EA Taps Zampella to Lead DICE Los Angeles
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 6, 2020
Electronic Arts chose veteran gaming executive Vince Lampella to lead the Los Angeles office of its subsidiary game developer, DICE.
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L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 6, 2020
Electronic Arts chose veteran gaming executive Vince Lampella to lead the Los Angeles office of its subsidiary game developer, DICE.
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MAY 25, 2011
WebVisible , which helps small and medium sized businesses place online advertising, announced Wednesday afternoon that it has moved its headquarters from Irvine, to Los Angeles. WebVisible said it is moving to a new, creative space in Playa Vista, within the Electronics Arts Campus.
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JANUARY 3, 2020
DICE , a game studio owned by Electronic Arts, is setting up a new studio in Los Angeles , to be headed by game designer Vince Zampella, according to an interview with Zampella in the LA Times. Respawn Entertainment was acquired in 2017 by Electronic Arts. READ MORE>>.
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Los Angeles-based Riot Games is looking to help patch up rocky race relationships in the United States, saying over the weekend that it will invest $10M in minority-owned game studios, in addition to providing $1M to the Innocence Project and the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), via is Social Impact Fund. READ MORE>>.
TechCrunch LA
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At least one million people will be receiving the next FabFitFun box as the Los Angeles company surpasses $200 million in revenue and continues its run as one of the startups to watch in the Los Angeles tech community. . “We’re helping their products get discovered.
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According to the firm, it is also opening a new office in Playa Vista in the Electronic Arts building, and has a significant number of positions it is hoping to fill at the location. The firm said that it is expecting to more than double its employee base this year, and is running a job fair at the organization to screen applications.
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Computer game maker Activision Blizzard is apparently cutting jobs in El Segundo and Los Angeles, according to a filing with the California Employment Development Department. Fellow computer game makers Electronic Arts and THQ have both announced layoffs in recent months as the industry has felt the effects of a slowing economy.
socalTECH
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Electronics Arts is shutting down Los Angeles-based Pandemic Studios , according to an internal note leaked to gaming news site Kotaku. According to the note, Electronic Arts has laid off around 200 employees, and transitioned the rest to Electronic Arts' Los Angeles office.
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Los Angeles-based game studio Respawn Entertainment , best known for its development of the title Titanfall, has been acquired by Electronic Arts , the two said on Thursday afternoon.
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Culver City-based Seismic Games announced on Thursday that it has acquired fellow, Los Angeles game development company Grue Games. Borrud was formerly head of Pandemic Studios, the gaming firm acquired by Electronic Arts in 2007 for $860M. Seismic says is now has over 50 employees in Los Angeles in two different offices.
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JANUARY 21, 2010
Los Angeles-based EA Mobile , the mobile game publishing arm of Electronic Arts, has set its sights on a new platform for its mobile games: Amazon's Kindle. EA Mobile came out of EA's acquisition of Los Angeles based Jamdat in 2005. Tags: electronic arts mobile kindle jamdat. READ MORE>>.
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In a move that further bolster''s Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti''s reputation as LA''s "tech mayor", Garcetti has announced that he has appointed Peter Marx as the city''s first Chief Innovation Technology Officer yesterday, to help oversee the implementation of technology across LA''s city government.
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Los Angeles-based Buffalo Studios , a social gaming developer founded by former Electronic Arts (EA) executives, said today that it has released its first, mobile game, for Apple iOS. The timed bingo game is free.
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NOVEMBER 6, 2012
The Los Angeles company, which is run by Scott Saunders, said that Resnick is one of the company's seed investors. Resnick co-founded and was President of Pandemic Studios, which was sold to Electronic ARts for $860M. He also previously served at Activision.
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MAY 13, 2013
Los Angeles-based Fans.lu , a developer of an e-commerce storefront to help game companies sell merchandise such as shirts, hats, posters, and more directly to their gamer fans, said over the weekend that it has partnered with the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).
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DECEMBER 1, 2011
Los Angeles-based startup nProgress , headed by former Pandemic Studios President Josh Resnick, is announcing this morning that it has launched ntro , a new smart phone app for iPhone and Android aimed at social discovery. nProgress is backed by $1.7M READ MORE>>.
