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EA Opens Up EA Sports Active Stores

It seems like all those people that Electronic Arts fired along with the newly shut-down game developer, Pandemic Studios, were sacrificed for a greater good. Or not necessary something good, but obviously for something that EA thinks will be more profitable. Apparently, in its opinion, a game store dedicated to a si...

18 November 2009
14:01 GMT

EA Shuts Down Pandemic Studios

It seems like the 1,500 employees that EA laid off last week aren't nearly enough to make the company feel secure about its financial future. Another cog in the EA machine has been discarded, as game studio Pandemic has been shut down by its owning company. Rumors that started creeping about yesterday regarding ...

18 November 2009
05:26 GMT

Sony, EA, Disney and Ubisoft Are Charged with Copyright Infringements

Ever since the broadband Internet became a household appliance, games have begun to rely more and more on it. So much so that some have even lost the single-player element altogether and now rely on the online community the titles scored to keep themselves alive. Most online games encourage in one way or another a st...

18 November 2009
04:36 GMT

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Gets a Limited Edition Version

Battlefield: Bad Company developer DICE and publisher Electronic Arts barely managed to escape being stoned to death by an angry mob of gamers, formed as a reaction to the decision the two companies made to charge for the in-game unlockable items. It looks like the mauling left some deep scars and made them remember ...

30 October 2009
12:01 GMT

Dragon Age Journeys, a Taste of Things to Come

I'm really glad I'm so excited about Dragon Age: Origins, because, if I hadn't been, I probably would have missed Journeys. I haven't really gotten into the whole browser-game cultural movement, mainly because every time I found myself in front of a computer I had a lot better games to go to. I ha...

27 October 2009
15:01 GMT

Command & Conquer: Red Alert for iPhone Screenshots

Earlier this year, video-game publishing label Electronic Arts confirmed that work had commenced on Command & Conquer: Red Alert for iPhone and iPod touch. The game seems to be coming along, with EA now offering a sneak peek at its visuals, gameplay style and other elements that fanatics will surely spot in the rece...

13 October 2009
06:45 GMT

EA Confirms October Launch for Rock Band iPhone Port

A report over at 9to5mac reveals that Electronic Arts confirmed a version of Rock Band for the iPhone and iPod touch during a keynote address at the CTIA mobile trade show yesterday. The port was initially unveiled by MobileCrunch staff while “wandering the halls of CTIA convention in San Diego,” when the...

9 October 2009
08:57 GMT

Jack the Ripper Could Be the Next Title for Visceral Games

Visceral Games may be adding the last-minute touches to Dante's Inferno but it is already thinking of the future. Besides the Dead Space 2 project that was revealed last week through a job listing made by the developer, the company has another trick up its sleeve. This week signs of a new game have emerged, as t...

7 October 2009
08:54 GMT

Battlefield Heroes Major Update

The cartoon-ish, free online shooter Battlefield Heroes needed a little pick me up, so developer Electronic Arts Digital Illusions CE AB, or DICE like they like to be called, plans a huge update. Entitled Heroes of the Fall, the new project hasn't received an official release date, but it's probably somewhe...

22 September 2009
13:51 GMT

EA Sports Puts Frank Shamrock in The Ring

Electronic Arts' newest fighting game, EA Sports MMA, has just landed another famous name for the roster. With an almost fairytale-like, childhood story, Frank Shamrock has quite an image of the American Dream. Placed in several group homes, foster homes and crisis centers from the age of 12, Frank Alisio Juarez...

21 September 2009
05:43 GMT

Need for Speed PC Demo Arrives

The latest Need for Speed to be added to the all-too-popular series is Shift. Electronic Arts seems to take a bit of a reverse-mentality with this one, in more ways than one. First, the demo that just became available is the PC version, not the console one, as opposite to most of the recent, multiplatform releases. ...

21 September 2009
04:54 GMT

Game Development in Uncertain Times

The big names of the gaming industry came together at the Game Developer Conference this August to share ideas and find solutions to the existing hardship the gaming world struggled with. One of the more interesting subjects tackled was that of using licensed concepts in an economically unstable time or not. Obsidi...

18 September 2009
16:31 GMT

EA Exec Not Pleased with Video Game Censorship in Germany

Video games are a form of entertainment, just like TV shows or movies, meaning that they must follow certain guidelines in order to prevent exposing younger people to images that might have a lasting impact on them. That is why there are plenty of rating systems, with the two most important ones coming from the ESRB...

26 August 2009
11:01 GMT

Dante's Inferno Coming in February

Electronic Arts doesn't have the best of reputations in the gaming industry as it exploited many of its franchises through yearly installments for quite some time, but, in recent years, it has begun to invest in new projects that might generate even more money. One studio that has been a great source of new pro...

25 August 2009
13:11 GMT

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Deploying onto Consoles and PC on March 2

Electronic Arts is a big publisher in the gaming industry, owning a lot of studios where talented teams are working with many famous brands for the large corporation. An example of such a thing is DICE, which is working almost exclusively with the Battlefield brand. One of the upcoming results of the Scandinavian st...

20 August 2009
15:01 GMT

NFS Shift Opening Video Revealed

Electronic Arts' Need For Speed franchise has been a staplemark of the racing game genre for quite some time, ever since the first title arrived from EA Canada many years ago. Since then, we've been host to a variety of NFS titles, each one aiming to improve the recipe of its predecessors but also bring new...

