▁marked ▁King soft ' s ▁last ▁year ▁as ▁an ▁independent ▁company ; ▁that ▁year , ▁the ▁company ▁employed ▁ 2 0 ▁staff ▁members ▁and ▁generated ▁reven ues ▁of ▁. ▁On ▁ 8 ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁American ▁game ▁company ▁Electron ic ▁Arts ▁( E A ) ▁announced ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁acquired ▁King soft ▁for ▁an ▁und is closed ▁sum . ▁King soft ▁became ▁a ▁subs idi ary ▁and ▁the ▁distribution ▁cent ref old ▁of ▁E A ' s ▁existing ▁operations ▁in ▁Germany , ▁Electron ic ▁Arts ▁GmbH , ▁and ▁would ▁serve ▁as ▁E A ' s ▁connection ▁to ▁German ▁ret ail ers ▁and ▁local ▁market p laces . ▁Other ▁parties ▁interested ▁in ▁purch asing ▁King soft ▁included ▁R ush ware ▁and ▁Micro Pro se . ▁E A ▁soon ▁retired ▁the ▁King soft ▁brand ▁and ▁Sch ä fer ▁left ▁the ▁company ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁I kar ion . ▁He ▁then ▁left ▁I kar ion ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁which ▁shut ▁down ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁S omet ime ▁later , ▁Sch ä fer ▁briefly ▁attempted ▁to ▁rev ive ▁the ▁King soft ▁name ▁for ▁Bus y ▁B ags , ▁a ▁cas ual ▁game ▁he ▁was ▁developing ▁for ▁the ▁Android ▁and ▁iOS ▁smart phone ▁operating ▁systems , ▁but ▁found ▁that ▁nobody ▁at ▁E A ▁was ▁willing ▁to ▁provide ▁him ▁with ▁a ▁definite ▁answer ▁regarding ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁name . ▁Sch ä fer ▁instead ▁settled ▁for ▁the ▁company ▁name ▁" She pp s ", ▁a ▁port