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</table>Travishttp://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=Electronic_Arts&diff=2079&oldid=prevTravis: Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Electronic+Arts&version=179&savePath=%2Fpage%2FElectronic%2BArts&saveType=page"><font size="3"><font><font siz..."2020-11-03T01:21:48Z<p>Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Electronic+Arts&version=179&savePath=%2Fpage%2FElectronic%2BArts&saveType=page"><font size="3"><font><font siz..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Electronic+Arts&amp;version=179&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FElectronic%2BArts&amp;saveType=page"><font size="3"><font><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by <font color="#333333">EnormousRat and others</font><br/>Editions by</font> Mr3urious, </i><i>bigladiesman, and CuriousGeorge60</i><br/><br/><u>Background</u>:</font></font></font>Electronic Arts Inc. is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. It was founded by Trip Hawkins in 1982. It is the second-largest gaming company in the Americas and Europe by revenue and market capitalization after Activision Blizzard and ahead of Take-Two Interactive and Ubisoft as of March 2018.<font size="3"><font><font size="3"><br/><br/></font></font></font><div><font size="3"><font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></font></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><font><font size="3">1st Logo <br/>(May 20, 1983-1999) </font><br/></font> </font><div align="center"> <div align="center"> <font face="Arial" size="3"><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (1994)" height="133" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/9gAPofWRfqmH_bibmnbs1g18677/GW179H133" title="Electronic Arts (1994)" width="179"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (1992)" height="132" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/PzZMCydaVzWTdMiTqOXRng15140/GW186H132" title="Electronic Arts (1992)" width="186"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (1994)" height="132" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/BWloCcJK6oKyprzkuoYyCA18995/GW207H132" title="Electronic Arts (1994)" width="207"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (1997)" height="133" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/MOj1gPdh_NhgH_o_1XOexA22215/GW178H133" title="Electronic Arts (1997)" width="178"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (1993)" height="132" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/qk2tmuNC9wJ0al4WRYi8EQ8503/GW167H132" title="Electronic Arts (1993)" width="167"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (1995)" height="132" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/zsSsntKqeYZrGPOHWFYeiw88595/GW177H132" title="Electronic Arts (1995)" width="177"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts/High Score Productions (1996)" height="132" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/SC34zOIDsR911mYS70T8QA140174/GW176H132" title="Electronic Arts/High Score Productions (1996)" width="176"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts - Desert Strike - SNES" height="132" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/ygOo8Mi496KVzjF9dECX-g13804/GW165H132" title="Electronic Arts - Desert Strike - SNES" width="165"/></font></div></div><font size="3"><font><u> <br/><font size="3">Nicknames</font></u><font size="3"><font face="Arial">: "The Square/Circle/Triangle Shape Combination", "The EA Square/Circle/Triangle Combo"</font><br/><u><br/>Logo</u><font face="Arial">: Against a black background, we see a segmented green square flip in, followed by a segmented blue circle and a segmented yellow triangle. At the same time, the words "</font><b><font face="Times">ELECTRONIC ARTS</font></b><font face="Arial">" are formed below by two sets of lines coming in from the sides of the screen and merging together. </font><br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><u>Variants</u>:</font></font><ul><li> <font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>John Madden Football</i> for 3DO, the steel-colored logo is visually in 3D (see 1st picture). </font></li><li> <font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Grand Slam Bridge 2</i>, the logo is red and featureless with golden text.<br/> </font></li><li> <font face="Arial" size="3"><i>Need for Speed 2</i> has the logo in turquoise color zooming in with light spots on the floor. </font></li><li> <font face="Arial" size="3">For the variant on the PlayStation version of <i>Viewpoint</i>, 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 [[High Score Productions/Entertainment|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 [[Visual Concepts|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. </font></li><li> <font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Extreme Pinball</i>, the blue logo is shown on top along with the[[High Score Entertainment| High Score Productions]] logo (see [[High Score Productions/Entertainment|here]]), on the bottom. </font></li><li> <font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf</i> for the Super NES, the logo in blue zooms out and rests in the middle. It stays there for a moment before fading to black. </font></li><li> <font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Soviet Strike</i>, the logo is purple.<br/></font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Wing Commander Academy, </i>a animated series based off the <i>Wing Commander</i>series by Origin Systems, the logo is on a space background in turquoise and in 3D with the name below in Times New Roman. Above it is "Based on the story and characters created by Chris Roberts for the series of games produced by Origin Systems, Inc. and published by" in very small text.</font></li></ul><font face="Arial" size="3"> <br/><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The flipping and merging on the standard Genesis variant. The variants have different animation. None for the <i>Wing Commander Academy </i>variant.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None or the opening theme of the game.