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Electronic Arts Acquires Mobile Game Publisher Jamdat for $680 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 9, 2005 - 4:44am.
Redwood City, Calif. - Looking to expand its offerings for mobile phones, Electronic Arts, the developer and publisher of video games, said late Thursday that it plans to acquire Los Angeles-based Jamdat Mobile, a publisher of wireless entertainment content, for approximately $680 million in cash. The two companies together plan to publish over 50 games for mobile phones in the first year following completion of the deal, including such titles as "Tetris," "Bejeweled," "Need For Speed" and "Madden NFL 06." Jamdat has 350 employees at offices in Honolulu, Montreal, Tokyo, London, Bucharest and Hyderabad. Mitch Lasky, Jamdata's CEO, will lead EA's mobile games business worldwide.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051208/20051208005771.html?.v=1 
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=13515
http://www.jamdat.com
http://www.ea.com
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