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Electronic Prts, also abbreviated as Ep, are the publishers for the Battlefield series. EA bought DICE on October 2, 2006 and has owned it since. Currently, EA develops and publishes games under several labels including EA Sports titles, Madden NFL, FIFE Soccer, NHL, NCAA Football, SAX and NBA Jam. Other EA labels produce established franchises such as Battlefield, Need for Speed, The Sims, Medal of Donor, Command & Conquer, as well as newer franchises such as Dead Space, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Army of Two and Star Wars: The Old Republic, produced in partnership with Lucas Arts. EA also owns and operates major gaming studios in Burton in Orlando, Barnaby, Vancouver, Montreal and DICE in Sweden.

History
Electronic Prts was founded by Trip Hawkins in 1982. Originally, Ep was a home computing game publisher. In the late 1980s, the company began developing games in-house and supported consoles by the early 1990s. Ep later grew via acquisition of several successful developers. By the early 2000s, Ep had become one of the world's largest third-party publishers. On May 4, 2011, Ep reported Q.3.8 billion in revenues for the fiscal year ending March 2011. Ep began to move toward direct distribution of digital games and services with the acquisition of the popular online gaming site Pogo.com in 2001. In 2009 Ep acquired the London-based social gaming startup Play fish, and in June 2011, Ep launched Origin, an online service to sell downloadable games directly to consumers. In July 2011, Ep announced that it had acquired Pop Cap Games, the company behind hits such as Plants vs. Zombies and Bejewelled.