</font></font><div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font size="3"><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds Variants</u>:</font></font></font><ul><li><font face="Arial" size="3"><i>B.O.B</i>, released in 1993 on the Sega Genesis, had a series of ominous futuristic sounds which changed their pitch as the geometric forms flipped in. At the end, a "clunk" noise was heard. As far as we know, the SNES port of the game lacked the sounds.</font></li></ul><font face="Arial" size="3"><font><br/><font size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Seen on SNES and Sega Genesis/Megadrive games of the era. Also seen on early PlayStation titles released by the company, as well as Saturn, PC and other systems through the era as well, including <i>Soviet Strike</i>, the Japanese version of <i>Lemmings</i> for 3DO, <i>Escape from Monster Manor, </i><i>John Madden Football</i> for 3DO.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"> </font></font><div align="center"> </div><font face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.<br/></font><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><br/></font></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3">2nd Logo</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3">(1994-1995)</font></div><div align="center"><font face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (US Navy Fighters)" height="175" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/MMtsV-K6C8rBCfJ5tN6mdA11863/GW228H175" title="Electronic Arts (US Navy Fighters)" width="228"/><iframe frameborder="0" height="183" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/2a9527477f416ed05805cf9a8d7b68d84f7ec096" width="325"></iframe></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>Logo</u>: We see the segmented shapes from the previous logo, all in blue, float in from the sides of the screen and spin and place together in the middle. The cyan name "</font><font face="Times" size="3">ELECTRONIC ARTS</font><font face="Arial" size="3">" then zooms down with a white outline and places below the shapes. The name then glows in white.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The shapes floating, the name zooming down and glowing.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: An ominous synth crescendo that then ends with an orchestral hit.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>Music/Sounds Variant</u>: <i>US Navy Fighters</i> used a whoosh at first, ending with a <b>very loud </b>explosion sound.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Rare. This after all was Electronic Arts' first 3D-animated logo, so it only appears on DOS and 3DO games. Can be seen on <i>Space Hulk </i>(including the PS1/Saturn versions, the only titles on those systems to use this logo), <i>US Navy Fighters</i>, and the Japanese exclusive <i>Perfect World</i>.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><font><br/><br/>3rd Logo <br/>(1997-2003)<br/></font> </font><div align="center"> <font face="Arial" size="3"><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (1999)" height="171" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/4XsfyApbxAB8lk-JPtj2Tw12358/GW229H171" title="Electronic Arts (1999)" width="229"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (2002)" height="172" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/zOTIyvCoH3fxgJKvKUNknw5838/GW245H172" title="Electronic Arts (2002)" width="245"/><br/></font></div><font size="3"><font> <br/><font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: We see many mixed-up flying letters, which move quickly from us to their usual places, forming "</font></font><font size="3"><font color="#5983c2"><b>ELECTRONIC ARTS</b></font><font>". There's a glow around the words, and the website <a class="external" href="http://www.ea.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font color="#468ac2"><b>www.ea.com</b></font></a> fades in below. <br/><br/></font><font><u>Variants</u>:</font></font></font><div><ul><li><font face="Arial" size="3"><i>Anno 1503</i> contains the print version of this logo just zooming in. The same logo appears on <i>Aliens vs. Predator: Extinction</i>.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">There also exists a variant without the URL; this was seen on <i>Auto Destruct</i><i> </i>and <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer f</i>or the Xbox.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Sled Storm</i>, the logo is slowed down.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On Lego games published by the company, the logo is still, underneath the Lego logo and copyright information is below.</font></li></ul></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><u><br/>FX/SFX</u>: Flying letters.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: An explosion-like sound, followed by a male announcer (in an electronic style voice) pronouncing the company's name.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds Variants</u>:</font></div><div><ul><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Need for Speed: High Stakes, WCW Mayhem and WCW Backstage Assault, </i>A different sound is heard and a female announcer replaces the male one.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Future Corp: L.A.P.D</i>., different sounds are hears, with a different Electronic Arts voice heard.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Auto Destruct</i>, the sound is in a lower pitch.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3"><i>ReBoot: Countdown to Chaos</i><i> </i>and <i>Need for Speed III: Hot Persuit </i>has a descending series of computer blips followed by a synth stab.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Diablo</i>, a distorted computerized synth screech is heard.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Need for Speed: Porche Unleashed</i>, racing car sounds are heard.