny Twitter interruptions?

[@CrystalTikal]

Bullfrog Productions and Maxis are my pick. ...Am I the only one who enjoyed Mass Effect Andromeda?

[@DwillGame]

I liked it too and the game made many times it's budget.

[@TheRealIHP]

No. 1- Every videogame companies. EA: Electronic Assholes. It's in the games.

[@finecastleie]

If they have kept Pandemic, then Battlefront 3 would've been played today.

[@antarticstorm7991]

They shouldhave kept all of the studios they were not allbad

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

The first video to have a previously on Watchmojo.

[@GMdelsXT9]

They caught me with that one.

[@MartialArtsFilmFreak]

Someone didn’t take Spanish in high school.

[@raakone]

Depends where that person is based, I don't think Spanish is a standard part of the high school curriculum anywhere in the English speaking world, except for certain US states, especially those bordering Mexico. I live in Canada, the only languages I learned were English and French.

[@jacoballison8237]

Hey, at least Dreamworks Interactove made Shrek 2 before it was closed. That game was fire. Made my childhood.

[@shuttze]

EA games Challenge Everything even existance of good franchises

[@Dracotonis]

EA buys a company. Company: Hello Police? My life is in danger!

[@burra007]

Estoy “A-KUAI”. That’s actually “estoy a-aki”. It’s spanish for “I’m here”

[@JakeSummers]

Midnox I’m surprised how bad he pronounced it

[@utfcuufujf]

@@JakeSummers I'm not, he can barely speak English

[@RadJack14]

I will never forgive EA for ruining BioWare because they made some of the best RPGs I have ever played

[@GiancarloThomazSenoni]

so sad to know that under EA managment many amazing companies was shut down as a result of EA power hungry tendencies, no wonder EA was voted several times the worst devoloper and publisher.

[@fnvfan0145]

At least Petroglyph's doing the remaster for Red Alert & Tiberian Dawn. Proof that EA can actually do something right... after making terrible C&C choices smh

[@seanwilkinson7431]

I know it's too late for submissions, but: Enema Apocalypse

[@jaimito.__3877]

R.I.P Pop Cap. The Plants vs Zombies franchise literally made my childhood

[@Snowflakes-s9u]

When did PopCap die?

[@jaimito.__3877]

@@Snowflakes-s9u they sold the company off to EA, and you know how shit goes there. They just milked the shit out of the games for money and put it to waste.

[@WhyNot-zl4ii]

Surprised nba live didn’t make the cut off the fact that they got cocky and fell on not sure if it was ea’s fault but looking at this list i wouldn’t be surprised 😂

[@raakone]

I remember when their games mostly came in record-album cover style boxes, with a yellow border, and during loading you'd see the "EOA" logo change colors (in different patterns for different games) I had the C64 versions of Seven Cities of Gold, Hard Hat Mack, Skate or Die (the first game MADE by EA...or EOA as they abbreviated themselves then), Dragon's Lair/Escape from Singe's Castle (not a "port" in any sense of the word, more like an "inspired" game that some no-name company made with Bluth's permission, and EOA had the North American rights), and Sky Fox (which had nothing to do with Star Fox) EA was going to be "Electronic ARTISTS" but they feared lawsuit from United Artists (remember them?)...but originally they just published games...and added their distinct logo to the loading screen.

[@UltimateGamer34]

EA when they Watch this Are we all a joke to everything.

[@mattchandler600]

All of these are awful, but what EA did to Visceral and BioWare still makes me rage.

[@FGH9G]

7:37 Estoy Aqui (Ah Kee) Watchmojo! It means "I'm here!" Jesus, it's Spanish!

[@arielgaray302]

YES omg I cringed so bad when he pronounced that 😣

[@DeaconTaylor]

he's an australian sounding guy working for a canadian company and you expect him to be fluent in spanish? he said he tried. its not exactly a common language over here or up there.

[@zzasdfwas]

You really gonna post a correction and misspell estoy aqui?

[@zzasdfwas]

Haha and I misspelled it myself. I blame autocorrect

[@ARIXANDRE]

That thumbnail breaks my heart. Miss you, Mass Effect.

