EA Black Box [SEP] inception
EA Black Box
EA Black Box (formerly Black Box Games) was a video game developer based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 1998 by former employees of Radical Entertainment and later acquired by Electronic Arts (EA). The developers are primarily known for the "Need for Speed" and "Skate" series. It was renamed Quicklime Games during the development of "", but after a series of restructures it was shut down in April 2013.
History.
Black Box Games had previously developed
EA Canada. At the time of the business acquisition, Distinctive Software was noted for developing a number of racing and sporting games published under the Accolade brand. Since becoming EA Canada, EA Canada has developed many EA Games, EA Sports, and EA Sports BIG games.
EA acquired Black Box Games in 2002 and Black Box Games had became part of EA Canada under the name of EA Black Box. EA Black Box later became an independent EA studio in 2005. Since its acquisition, EA Black Box became home of