Video game developer · United States · Active
EA Orlando
Founded in 1994
- 108
- games developed
- 0
- games published
- 0
- in development
History of EA Orlando
EA Orlando was founded in 1994 in Orlando, Florida, as Tiburon Entertainment, a name taken from the Spanish word for shark. Its founders were John Schappert and Jason Andersen, former engineers at Visual Concepts, with Steve Chiang joining as a third investor. It started with three employees, writing software for large companies, above all Electronic Arts, which the founders already knew from working on the Madden series at Visual Concepts. EA hired it to make Madden NFL '96 for the Super NES and Genesis.
Besides Madden, Tiburon made College Football USA 97, Madden NFL 97, the Saturn version of Soviet Strike and Slam: Shaq vs. the Legends. In May 1996 EA bought a minority stake in the studio, which in return became an exclusive EA developer on PlayStation, Saturn and other consoles. That year it also signed up to make a new college football game, released in 1997 as NCAA Football 98. With the investment, the company moved from Longwood to larger offices in Maitland Center.
Electronic Arts acquired Tiburon on 2 April 1998 and renamed it EA Tiburon. Since then the studio has run the Madden NFL series. In 2005 EA folded the developer Hypnotix into it. Over the years it added series such as NFL Street, NASCAR, NFL Head Coach and NBA Live, and in 2006 it released Superman Returns, based on the film. From the 2008 edition onwards it also took over the Tiger Woods PGA Tour golf series from EA Salt Lake.
In late 2019 it was announced that the studio would leave Maitland for the Creative Village in downtown Orlando; the new headquarters opened in March 2022. It was known as EA Tiburon until 2023, when it became EA Orlando. Still owned by Electronic Arts, it remains in charge of Madden NFL and PGA Tour, and in 2024 it returned to the college football series it had left in 2013.
Milestones
1994
John Schappert, Jason Andersen and Steve Chiang found Tiburon Entertainment in Orlando.
1995
Work begins on the Madden NFL series.
1996
Electronic Arts buys a minority stake.
1997
NCAA Football 98.
1998
EA buys the studio, which becomes EA Tiburon.
2005
It absorbs the developer Hypnotix.
2006
Superman Returns.
2022
New headquarters opens in downtown Orlando.
2023
Renamed EA Orlando.
Its best-known games
Madden NFL 20
2019 · PS4 · PC · XONE
Madden NFL 18
2017 · PS4 · XONE
Madden NFL 17
2016 · PS4 · XONE
Madden NFL 19
2018 · PS4 · PC · XONE
Madden NFL 16
2015 · PS4 · XONE
Madden NFL 15
2014 · PS4 · XONE
Madden NFL 13
2012 · PS3 · Vita · X360
Madden NFL 08
2007 · PS3 · PC · Mac
NFL Street
2004 · XBOX · NGC · PS2
NHL 96
1995 · SNES · Genesis/MegaDrive · 3DO
NFL Street 2
2004 · XBOX · NGC · PS2
Madden NFL 25
2013 · PS4 · XONE
Every game it has developed (108)
2026
- Madden NFL 27 Series X|S, Switch 2, PC, PS5
- EA Sports College Football 27 Series X|S, PC, PS5
2025
- Madden NFL 26 Series X|S, Switch 2, PC, PS5
- EA Sports College Football 26 Series X|S, PS5
2024
- Madden NFL 25 Series X|S, PS4, PC, PS5
- EA Sports College Football 25 Series X|S, PS5
2023
- Madden NFL 24 Series X|S, PS4, PC, PS5
- EA Sports PGA Tour Series X|S, PC, PS5
2022
- Madden NFL 23 Series X|S, PC, PS5
- Madden NFL 23 PS4, XONE
2021
- Madden NFL 22 Stadia, Series X|S, PC, PS5
- Madden NFL 22 PS4, XONE
2020
- Madden NFL 21 Series X|S, PS5
- Madden NFL 21: NXT LVL Edition Series X|S, PS5
- Madden NFL 21 Stadia, PS4, PC, XONE