[@chazzprinceton2466]

Jajaja estoy aquí means "I'm here" in spanish

[@vanerek]

Didn't guru Larry made a video about this already?

[@amjadalikhan8421]

Mass effect 3 is good

[@aaronrodriguez1410]

It is. But the ending was meh. Still a phenomenal series. Considered some of the greatest games of all time.

[@amjadalikhan8421]

@@aaronrodriguez1410 I accept it

[@aaronrodriguez1410]

@@amjadalikhan8421 I think if they were to make another. Just build off the perfect ending an where Shepard destroys the reapers and he survives

[@RogerWazup007]

I was going to say that I'm thankful that there's actually a MEA reference that didn't include the "sorry, my face is tired" clip, but nope, they HAD to include it at the end. Just like the Jill sandwich line from RE, it gets tiring seeing the same clip every single time the game is referenced.

[@drx742]

EA: Estas Arruinado ;)

[@sonsofdarmy4325]

back in early 2000s there was a game engine called renderwere so many great titles including gta 3, vc ,sa were made on that engine, overall it was pretty popular game engine then in 2006 electronic art bought the engine and prevented other companies to make games on the engine

[@jen_jen17official]

Preach WatchMojo!!!!🙏🏽🔥🔥🔥

[@joenesvick7043]

I don't hate Mass Effect Andromeda, I just don't like it as much as the holy trilogy. It's better than Dragon Age 2 innit. The gamers that put gameplay above story should love it, you can Space Boost whilst Cloaked. Seems Mass Effect 5 is still in the works

[@BrotagonalZenithine]

Hey Dave, Sorry I'm late but I came running when I saw this "Endangered Archives" video.

[@Cykelpump33]

Let's not forget the companies who used to make NFS. Black Box: Were forced to released a broken Undercover which was suppose to be an sequal to Most Wanted Criterion Games: It's pretty much cleared EA just wanted CC to slap the name NFS on games who where more like "Burnout". Ghost Games: Basically became the lamb for the slaughter. Now we wont get more proper updates for Heat.

[@ralphlorenzperolino3054]

Black Box was stalled by EA when they are making Carbon, that's why it's too short unlike Most Wanted. Screw them.

[@doctorf7501]

Great topic

[@BlackMamBa-yq5on]

R.I.P. Plants vs. Zombies R.I.P. Popcap

[@BastivanDero]

Still playing Spellforce 1 these days. good old memories and it still makes fun. Even after 17 years the game still has fans, Discord and a modding community, though.

[@Ace2Donald]

Quick correction on Pandemic Studios The last game they released was The Saboteur, which was not poorly received

[@Arch13Cat]

Where’s PopCap?

[@ETBONIFACIO]

It looks like the person who destroyed EA was bullied by his friends because he was a noob at most games. So he decided to destroy the games who made their childhood.

[@galsameloof5590]

The fact you can make a top ten of this should be criminal

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

Seeing Ultima IX. Your knowledge of the land shall be great! What's a paladin? I'm not entirely sure.

[@User-mm6px]

If I own a video game company I will not allow frickin EA to destroy my company

[@FGH9G]

Watchmojo amping up audience and fan participation and increasing shoutouts?! Wow, you're going meta!

[@lovefromwonderland]

Maxis being “closed” is probably the reason why we haven’t seen another Sims game since 2014. Think about it. They’ve been pretty consistent with releasing sim games (The Sims in 2000, The Sims 2 in 2004, The Sims 3 in 2009) . Then they release The Sims 4 in 2014. It’s 2022 now, that’s a whole eight years. Where’s The Sims 5? Why do think they just keep adding onto The Sims 4 instead of making The Sims 5?

[@franciscocruzthenext-genga6802]

Every day, Eternal Assualters get more despised.

[@jeremybanana]

I won't forgive EA for shutting down Hypnotix!

[@jspreutels2498]

What about EA Black Box? They pretty much became the kings of racers thanks to Need for Speed

[@stevencisneros9306]

“EA; the Murderer of Video Game Companies,” that’s a good nickname to describe them!!

[@tromedlovdrolmai]

Who else gets the reference from the picture at 04:35?