EA took the gathered press on a tour of its Vancouver area offices, just outside of the city in Burnaby. To say that the EA Vancouver campus is posh would not do it justice. While EA may have been on the receiving end of some flack in the past for its overtime practices and seven day work weeks, no one can say that the amenities at EA aren't comfortable.

In addition to housing the world's largest motion capture studio, EA Mocap, the campus is also home to two basketball courts, one indoors, one outdoors, a 3/4 pitch soccer field, a massive full service gym and loads of other diversions.

The studio has its own arcade, loaded with certified classics Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Outrun 2, Street Fighter III, NFL Blitz, an Ultracade cabinet, a Neo Geo arcade unit and two pinball tables. Don't like those games, EA employee? There's a corporate arcade request line so you can make your case for something new.

Despite these enviable, potentially distracting benefits, EA wants you to focus on work. And to stay at work. That's why you can have your dry cleaning, alterations, haircuts, personal training, and (subsidized) meals taken care of here. No beds, however, from what I saw. Dogs, though. Lots of dogs.

Sure, you may have to work on the DS port of Need For Speed: Slightly Different Cars, but this place is pretty swank. Photos of the whole shebang in our gallery. Michael McWhertor