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JANUARY 25, 2011
Los Angeles-based cloud-based game streaming service Gaikai has bolstered its executive staff, saying today that it has named Robert Stevenson as Senior Vice President of Interactive Entertainment, and Tim Wilson as Executive Vice President, Strategic Relationships.
socalTECH
JUNE 24, 2013
In its post, giving a number of its reasons for the investment, IVP said that "We Love LA", citing the success of LA''s JAMDAT Mobile , the mobile gaming firm which went public and was eventually acquired by Electronic Arts--which was founded by Mitch Lasky, who sits on Snapchat''s board and is a partner at Benchmark.
socalTECH
JUNE 26, 2009
Los Angeles-based EA Mobile , the mobile division of Electronic Arts, said yesterday that the firm is planning the launch of four new, movie-based titles this summer. Tags: eamobile electronic arts mobile cell phone game movie. Joe The Rise of Cobra, Star Trek, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
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NOVEMBER 22, 2010
Los Angeles-based Gaikai , which develops a cloud-based, game streaming services, said today that it has named Nanea Reeves to the position of Chief Strategy Officer. Reeves joins the firm from Electronic Arts, where she was Senior Vice President/COO Global Online. She also served as SVP of JAMDAT Mobile.
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JUNE 3, 2011
Los Angeles-based Gaikai , the cloud-based game streaming service backed by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners, Limelight Networks and Intel Capital, said Thursday that it is powering a game site, "The Escapist".
socalTECH
DECEMBER 18, 2009
Los Angeles-based EA Mobile , the mobile apps division of Electronic Arts, said Friday that its driving simulation game Need for Speed SHIFT debuted Friday on the Apple App Store. The game, which runs on the iPhone and iPod touch, includes multi-player support using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The application lists for $9.99.
socalTECH
JUNE 17, 2010
Los Angeles-based cloud-based videogame streaming firm Gaikai said Thursday that it has inked a multi-year, licensing deal with Electronic Arts.
TechCrunch LA
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The Los Angeles-based company has steadily expanded its retail and lifestyle empire through subscription boxes, video… and even an augmented reality app. Last year the company crossed $200 million in revenue and managed to net over 1 million subscribers for the service.
SoCal Tech Calendar
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Speaker: Artem Kovalovs, Gameplay programmer at Visceral Games, Electronic Arts, Los Angeles. Sponsored by the Center for Computer Games and Virtual Worlds and The Institute for Software Research. Kovalovs will talk about building student-driven 3D game engines and what can be done to minimize the development time.
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JUNE 21, 2012
Los Angeles-based SocialVibe , the online advertising firm headed by Todd Tappin, has bolstered its exec team today, saying it has named three senior executives at the company. Lonigro was perviously at Blue Noodle, and also had been at Live Gamer, Electronic Art's Pogocom, along with IAC and GeoCities.com.
TechCrunch LA
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The Los Angeles game development studio Jam City is setting up a shop in Toronto with the acquisition of Bingo Pop from Uken Games. Jam City has offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Bogota and Buenos Aires. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
TechCrunch LA
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A slew of banks are coming together to back a new roll-up strategy for the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming studio, Jam City and giving the company $145 million in new funding to carry that out.
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 19, 2009
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JULY 8, 2010
Los Angeles-based Titan Gaming , the online gaming technology firm backed by the who's who of Southern California's angel investors, said today that it has added EA's Keith McCurdy and Affinity Media's Brock Pierce to its board, as well as appointed a number of executives.
socalTECH
AUGUST 19, 2010
In fact, the firm even opened up a Los Angeles office in May in the Electronic Arts building in Playa Vista, hoping to tap into the talent base on LA's west side. READ MORE>>.
TechCrunch LA
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Apple has announced a major expansion that will see it open a new campus in North Austin and open new offices in Seattle, San Diego and Los Angeles as it bids to increase its workforce in the U.S. The firm said it intends also to significantly expand its presence in Pittsburgh, New York and Boulder, Colorado over the next three years.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
Los Angeles-based MarketShare Partners , a provider of marketing analytics software said Wednesday afternoon that it has scored an investment round from Elevation Partners. Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed. According to MarketShare Partners, Elevation made a minority equity investment in the firm.
socalTECH
MAY 23, 2018
Los Angeles-based game streaming provider GameFly and Electronic Arts said Tuesday that Electronic Arts has acquired GameFly's cloud-streaming technology, but that GameFly will continue to operate its games-by-mail subscription service. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.
TechCrunch LA
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TechCrunch LA
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socalTECH
DECEMBER 6, 2011
Josh was formerly the President of Pandemic Studios, and helped co-found the company, merge it with Bioware, and eventually sell the combined firm to Electronic Arts for $860M. We notice you've initially targeted Los Angeles and San Francisco. Josh sat down to talk to us his new company and its new app.
socalTECH
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