EA Tiburon

EA Tiburon was founded in 1994 as "Tiburon Entertainment" in Orlando, Florida. In 1998, it was acquired by Electronic Arts and was renamed to "EA Tiburon". It is best known for the Madden NFL series (since 1995; starting with the SNES version of Madden NFL '96) and the NCAA Football (originally known as College Football USA) series (since 1996). Its name is derived from "Tiburón", the Spanish word for "shark".

In early 2023, the studio was renamed to EA Orlando.

1st Logo (October 6, 1995-August 12, 2003)

Madden NFL '96 (SNES)
Madden NFL '97 (SNES)
NHL '96 (SNES)
College Football USA '97 (Genesis)
Mechwarrior 3050 (SNES)
Soviet Strike (Saturn)
Madden NFL 2002, 2003 and 2004 (GBA)

Visuals: On a white background, there is a gray-gradient rectangle with "TIBURON" in the Friz Quadrata font on it with a gradient colored line in it. Above it, there's a hammerhead shark with different textures on it, depending on each game. Below the logo, there is "ENTERTAINMENT" in the Kabel font, spaced to fit the width of the logo. There is a shadow behind the logo.

Variants: There are many different variations of the logo, mainly the texture on the hammerhead shark and the "TIBURON" text's color gradient.

Madden NFL '96 and '97 (SNES): The hammerhead shark has an American football texture on it. Plus, the gradient color in "TIBURON" is green.
NHL '96 (SNES): The hammerhead shark has an icy ground-like texture on it. Plus, the gradient color in "TIBURON" is sky blue.
College Football USA '97 (Genesis): It's the same as the Madden variants, except there are white lines on the left and right of the shark. Plus, the gradient color in "TIBURON" is burnt orange.
Mechwarrior 3050 (SNES): The hammerhead shark has a green computerized texture on it and its eye is red. Plus, the gradient color in "TIBURON" is the same as the Madden variants and the background is black.
Soviet Strike (Saturn): The hammerhead shark has a green army styled texture on it. Plus, the rectangle is brown and it has a stone like-texture on it, the gradient color in "TIBURON" is the same as the NHL '96 variant, and "ENTERTAINMENT" is sky blue. The background is a red-black gradient lava-like background.
Nuclear Strike (PC): The Soviet Strike variant is used, except "ENTERTAINMENT" is in black, and it takes place on a rippling water background.
Slam: Shaq vs. the Legends (Genesis): The hammerhead shark has a basketball texture on it. Plus, the gradient texture in "TIBURON" is orange.
Madden NFL 2002, 2003 and 2004 (GBA): Same as the SNES variant, except the rectangle has a football texture in it, and below it was the text "ELECTRONIC ARTS".

Technique: A still sprite-based graphic.

Audio: None, or the opening theme of the game. The Nuclear Strike variant has a dreamy theme behind the logo.

Availability

Edit Table

Media Title	Platform	Date of Release	Additional Notes
NHL '96 MobyGames	SNES	October 6, 1995	Debut appearance
Mechwarrior 3050	SNES	October 31, 1995
Madden NFL '96 MobyGames	SNES	November 10, 1996
Madden NFL '97 MobyGames	SNES	October 24, 1996	It, along with the High Score Entertainment logo, appears when Credits is selected from the pre-game, halftime and some other menus.
Soviet Strike MobyGames	Sega Saturn	November 1, 1996	Appears after waiting long enough on the title screen.
College Football USA '97 MobyGames	Genesis	1996	It, along with the High Score Entertainment logo, appears when Credits is selected from the main menu.
Nuclear Strike MobyGames	Windows	October 31, 1997
Slam: Shaq vs. the Legends	Genesis	Cancelled
Madden NFL 2002 MobyGames	Game Boy Advance	November 20, 2001	Appears when selecting Credits in several menus
Madden NFL 2003 MobyGames	Game Boy Advance	August 12, 2002	Appears when selecting Credits in several menus
Madden NFL 2004	Game Boy Advance	August 12, 2003	Final appearance, appears when selecting Credits in several menus

2nd Logo (September 11, 1996-August 1, 1998)

Version with URL

Visuals: Against an underwater background, there are six hammerhead sharks swimming underwater. Two of them are in the front, while four of them are in the back. As they swim closer, there are some fishes swimming through in front of the sharks. As more fishes swim through, the front left hammerhead shark notices them and chases after them to scare them. Then the screen fades into the Tiburon logo from before, waving for a few seconds as it becomes normal. There are a few differences here from the previous logo; the hammerhead shark has an American football texture like before from the Madden variants, the rectangular shape is blue and it has a water-like texture on it, "TIBURON" has more gradient colors inside it (normally light blue-green, and "ENTERTAINMENT" is in a blue-purple gradient color.

Variant: One variant has the logo moved up a bit to have the website URL "http://www.tibent.com" fade in below the logo.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Some kind of Jaws-styled music with the sound of water waves when the logo appears.