Like its location, EA Black Box is anything but ordinary.

With a longstanding fascination and passion for urban, lifestyle oriented games, EA Black Box is home to Need For Speed, the upcoming Skate and NBA Street Homecourt, along with several other exciting new games in the pipeline. In addition, the Black Box team developed the driving levels for three James Bond titles, in partnership with the Bond team at our studio in Redwood Shores, California.

EA Black Box was founded when EA acquired Black Box Games in 2002, then it became an independent EA studio in 2005. With over 350 employees, EA Black Box maintains a boutique studio and development environment – one in which you know who the people are that you work with and what they’re passionate about.

In 2003, EA Black Box moved into custom-built space in the top floors of a waterfront high-rise in downtown Vancouver. They said that gamers would never make it to the towers of high finance – but they were wrong! From our sweeping spiral staircase enclosing a four-storey bamboo tree, to our state-of-the-art video game trial theatres and open-plan work environment, EA Black Box is continuing the tradition of innovation and creativity that has brought us so far in such a short time.