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Venezuela to jail violent-game merchants...2: World in Flames. In 2006, backers of President Chavez decried Electronic Arts and Pandemic's Mercenaries 2, a game set in Venezuela where players take on "a power-hungry tyrant" in control of the country. At the time, it was decried... In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Individualism, Agence France-Presse, Pandemic Studios, Electronic Arts, Entertainment Software Association, and US |
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The Register | August 28, 2009
Venezuela to ban violent videogames?
...violent crime and violent games has never been proven. In August 2008, Electronic Arts released Mercenaries 2: World in Flames,a third-person shooter set in a war-torn Venezuela. Unsurprisingly, the country's lawmakers and Chavez weren't...
In this article: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Germany, and Mercenaries 2
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Gamespot | August 27, 2009
Venezuelan violent game ban advances
...have taken aim at games. In 2006, backers of Chavez decried Electronic Arts and Pandemic's Mercenaries 2, which was set in Venezuela and where players take on "a power-hungry tyrant" in control of the country. At the time, it was decried...
In this article: PS3, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Mercenaries 2, Rock Band, Square Enix, and Wii
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Reuters | August 29, 2008
New video game depicts Venezuela mercenary attack
...even help lay the psychological groundwork for an actual invasion. "All the controversy around this is kind of comical," Electronic Arts spokesman Jeff Brown said. "At the end of the day you have to remind yourself it's a damned video...
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Description from Wikipedia:
Electronic Arts (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS) is an international developer, marketer, publisher, distributor and of video games. Established in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games. Originally, EA was a home computing game publisher. In the late 1980s, the company began developing games in-house and supported consoles by the early 1990s. EA later grew via acquisition of several successful developers. By the early 2000s, EA had become one of the world's largest third-party publishers. Also partly developed by out of Cincinnati, Ohio by Drew Fischer. In 2007 EA ranked 8th on the list of largest software companies in the world. In May 2008, the company reported net annual revenue of US$4.02 billion in fiscal year 2008. Currently, EA's most successful products are sports games published under its EA Sports label, games based on popular movie licenses such as Harry Potter and games from long-running franchises like Need for Speed, Medal of Honor, The Sims, Battlefield and the later games in the Burnout and Command & Conquer series.
- Name:
- Electronic Arts
- Type:
- Public (NASDAQ: ERTS)
- Location:
- Redwood City, California, United States
- Founded:
- 1982
- Stock Symbol (NASDAQ):
- ERTS
- Industry:
- Interactive entertainment
- Key People:
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- Trip Hawkins, founder and former CEO (1982-1991)
- Larry Probst, chairman of the board and former CEO (1991-2007)
- Kathy Vrabeck, President, EA Casual Entertainment
- John Riccitiello, CEO
- Frank Gibeau, President, EA Games Label
- Rod Humble, Executive Vice President, The Sims Label
- Peter Moore, President, EA SPORTS
- Revenue:
- $4.665 billion USD (2008)
- Net Income:
- -$454 million USD (2008)
- No. of Employees:
- 7,900 (2007)
- Market Cap:
- $11 billion USD (2008)
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