verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message ea mobile inc. type subsidiary industry video game industry founded 2004 ; 12 years ago 2004 founder john batter headquarters los angeles california united states key people linda chaplin lincoln wallen john burn jay miller mike mccabe parent electronic arts subsidiaries jamdat mobile chillingo website www.ea.com mobile ea mobile inc. is an american video game development studio of the publisher electronic arts ea . the studio s primary business is producing games for mobile phones . it has also produced other entertainment related software such as ringtone applications as well as games for other platforms such as pdas and personal computers . ea mobile produces games in a wide variety of genres such as fighting games puzzle games and sports titles . their most well known products to date include the sims need for speed and fifa as well as a mobile conversion of the widely known puzzle game bejeweled a conversion for pocket pc of the pc game worms world party and their nfl nba and mlb branded games in addition to holding the license for the mobile versions of tetris and various monopoly games . they have relationships with all major north american wireless service carriers such as sprint verizon and at & t as well as many minor north american and some major european and asian carriers . they have offices in los angeles montreal london tokyo hyderabad honolulu bucharest and s o paulo . as a publishing company in the wireless video game industry ea mobile s primary service is linking game developers who generally develop the games from idea to playable software with wireless telecommunications service providers or carriers who sell the games to their customers . to this end they maintain strong relationships with major companies in both groups . in addition they create purchase and maintain proprietary software libraries to aid developers with whom they have working relationships a common practice among electronic game publishers . they also do the majority of the work regarding quality assurance for their games . contents 1 history 2 controversy 2.1 rock band 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit ea mobile was founded in 2004 by a group of ea company veterans . the group was formed led by john batter general manager and included linda chaplin head of us sales lincoln wallen cto john burn head of european sales jay miller us sales and mike mccabe head of asian sales . ea mobile launched the division and products simultaneously in the us europe and asia . in 2006 ea mobile expanded its footprint by acquiring jamdat mobile . jamdat was founded by scott lahman and zack norman two ex activision executives and austin murray in march of 2000 . they were joined in november of that year by mitch lasky who had also worked at activision who became the ceo of jamdat . jamdat went public in late 2004 . on december 9 2005 it was announced that jamdat was going to be purchased by electronic arts for us 680 million . the acquisition occurred on february 14 2006 and the jamdat name was retired . as of november 21 2006 the sepulveda center or jamdat building visible from the 405 freeway in west los angeles sign has been removed from both sides of the building . kbs realty purchased the property in june 2006 and will become the anchor tenant . as of december 8 2006 ea mobile la has been relocated to the ea la building in playa vista los angeles california . the same merger of offices happened in montreal where jamdat montreal moved from its old montreal location to new offices one floor above ea montreal s studios located in place ville marie downtown montreal . on august 8 2007 it was announced that barry cottle will join ea mobile as the new senior vice president and general manager . in october 2010 ea mobile announced the acquisition of uk based iphone and ipad games publisher chillingo for us 20 million in cash . while chillingo publishes the popular cut the rope game the deal did not include those properties . controversy edit rock band edit on may 2 2012 rock band on ios informed users that the game would no longer be playable after may 31 2012 . 1 while ea mobile have previously pulled games from the app store such as the simpsons tapped out they had either remained playable for anyone who had downloaded it or been free to play . further adding to the controversy was that the app was still being sold on the app store for its full price with no warning to customers after this message was going out . 2 see also edit gameloft glu mobile sonic boom inc. references edit wtf thanks ea . retrieved 2 may 2012 . harmonix we don t know why rock band ios app is giving users expiration warnings . gamepolitics.com . retrieved 2 may 2012 . external links edit ea mobile official website v t e electronic arts employees founder trip hawkins current larry probst executive chairman andrew wilson ceo peter moore coo patrick s derlund evp will wright joe ybarra former bing gordon don mattrick jeff green ralph guggenheim robin hunicke greg kasavin john riccitiello subsidiaries current bioware criterion games ea canada ea dice ea mobile ea montreal ea salt lake ea singapore ea sports ea tiburon european integration studio firemonkeys studios ghost games maxis motive studios popcap games the sims studio visceral games defunct bullfrog productions danger close games ea black box ea bright light ea chicago ea phenomic ea uk kesmai mythic entertainment origin systems pandemic studios playfish victory games westwood studios franchises army of two battlefield bejeweled burnout command & conquer crysis dead space dragon age fifa madden nfl mass effect medal of honor mirror s edge nba live ncaa football need for speed nhl plants vs. zombies rock band simcity spore ssx the sims related ea access origin 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