</font></li></ul></div><div><font face="Arial"><font><font size="3"><font><br/><u>Availability</u><font color="#333333">: Very Common, seen on almost every Electronic Arts branded title released during this time, like </font><i>Freedom Force</i><i>, </i><i>Sled Storm</i><font color="#333333">, </font><i>Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing</i><i>, </i><i>Future Cop: L.A.P.D</i><font color="#333333">, <i>Need for Speed</i> titles until <i>Porche Unleashed</i>,</font><i>WCW Mayhem</i><i>, </i><i>WCW Backstage <font color="#333333">Assault</font></i><i>, </i><i>Beetle Adventure Racing</i><i>, </i><i>R</i><i>eBoot: Countdown to Chaos</i><i> </i><font color="#333333">and </font><i>Medal of Honor</i><font color="#333333">. After the next logo was introduced, this logo (but still) remained on EA-distributed games like </font><i>Lego</i><font color="#333333"> games from 2002-2003 and </font><i>The Simpsons Skateboarding</i><i> </i><font color="#333333">but the animated version made a surprise appearance on<i> Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> for the Xbox.</font></font><br/><br/></font><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.<br/><br/><br/><br/></font><font><br/>4th Logo (EA Games 1st Logo)<br/>(1999-2002)<br/></font> </font></div><div align="center"> <i><font face="Arial" size="3"><img align="bottom" alt="EA Games (1998)" height="160" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/wm8Ib8PfAElWHN9EVNgFQQ46802/GW224H160" title="EA Games (1998)" width="224"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (2002)" height="160" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/RXrSkZGMEQa24U0opYIouw4817/GW240H160" title="Electronic Arts (2002)" width="240"/></font></i></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><font> <br/><font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: We see the current </font></font><font size="3"><font color="#22358a">EA</font><font> logo in dark blue stacked on top of the word ''</font><font color="#57d4eb">GAMES</font><font>'' 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."<br/></font><font><u><br/>Variants</u>:<i> </i><br/></font> </font></font></div><ul> <li> <font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Desert Strike Advance</i> for Game Boy Advance, the circle is absent. </font></li><li> <font face="Arial" size="3">On<i> Sid Meier's</i><i>SimGolf</i>, the background is cloudy sky.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>L</i><i>oTR: The T</i><i>wo Towers,</i> the golden ring of power appears in a fire and rotates to the logo.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">There is also a variant with a black background (seen on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone on PSX).<br/></font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>American McGee's Alice</i>, the logo turns into flames.</font></li></ul><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><u> <br/>FX/SFX</u>: The circle rotating.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: 'Whirling' effects for the rotation and when the circle stops there is a mild ding sound along with a thud sound.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds Variant</u>:</font></div><div><ul><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On some games there is an explosion sound in place of the ding.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On The Sims, we hear the sound of a crowd cheering which continues into the Maxis logo.</font></li></ul><font><br/><u>Availability</u><font color="#333333" size="3">: Very common, <font size="3">it can be found on EA published games from 1999 to 2002 such as </font></font><font size="3"><i>Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit II</i><font color="#333333">, </font><i>Cel Damage</i><font color="#333333">, </font><i>007: </i><i>The World is Not Enough</i><font color="#333333">, </font><i><font color="#333333">007: Agent Under Fire, Ty the </font><font color="#333333">Tasmanian </font><font color="#333333">Tiger</font></i><i> </i><font color="#333333">and on </font><i>The Sims</i><font color="#333333"> from the </font><i>Livin' Large</i><i> </i><font color="#333333">expansion pack to the</font><i> </i><i>Unleashed</i><i> expansion pack</i><font color="#333333">. Also appeared on </font><i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</i><i> </i><font color="#333333">for GBA.</font></font><br/><br/></font><u>Editor's Note</u><font face="Arial">: TBA.</font><br/><font><br/><br/><br/>5th Logo <br/>(November 24, 2001)</font><font><img align="right" alt="Electronic Arts (2001)" height="184" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/-g152xiPUX5RUNlQneVn_g13248/GW246H184" title="Electronic Arts (2001)" width="246"/></font><font><br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: </font><font>The letters "<b>EA</b>" are shown in its corporate font, like in the 4th logo. The color is usually blue. Under the letters we can see "</font><font color="#6f92f2"><b>ELECTRONIC ARTS</b></font><font>".<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: </font><font>None.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Appears on <i>The Simpsons: Road Rage</i>.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.<br/><br/><br/><br/>6th Logo (EA Games 2nd Logo)<br/>(2002-2005)<br/></font> </div><div align="center"> <font face="Arial" size="3"><img align="bottom" alt="EA Games (2002)" height="154" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/48c9f2f65424a47ff18e3129c3dfdd93/GW205H154" title="EA Games (2002)" width="205"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (2002)" height="160" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/dgHgwJHLlxY523h175-fvQ15350/GW213H160" title="Electronic Arts (2002)" width="213"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (2003)" height="160" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/GC_xlTH4CuxNiwCKvnySuA27465/GW240H160" title="Electronic Arts (2003)" width="240"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (2003)" height="160" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/gEtieAJpBvC7RBVkRzQcDw11103/GW240H160" title="Electronic Arts (2003)" width="240"/><br/><embed height="171" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/page/EA+Games%2FSports/widget/youtubevideo/69d57ebfaec025717b186df14c31ccdc3b4602e4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="206" wmode="transparent"/><br/><br/></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><font><u>Logo</u>: 