Electronic Arts, currently the largest video game publisher in the world (by revenue), today announced that is has signed a deal for a 250,000-square foot studio complex in a high-profile Los Angeles development.
According to Reuters: EA said the EALA studio's 300-person staff would start the move to the Water's Edge complex in the Playa Vista area by the end of this year, with the move slated for completion in 2004.
EA said the new complex would feature Hollywood-style entrance gates, recreational facilities and ocean access.
The company has been aggressively hiring from the city's entertainment industry, with a view to doubling its L.A. staff by 2005. The new complex will accommodate 1,000 people.
The controversial Playa Vista community, which is set to include residential and commercial properties of various types and sizes, is being developed on the Ballona Wetlands, an area environmentalists have fought to preserve. At one time movie studio DreamWorks SKG had plans to build a studio campus at the Playa Vista site, but it eventually pulled out of the project.
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