Subsidiary | |
Industry | Video game development |
Founded | 1997 |
Founder | Volker Wertich |
Defunct | 2013 |
Headquarters | Ingelheim, Germany |
Key people
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Dirk Ringe (CEO) |
Products | Video games |
Owner | Electronic Arts |
Number of employees
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60 |
Parent | Independent (1997-2006) Electronic Arts (2006-2013) |
Website | www.phenomic.de |
EA Phenomic was a real-time strategy video game developer, headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, and founded as Phenomic Game Development in 1997 by Volker Wertich, who had previous worked in Ubisoft Blue Byte and developed The Settlers and The Settlers III. The studio was acquired by Electronic Arts on August 23, 2006 and renamed as EA Phenomic.
Electronic Arts announced that EA Phenomic would concentrate on developing real-time strategy video games.
In July 2013 EA closed the studio and laid off the 60 employees.