Electronic Arts: Difference between revisions

*For the variant on the PlayStation version of ''Viewpoint'', the background is a space background. Then the 3D circle zooms through as we pan through the space. Then the light rays swipe through the circle to make the lines appear on the circle. Then it zooms out and the 3D Square and the 3D Triangle shapes (with lines intact), appear from left and right respectively forming the logo. Then "ELECTRONIC ARTS" appear in the game's font appears through the burning effect. Then the text dissolves. Then we move through as the 3D Square leaves the screen while the Circle moves onto the Triangle while the text zooms out through the burning effect this time reading "HIGH SCORE ENTERTAINMENT" (see here), appears while the Circle turns and glows yellow. Then the circle explodes as the text dissolves causing a hole in the triangle to appear. Then it slowly turns upside down and turns gray, becoming the Visual Concepts logo while "VISUAL CONCEPTS" (see here), appears through the burning effect forming the logo. Then the text rotates up and dissolves through fire. Then the VC logo zooms out as the games title zooms out turning with the light ray effect, making it's position into the center as the light rays dim out. Then it fades into the opening intro of the game.

'''Logo:''' We see many mixed-up flying letters, which move quickly from us to their usual places, forming "ELECTRONIC ARTS". There's a glow around the words, and the website www.ea.com fades in below.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An explosion-like sound, followed by a male announcer (in an electronic style voice) pronouncing the company's name.

*On ''Future Corp: L.A.P.D.'', different sounds are hears, with a different Electronic Arts voice heard.

'''Availability:''' Very common, seen on almost every Electronic Arts branded title released during this time, like ''Freedom Force'', ''Sled Storm'', ''Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing'', ''Future Cop: L.A.P.D'', ''Need for Speed'' titles until ''Porche Unleashed'', ''WCW Mayhem'', ''WCW Backstage Assault'', ''Beetle Adventure Racing'', ''ReBoot: Countdown to Chaos'' and ''Medal of Honor''. After the next logo was introduced, this logo (but still) remained on EA-distributed games like Lego games from 2002-2003 and ''The Simpsons Skateboarding'' but the animated version made a surprise appearance on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' for the Xbox.

'''Logo:''' We see the current EA logo (a stylized "EA") in dark blue stacked on top of the word ''GAMES'' in capital letters, encased in a circle on a white background. The circle rotates for a few seconds before placing itself into place. ''WWW.EAGAMES.COM'' fades in below along with the byline reading "EA GAMES is an Electronic Arts brand."

*On Desert Strike Advance for Game Boy Advance, the circle is absent.

*On Sid Meier'sSimGolf, the background is cloudy sky.

*On LoTR: The Two Towers, the golden ring of power appears in a fire and rotates to the logo.

*There is also a variant with a black background (seen on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone on PSX).

*On American McGee's Alice, the logo turns into flames.

*On some games there is an explosion sound in place of the ding.

*On The Sims, we hear the sound of a crowd cheering which continues into the Maxis logo.

'''Availability:''' Very common, it can be found on EA published games from 1999 to 2002 such as Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit II, Cel Damage, 007: The World is Not Enough, 007: Agent Under Fire, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger and on The Sims from the Livin' Large expansion pack to the Unleashed expansion pack. Also appeared on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for GBA.

'''Logo:''' The letters "EA" are shown in its corporate font, like in the 4th logo. The color is usually blue. Under the letters we can see "ELECTRONIC ARTS".

'''Availability:''' Appears on The Simpsons: Road Rage.

'''Logo:''' We see a zoom out of the late 90s EA Games logo, and it presses itself causing it to flash and "Challenge Everything" appears through the light ray effect below the logo along with the byline, "EA GAMES is an ELECTRONIC ARTS brand" and they stay there for a few seconds. Then the logo goes into a flash and disappears while the bylines fade away.

*Still version of this logo, used on GBA, had the byline in different font with the blue aura still in place.

*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for GBA had the logo on a piece of parchment.

*A still version with a black background and more accurate print was used on NDS even a year later, on GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. The reason is because this game was released for all other platforms in 2004.

*Another version with white background was used on 007: Nightfire for GBA.

*On Medal of Honor: European Assault for PS2, the logo starts out normal, but just before we hear "Challenge Everything" the logo fades to sepia tone and the quality deteriorates, much like a 1940s style movie.

*An early variant of this logo (seen on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for PSX) had the logo moving much slower and choppily, the "Challenge Everything" voice-over is omitted, and the "EA Games" voice-over is not reverberated.

'''FX/SFX:''' The zoom out, the voice-over, and the flash.

*On TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, the music and voice-overs are played at a higher pitch

*On Def Jam: Fight for NY, D-Mob (a character from the game) says "Challenge Everything" in place of the whisper.

'''Availability:''' Seen on games of the era, such as Freedom Fighters, Batman Begins, Catwoman, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, SimCity 4, The Urbz: Sims In The City, most 007 games of the era (like Everything or Nothing) and most Harry Potter games of the era (like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone (PS2/GCN/XBOX versions), and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets). It also appears on The Sims from the Superstar expansion onward (unless you get the Complete Collection, or otherwise the next logo appears) as well as the console versions and The Sims Bustin' Out, and on The Sims 2 from the base game to the University expansion pack.

'''Logo:''' On a black background, two white lines are seen whooshing in. They later go down and right, forming the EA logo. The logo then makes a sudden boom, and it zooms out. The byline "EA IS AN ELECTRONIC ARTS BRAND" appears under the logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A synth whoosh, and then some sword drawing sound.

'''Availability:''' Seen on games from the era, including Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, Burnout Legends, Black & White 2,and 007: From Russia with Love. It appears on The Sims 2 from the Nightlife expansion pack (even though the last logo appears on the packaging) to the Open for Business expansion pack as well as the console versions and on The Sims Complete Collection. This also appears, surprisingly enough, on the trailer for the 2009 game Need for Speed: Nitro.

'''Logo:''' On a black background, the current EA logo rapidly zooms and sends a red circle around it, then continues to zooms out slowly. Until 2007, the byline "EA IS AN ELECTRONIC ARTS BRAND" appears under the logo.

'''Variants:''' Since EA publishes many games, there is an incredibly great amount of variants.

* For example, on games from The Sims series until 2013, the logo is green with a blue outline, and at the end the famous "Plumbob" from The Sims appears at the top of the logo.

'''Availability:''' The original variant is very rare, and was only used on The Simpsons Game, Def Jam Icon, DarkSpore and Lord of the Rings: Conquest. The still version appears on Need for Speed: Carbon and G.I.Joe for DS. Also seen on some earlier trailers (before the new ones with custom logo appear).

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