in use since 2011 formerly called digital illusions hb 1992 1993 digital illusions ce ab 1993 2006 type subsidiary industry video game industry interactive entertainment founded may 1992 ; 24 years ago 1992 05 1 founder andreas axelsson olof gustafsson fredrik liliegren ulf mandorff headquarters stockholm sweden number of locations 3 offices area served worldwide key people karl magnus troedsson ceo products games battlefield series mirror s edge star wars battlefront game engines frostbite refractor engine revenue 798.936 million kr operating income 59.133 million kr profit 36.164 million kr total assets 368.302 million kr total equity 110.833 million kr number of employees 560 2014 parent electronic arts 2006 divisions dice los angeles website dice.se footnotes references 2014 annual report . 2 ea digital illusions ce ab short ea dice formerly digital illusions hb and later digital illusions ce ab is a swedish video game developer based in stockholm . the company was founded in 1992 and has been a subsidiary of electronic arts since 2006 . its releases include the battlefield series mirror s edge and star wars battlefront . contents 1 history 1.1 expansion 1.2 ea s acquisition 2 games developed 3 references 4 external links history edit the old dice logo dice was founded as digital illusions in may 1992 in v xj sweden by four people ulf mandorff olof gustafsson fredrik liliegren and andreas axelsson members of the former demogroup the silents . 1 3 4 the silents work is visible in some dice games . for example the silents used the acronym tsl ; this acronym is visible in motorhead on banners and signs . according to the motorhead manual tsl is said to stand for trans atlantic speed league a case of a backronym . citation needed for an extended period of time while the employees were also students at v xj university the company s office consisted of a small dorm room . during those days the company developed popular pinball games for the amiga computers such as pinball dreams pinball fantasies and pinball illusions . the company moved to gothenburg in 1994 where it was headquartered until 2005 when that office was merged with the ex refraction games office in stockholm . in 1998 the company was registered on the swedish stock exchange . although codename eagle received a small cult following the biggest break for dice was the release of battlefield 1942 and its sequels and expansions . the battlefield series jump started their popularity . in 2004 the total value of the company was estimated at approximately us 55 million . expansion edit in january 2000 the company bought refraction games and 90 % of synergenix interactive . this was followed in march 2001 by the acquisition of sandbox studios in london ontario canada . ea s acquisition edit in november 2004 electronic arts announced their intent to purchase all outstanding shares in dice at a price of 61 kr per share . 5 the board of directors of dice recommended that the company s shareholders accept the offer . electronic arts owned 62 % of dice on 31 march 2005 . on 2 october 2006 ea completed the acquisition for 67.75 kr per share for 2.6 million shares for a total of 175.5 million kr . dice was renamed to ea digital illusions ce 6 and ceo patrick s derlund became an ea studio general manager . 7 dice canada which at the time was being run by dice co founder fredrik liliegren was closed down immediately upon acquisition . 8 in may 2013 dice los angeles was opened as an additional location to dice . it was formed some time after the dissolution of ea s former subsidiary danger close games also known before as ea los angeles as a consequence of the commercial failure of medal of honor warfighter . several danger close employees were transferred to the new studio while the leadership team including studio manager fredrik loving moved from stockholm . 9 dice los angeles had co operated with dice stockholm in the development of battlefield 4 . the l.a. studio is also working on unannounced projects built on the frostbite 3 engine . in may 2013 dice general manager karl magnus troedsson said in an interview there is an extreme talent pool over that we want a part of . 