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Company's Electronic Arts has Cannibalised...
When you read this list.... just take a moment to think about he games they made before EA Beat them down with there wallet..... And think what the might be producing today is the corporate world hadn't bought them out and stifled the creativity of such renowned game company's.

ARRANGED IN ORDER OF CANNIBALISATION

Origin Systems
- Founded 1983
- Cannibalised 1992
Best Known for "Wing Commander Series" & "Crusader"

Bullfrog Productions
- Founded 1987
- Cannibalised 1995
Best Known for "Populus 2", "Syndicate" & "Theme Park",

Maxis Studios
- Founded 1987
- Cannibalised 1997
Best Known for "SimCity" & "SimTower"

Westwood Studios
- Founded 1985
- Cannibalised 1998
Best Known for "Command & Conquer" & "Red Alert"

Kesmai
- Founded 1981
- Cannibalised 1999
Best known for "AirWarrior" (They also developed the first ASCII-based MMORPG, Island of Kesmai, which ran on CompuServe)

DICE
- Founded 1998
- Cannibalised 2004
Best Known for "BattleField 1942" & "Midtown Madness 3"

Criterion Games
- Founded 1993
- Cannibalised 2004
Best Known for "Burnout" & "Redline Racer"

BioWare Corp
- Founded 1995
- Cannibalised 2007
Best Known for "Baldur's Gate" & "Mass Effect"

Pandemic Studios
- Founded 1998
- Cannibalised 2007
Best Known for "Battlezone 2" & "Full Spectrum Warrior"


(NOTE - Since games take more then 12 months to make, any game released under the EA brand in the year any of the above company's were bought cannot be attributed to EA as the game would have been under development for many months if not years before EA came in and cannibalised the company.)