Availability: Very common. [8][14][29]:79[27]:283[27]:646[30], In 1995 Electronic Arts won the European Computer Trade Show award for best software publisher of the year. [171], In E3 2019 on its EA Play event, EA announced that three new titles would come, with Zoink returning with a new title called Lost in Random, Hazelight Studios returning with a new title and Glowmade entering the initiative with a title called RushHeart.[172]. The first film to use this logo was Cheech & Chong's, New Line Home Video releases (and later, MGM Home Entertainment) of Castle Rock Entertainment films such as, The Columbia-Castle Rock combo is also preserved on a 1998 MGM Movie Time VHS release of, It also appears on the Vidmark and Starmaker VHS releases of, Oddly, in lieu of RCA/Columbia's logo appearing, this logo plasters that of Cinema 5 on the English-dubbed cassette of, While removed from the MGM DVD and oddly, the British Columbia TriStar Home Video DVD, it was preserved on the U.S. RCA/Columbia VHS and Laserdisc of, This may be seen on international prints of, Don't expect this to appear on Weintraub Entertainment Group films that they distributed theatrically, with the exception of, The Australian Time-Life VHS and 2005 Australian DVD of, It was also seen on newer prints and the Blu-Ray of the English dubbed Theatrical cut of.
Nicknames: "'90s/2000s/2010s Torch Lady", "Torch Lady V", "Majestic Torch Lady", "The Jenny Joseph Logo". Logo: We see the standard Columbia Torch Lady (a somewhat less detailed version of the '70s Torch Lady) standing on a pedestal with her torch against the backdrop of clouds. A drawing program Deluxe Paint (1985) and its subsequent versions became perhaps the most famous piece of software available for Amiga platform. She is draped in an American flag complete with the stars on her left shoulder and the stripes coming across her middle, supported by her left arm, and hanging down her right side. From CLG Wiki. There is one version where the left and right sides of the cloud background are stretched out more and the Torch Lady and the "COLUMBIA" text, along with the byline, are zoomed out a little. [84], EA announced the closure of Visceral Games in October 2017. On The Three Stooges shorts from 1940-1945, the 1936 (or 1942) Torch Lady appears on the left side of The Three Stooges title card. Their first such ad, accompanied by the slogan "We see farther," was the first video game advertisement to feature software designers. This characterization was even further reinforced with EA's packaging of most of their games in the "album cover" pioneered by EA because Hawkins thought that a record album style would both save costs and convey an artistic feeling. [58][59] On June 24, 2009, EA announced it will merge two of its development studios, BioWare and Mythic into one single role-playing video game and MMO development powerhouse. "A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION" was replaced with the tall chiseled letters of "COLUMBIA" (which fades in a second afterward) running straight across the top section of the screen, with the lady's torch glowing in front of the "U". After its initial offer of US$25 per share, all cash stock transaction offer was rejected by the Take-Two board, EA revised it to US$26 per share, a 64% premium over the previous day's closing price and made the offer known to the public. Logo: On a dark gray background with arch clouds below, we see a female Roman soldier dressed in a soldier's outfit, covered in a toga, holding a shield in her left hand and holding a grain of wheat (or possibly festuca, associated with Libertas) in her right hand. When the flash dissolves, the light torch itself appears, as if in sunburst, against a black screen and as it shrinks, it changes into a more "abstract" torch: a blue half circle, or a semicircle, with thirteen white light rays in the center and the words "Columbia Pictures" in Souvenir medium font under it. It was once headed by Peter Moore. One had a short lady and the big sunburst, which was the one seen inside the dome, but would occasionally appear without the dome. Can still be seen on Columbia Pictures films of this period on home video formats and on TV airings. Starting around 1989, the logo fades in and then the company name fades in about a second afterward. Editor's Note: It's held up remarkably over the 40 years it's been used.
[57], Due to the 2008 economic crisis, Electronic Arts had a poorer than expected 2008 holiday season, moving it in February 2009 to cut approximately 1100 jobs, which it said represented about 11% of its workforce. A similar breakthrough was reached with signing on Harmonix for the distribution of the Rock Band games, requiring them to work closely with MTV Games on the plastic instrument controllers necessary for the titles. Founded in April 2010 by George "HotshotGG" Georgallidis, CLG is the oldest League of Legends team still active to this day. [87][88][89][90], In January 2018, EA announced eMLS, a new competitive league for EA Sports' FIFA 18 through its Competitive Gaming Division (CGD) and MLS. Music/Sounds: A majestic tune is heard, which ends with a brass sounder. Notable films that have the short version are Ghostbusters II, The Adventures of Milo and Otis, Casualties of War, Awakenings, Mortal Thoughts, Boyz n the Hood, Mo' Money, A League of Their Own, and Groundhog Day. EA funds the money for development, and once it recoups that, all additional revenue goes to the partner studio that created the game. In October 2010, EA announced the acquisition of England-based iPhone and iPad games publisher Chillingo for US$20 million in cash. [27]:282, In 1990, Electronic Arts began producing console games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, after previously licensing its computer games to other console-game publishers. [85], EA's original approach to the microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II sparked an industry-wide debate on the use of random-content loot boxes. In June 2007, new CEO John Riccitiello announced that EA would reorganize itself into four labels, each with responsibility for its own product development and publishing (the city-state model). This was largely due to the marketing of their anticipated title Battlefield V, which was released after the holiday season of October 2018.
At the end of the movie or short subject, the words are "THIS IS A COLUMBIA PICTURE" with "The End" below it in a script font. All of the new games have been developed for the Macintosh using Cider, a technology developed by TransGaming that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows games inside a translation layer running on Mac OS X. The phrase below the text reads "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE" or "RELEASED BY" (both in the small-caps format) above the logo with the SPE byline underneath the logo. Availability: Common. January 26, 1955: The logo is adapted for CinemaScope. The result, based on Deas' sessions with Mandeville, Louisiana homemaker Jenny Joseph, who posed for him with a makeshift robe and torch, was a taller, slimmer Columbia Torch Lady with lighter, curlier hair and a dimmer torch. Much more refined, ethereal and goddess-like, her facial features became less pronounced and she looked away (up and to the right) instead of straight ahead. [80], The reorganization and revised marketing strategy lead to a gradual increase in stock value. The beginning of the logo started off with the 1936 logo of Columbia Pictures in black & white, leaving the 1993 cloud background intact. [97], EA announced in October 2019 that it would be returning to release games on Steam, starting with the November 2019 release of Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, as well as bringing the EA Access subscription service to Steam. During the Nazi takeover of Croatia in World War II, Dalmatian went dormant and eventually shut down. [92], On August 14, 2018, Patrick Söderlund announced his departure from EA as its vice-president and chief design officer, after serving twelve years with the company.
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