10 games developed edit title year platform s notes pinball dreams 1992 amiga ms dos nes pinball fantasies amiga ms dos nes 3do amiganoid 1994 amiga benefactor amiga hardcore sega genesis finished but never released pinball illusions 1995 amiga ms dos true pinball 1997 playstation sega saturn s40 racing microsoft windows motorhead 1998 microsoft windows playstation swedish touring car championship 1999 microsoft windows swedish touring car championship 2 2000 rally masters riding champion legacy of rosemond hill nascar heat playstation in collaboration with monster games matchbox emergency patrol 2001 microsoft windows jumpstart wildlife safari field trip playstation jumpstart dino adventure field trip game boy color diva starz mall mania shrek xbox gamecube rallisport challenge 2002 microsoft windows xbox pryzm chapter one the dark unicorn playstation 2 battlefield 1942 microsoft windows os x shrek extra large gamecube the land before time big water adventure playstation v8 challenge microsoft windows battlefield 1942 the road to rome 2003 microsoft windows os x expansion pack for battlefield 1942 midtown madness 3 xbox battlefield 1942 secret weapons of wwii microsoft windows os x expansion pack for battlefield 1942 battlefield vietnam 2004 microsoft windows rallisport challenge 2 xbox battlefield 2 2005 microsoft windows battlefield 2 modern combat playstation 2 xbox xbox 360 battlefield 2142 microsoft windows os x battlefield bad company 2008 playstation 3 xbox 360 mirror s edge microsoft windows playstation 3 xbox 360 ios battlefield heroes 2009 microsoft windows in collaboration with easy studios ; freeware battlefield 1943 xbox 360 playstation 3 battlefield bad company 2 2010 ios microsoft windows playstation 3 xbox 360 need for speed hot pursuit android ios microsoft windows playstation 3 wii windows phone xbox 360 in collaboration with criterion games battlefield online microsoft windows in collaboration with neowiz games ; freeware medal of honor microsoft windows playstation 3 xbox 360 developed the multiplayer aspect battlefield play4free 2011 microsoft windows in collaboration with easy studios ; freeware battlefield 3 ios microsoft windows playstation 3 xbox 360 battlefield 4 2013 microsoft windows playstation 3 playstation 4 xbox 360 xbox one battlefield hardline 2015 in collaboration with visceral games star wars battlefront microsoft windows playstation 4 xbox one mirror s edge catalyst 2016 battlefield 1 in development star wars battlefront 2 2017 microsoft windows playstation 4 xbox one in development references edit a b article series part 1 home of digital illusions in swedish . pcgaming.nu . retrieved 18 march 2011 . bokslut & nyckeltal ea digital illusions ce ab in swedish . allabolag.se . retrieved 22 january 2015 . the silents tsl . amiga music preservation . retrieved 8 may 2008 . uhr bobic 18 january 2007 . 4sceners digital illusions . 4players . de . retrieved 20 may 2010 . brundin sverker 15 november 2004 . electronic arts k per digital illusions electronic arts purchases digital illusions . computer sweden in swedish . idg.se . retrieved 13 may 2016 . thorsen tor 2 october 2006 . ea rolls dice for 23 million . gamespot . retrieved 10 may 2014 . ea officially picks up dice . edge . 2 october 2006 . retrieved 1 september 2012 . boyer brandon 5 october 2006 . ea closes dice canada offices . gamasutra . retrieved 10 october 2006 . yin poole wesley 13 june 2015 . star wars battlefront is dice s interpretation of what battlefront should be . eurogamer . retrieved 11 may 2015 . hansegard jens ; ledel johannes 15 may 2013 . ea opening new los angeles game studio . the wall street journal . retrieved 23 december 2013 . external links edit official website ea dice at mobygames ea dice at dmoz v t e battlefield main series battlefield 1942 the road to rome secret weapons of wwii battlefield 2 additional content battlefield 3 downloadable content battlefield 4 downloadable content battlefield 1 spin offs battlefield vietnam battlefield 2 modern combat battlefield 2142 northern strike battlefield 1943 battlefield hardline bad company series battlefield bad company battlefield bad company 2 battlefield bad company 2 vietnam free to play battlefield heroes battlefield online battlefield play4free related battlefield 1918 desert combat eve of destruction finnwars project reality silentheroes book category 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 pogo.com frostbite list of acquisitions by electronic arts list of electronic arts games category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ea dice & oldid 740257555 categories battlefield series electronic artsvideo game companies established in 1988video game companies of swedenvideo game development companieshidden categories cs1 swedish language sources sv use dmy dates from april 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2010articles with dmoz links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages brezhonegcatal e tinadanskdeutschespa olfran ais hrvatskibahasa indonesiaitaliano lietuvi magyarnederlands norsk bokm lpolskiportugu srom n suomisvenskat rk e ti ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 00 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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