Electronic Arts announced today that they have completed an acquisition of developer NuFX. Luckily for the employees, NuFX will remain situated in Hoffman Estates, Ill.

NuFX is certaintly not an unknown entity to EA, as the developer is responsible for many popular EA Sports titles, most notably the NBA Street series. In the past, NuFX had also partnered with EA on versions of NCAA March Madness, NBA Live and FIFA Soccer games. Currently, NuFX is working on the upcoming boxing game, Fight Night 2004, which is due this spring.

"It's an exciting opportunity to add NuFX's talented development team to the high-performing teams at EA," said John Schappert, EA Senior Vice President and General Manager. "We have worked closely with NuFX's team for the past eleven years and are thrilled to have them become part of EA. The team is already working on its next project that will be announced at a later date."

"EA and NuFX have worked on 15 games together and this deal solidifies that EA is committed to growing this development studio and will continue to provide us with the best tools and creative direction to make great EA games," said Lou Haehn, NuFX President.

"After working so closely with EA for many years, it is a great opportunity for the team here at NuFX now to have all the advantages of being a fully integrated part of EA's worldwide studio system," said Patrick Quinn, Head of Product Development for NuFX.