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. <br/><br/></font><font><u>Variants</u>: <br/></font> </font></div><ul> <li> <font face="Arial" size="3">Still version of this logo, used on GBA, had the byline in different font with the blue aura still in place. </font></li><li> <font face="Arial" size="3"><i>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</i> for GBA had the logo on a [[Logo Variations - Electronic Arts|piece of parchment]]. </font></li><li> <font face="Arial" size="3">A still version with a black background and more accurate print was used on NDS even a year later, on <i>GoldenEye: Rogue Agent</i>. The reason is because this game was released for all other platforms in 2004. </font></li><li> <font face="Arial" size="3">Another version with white background was used on<i> 007: Nightfire </i>for GBA. </font></li><li> <font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Medal of Honor: European Assault </i>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.</font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">An early variant of this logo (seen on <i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets </i>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.</font></li></ul><div><font face="Arial" size="3"> <br/><font><u>FX/SFX</u>: The zoom out, the voice-over, and the flash.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Multiple voices say "EA Games" simultaneously, then a whisper says "Challenge Everything". In the background a synth note plays (complete with a thud) as the logo presses itself, ending in a shut-off sound.<br/><br/></font><u>Music/Sounds Variant</u><u>s</u>:</font></div><div><ul><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>TimeSplitters: Future Perfect</i>, the music and voice-overs are played at a higher pitch<br/></font></li><li><font face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Def Jam: Fight for NY</i>, D-Mob (a character from the game) says "Challenge Everything" in place of the whisper.</font></li></ul><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> <br/><u>Availability</u>: Seen on games of the era, such as <i>Freedom Fighters</i><i>, </i><i>Batman Begins</i><i>, </i><i>Catwoman</i><i>, </i><i>Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2,</i> <i>SimCity 4</i>, <i>The Urbz: Sims In The City</i>, most <i>007 </i>games of the era (like <i>Everything or Nothing)</i> and most <i>Harry Potter</i><i> </i>games of the era (like <i>Harry Potter and the</i><i> </i><i>Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone </i>(PS2/GCN/XBOX versions), and <i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</i><i>)</i>. It also appears on <i>The Sims</i> from the <i>Superstar</i> expansion onward (unless you get the Complete Collection, or otherwise the next logo appears) as well as the console versions and <i>The Sims Bustin' Out</i>, and on <i>The Sims 2</i> from the base game to the <i>University</i> expansion pack.<br/><br/></font><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.<font size="3"><br/><br/><br/><br/>7th Logo<br/>(2005-2006, 2009)<br/><br/></font></font><div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> </div><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>Logo</u>: 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.</font><div align="center"> <img align="right" alt="Electronic Arts (2005)" height="172" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/ONnqfKY9nZHScz9We6R63A3807/GW230H172" title="Electronic Arts (2005)" width="230"/></div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The lines whooshing.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A synth whoosh, and then some sword drawing sound.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><br/><u>Availability</u>: Seen on games from the era, including <i>Need for Speed: Most Wanted</i>, <i>Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects</i><i>, </i><i>Burnout Legends</i><i>, </i><i>Black &amp; White 2</i>,and <i>007: From Russia with Love</i>. It appears on <i>The Sims 2</i> from the<i> </i><i>Nightlife</i> expansion pack (even though the last logo appears on the packaging) to the <i>Open for Business</i> expansion pack as well as the console versions and on <i>The Sims Complete Collection</i>. This also appears, surprisingly enough, on the trailer for the 2009 game <i>Need for Speed: Nitro</i>. <br/><br/></font><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.<font size="3"><br/><br/><br/><br/>8th Logo <br/>(2006-2011 (main logo); 2006-present (variants))<br/> </font></font><div align="center"> <font face="Arial" size="3"><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts (2006)" height="165" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/fXGtN4v0hSkc8juMEwC8WA34300/GW301H165" title="Electronic Arts (2006)" width="301"/><img align="bottom" alt="Electronic Arts - Standard version (2009)" height="165" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/oUHGYnI8ugCM_0dfoSfXPw5861/GW223H165" title="Electronic Arts - Standard version (2009)" width="223"/></font></div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> <br/><font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: 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.<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>: Since EA publishes many games, there is an incredibly great amount of [[Logo Variations - Electronic Arts|variants]].<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The zoom out of the EA logo.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The same whoosh heard on the last logo.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: The original variant is very rare, and was only used on <i>The Simpsons Game, Def Jam Icon, DarkSpore</i> and <i>Lord of the Rings: Conquest. </i></font></font><font size="3">The still version appears on <i>Need for Speed: Carbon</i> and <i>G.I.Joe</i> for DS. Also seen on some earlier trailers (before the new ones with custom logo appear).</font></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><br/></font><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.</font></div></div></div></div><br/></div></div>Travis