2019
- Madden NFL 20 PS4, PC, XONE
2018
- Madden NFL 19 PS4, PC, XONE
2017
- NBA Live 18 PS4, XONE
- Madden NFL 18 PS4, XONE
2016
- Madden NFL 17 PS4, XONE
- Madden NFL 17 PS3, X360
2015
- Madden NFL 16 PS3, X360
- Madden NFL 16 PS4, XONE
2014
- NBA Live 15 PS4, XONE
- Madden NFL 15 PS4, XONE
- Madden NFL 15 PS3, X360
2013
- NBA Live 14 PS4, XONE
- Madden NFL 25 PS4, XONE
- Madden NFL 25 PS3, X360
- NCAA Football 14 PS3, X360
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 PS3, X360
2012
- Madden NFL 13 WiiU
- Madden NFL 13 PS3, Vita, X360
- NCAA Football 13 PS3, X360
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 PS3, X360
- NFL Blitz PS3, X360
2011
- Madden NFL 12 PS3, X360
- NCAA Football 12 PS3, X360
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 PS3, Wii, PC, Mac
2010
- EA Sports MMA PS3, iOS, X360
- Madden NFL 11 PS3, X360
- NCAA Football 11 PS3, iOS, X360, PS2
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 PS3, Wii, iOS, X360
2009
- Madden NFL 10 PS3, X360
- NCAA Football 10 PS3, PSP, X360, PS2
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 PS3, PSP, X360, PS2
- Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure NDS
2008
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 PS3, iOS, PSP, X360
- Madden NFL 09 PS3, X360
- NCAA Football 09 PS3, PSP, X360, PS2
- NASCAR 09 PS3, X360
- NFL Tour PS3, X360
2007
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 PS3, Wii, PC, Mac
- Madden NFL 08 PSP
- Madden NFL 08 XBOX, NGC, PS2
- Madden NFL 08 PS3, PC, Mac, X360
- EA Sports NASCAR Racing Arcade
- NASCAR 08 PS3, X360, PS2
- NCAA Football 08 XBOX, PS3, X360, PS2
- Arena Football: Road to Glory PS2
2006
- Superman Returns: The Videogame NDS
- Superman Returns: The Videogame XBOX, PSP, X360, PS2
- Superman Returns: Fortress of Solitude GBA
- NFL Street 3 PSP, PS2
- NASCAR 07 XBOX, PSP, PS2
- Madden NFL 07 PS3, X360
- Madden NFL 07 PSP
- Madden NFL 07 XBOX, NGC, PC, PS2
- NCAA Football 07 XBOX, PSP, X360, PS2
- NFL Head Coach XBOX, PC, PS2
2005
- NCAA March Madness 06 XBOX, PS2
- NASCAR 06: Total Team Control XBOX, PS2
- Madden NFL 06 XBOX, NGC, PC, PS2
- Madden NFL 06 X360
- Madden NFL 06 PSP
- Madden NFL 06 Win Phone
- Madden NFL 06 Mobile
- NCAA Football 06 XBOX, PS2
- GoldenEye: Rogue Agent NDS
- NFL Street 2: Unleashed PSP
- NASCAR SimRacing PC
2004
- NFL Street 2 XBOX, NGC, PS2
- Madden NFL 2005 zod
- Madden NFL 2005 PS1
- NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup XBOX, NGC, PS2
- Madden NFL 2005 XBOX, NGC, PC, PS2
- NCAA Football 2005 XBOX, NGC, PS2
- NFL Street XBOX, NGC, PS2
2003
- NASCAR Thunder 2004 XBOX, PC, PS1, PS2
- Madden NFL 2004 XBOX, NGC, PC, PS2
- NCAA Football 2004 XBOX, NGC, PS2
2002
- Madden NFL 2003 XBOX, NGC, PC, PS2
- NCAA Football 2003 XBOX, NGC, PS2
2001
- NASCAR Thunder 2002 XBOX, PS1, PS2
- NCAA Football 2002 PS2
- Madden NFL 2002 XBOX, NGC, PC, PS2
2000
- Madden NFL 2001 PS2
- Madden NFL 2001 N64, PC, PS1
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 PC, PS1
1999
- Madden NFL 2000 N64, PC, Mac, PS1
1998
- Madden NFL 99 N64, PC, PS1
1997
- Madden Football 64 N64
- Nuclear Strike PC, PS1
- Madden NFL 98 SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive, PC, Saturn
1996
- Madden NFL 97 SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive
- Madden NFL 97 Saturn, PS1
1995
- NHL 96 SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive, 3DO, DOS
1994
- MechWarrior 3050 SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive