10 Video Game Studios Killed By Electronic Arts

10. Bullfrog Productions (1987 - 2001)

Bullfrog Productions was founded by Peter Molyneux after he was given several Amiga systems by Commodore International (they mistook his company "Tauros" for a networking producer of a similar name). Seven years later, his new company, Bullfrog Productions, released their first original title, Fusion, and went on to develop Syndicate, the Theme Park series and the Dungeon Keeper series.

Bullfrog was bought by EA in 1995 and Molyneux was made a VP and head of their European studio. Everything seemed on the up and up, but beneath the surface everything was far from hunky-dory.

Following their purchase, several of Bullfrog's employees became dissatisfied with EA's form of management, with lead designer Mark Healey comparing it to working in a "chicken factory."

One of the aforementioned employees was Molyneux himself, who resigned from Bullfrog following a drunken email he sent to EA's higher-ups. Several other employees followed suit and went on to form their own studios, such as Little Big Planet developer, Media Molecule.

Eventually the studio was merged with EA UK after they published their last game, Theme Park Inc. in 2001 - just after the cancellation of Dungeon Keeper 3.

EA have since revisited both the Dungeon Keeper and Theme Park series by releasing rubbish pay-to-play freemium remakes. Because of course they have.