20 August 2009
04:08 GMT

Battlefield Heroes Already Raking In the Money

Electronic Arts is one of the biggest publishers in the gaming industry and has made a name for itself by shamelessly releasing yearly iterations of its core franchises like Need For Speed, FIFA or Madden NFL and charging gamers full price even though the titles didn't bring any new and important things. But in...

18 August 2009
13:11 GMT

Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena Hit Nintendo Wii and DS on October 9

Electronic Arts is one of the biggest companies in gaming, owning a huge amount of highly profitable franchises, from its sports ones, like FIFA or Madden, to other titles like Need for Speed or Sims. This has generated a lot of profit for the company, which has been reinvesting in creating new and interesting franch...

18 August 2009
02:24 GMT

New Medal of Honor Game Set for Release in Summer 2010

There are a lot of first person shooter franchises out there, as it is a very popular genre and many people want to experience just what it is like to enter a battlefield and try to turn the tide in your favor and eventually win the battle. One of the most proficient franchises in the genre is Electronic Arts' ...

17 August 2009
16:41 GMT

Red Alert 3 Getting Commander's Challenge DLC for Consoles

Strategy games are great for PC gamers as the latter have the ability to bind almost any of their keys to actions in the game and use the mouse to basically complete the whole game. But RTS titles have also gained a fair amount of following on the consoles, making developers bring their titles to platforms like the X...

17 August 2009
15:01 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints VIII (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

17 August 2009
08:02 GMT

NPD Software: Wii Sports Resort Battles NCAA Football 10

The gaming industry certainly sees a lot of titles appear every month, but, as every market has its highs and lows, there are “dry” periods when very few new things appear in order to make the gamer drop some of his holiday budget on new titles. Such was the case in the month of July, as the NPD group re...

14 August 2009
16:31 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints VII (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

14 August 2009
08:22 GMT

NFS Nitro Gets Exclusive Artwork from Famous Designers

Electronic Arts is one of the biggest publishers in the world, owning a lot of development studios and a lot of franchises that it spreads to these smaller companies from its portfolio. One of the biggest series is Need For Speed, which, after a few years of being developed and published on a yearly basis, has now b...

14 August 2009
04:01 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints VI (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

13 August 2009
07:57 GMT

If Wolfenstein Beats Madden 10 in Sales, Clients Get Their Money Back

Wolfenstein will be one of August's biggest titles, promising to take the classic id Software franchise from the 1990s and bring it to all of the current-generation platforms with upgraded graphics, enemies and gameplay. But even though it will still appear in summer, it will have a tough opponent in the form o...

13 August 2009
04:02 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints V (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

12 August 2009
09:13 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints IV (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

11 August 2009
08:03 GMT

Brutal Legend Gets Complete Tracklist

Brutal Legend is one of the biggest new titles to appear this fall, right before the winter holiday season. It is also one of the few new properties to have the courage to take on high-end sequels like Uncharted 2 or Modern Warfare 2, which are also due to appear during this season and which will definitely make a lo...

10 August 2009
15:01 GMT

EA Boss Doesn't Talk About New Medal of Honor Game

Electronic Arts is one of the biggest companies out there, owning a lot of high-quality and extremely popular franchises. Most of them were made to compete with the ones from Activision, and, for some time, have really gone against the ones from the large corporation. Such is the case with EA's Medal of Honor s...

10 August 2009
13:11 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints III (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

10 August 2009
12:21 GMT

The Popularity of EA Sports Active Delays Grand Slam Tennis

Electronic Arts is one of the biggest publishers on the market but in recent years, its archrival, Activision, is consistently making more money than it, prompting the executives in charge of it and its various labels to come up with new strategies. One such plan is the push on the hugely popular Nintendo Wii platfo...

10 August 2009
02:47 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints II (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

7 August 2009
11:31 GMT

Brutal Legend Fight Between Double Fine and Activision Settled

Brutal Legend is one of the most promising new titles to appear at the end of the year and is also one of the few new franchises to hit before the winter holiday season. But it was also quite close to missing its release month as Activision took its developer, Double Fine, and its new publisher, EA, to court.For thos...

7 August 2009
04:02 GMT

Madden NFL 10 Pre-Orders Are Through the Roof

Electronic Arts is one of the biggest video game publishers out there, owing much of its yearly revenue to hit franchises like Need For Speed or its sports series that tackles everything from soccer to basketball and anything in between.But without a doubt one of its biggest money makers, at least in the United State...

7 August 2009
02:39 GMT

FIFA 10 Gets Box Art

Electronic Arts is still one of the biggest video game publishers out there, even though it has been overtaken by archrival Activision Blizzard. The company is on a new strategy, which doesn't rely as much on franchises but on new projects, but this doesn't mean that its hugely popular Madden or NFS series ...

6 August 2009
16:41 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

6 August 2009
12:11 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables V (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

5 August 2009
14:01 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables IV (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

4 August 2009
14:11 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables III (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

3 August 2009
14:01 GMT

Dead Space Live Action Movie Gets Director

Electronic Arts is one of the biggest companies in gaming today, but it seems that it also wants to extend into other branches of the entertainment industry. As such, it has been involved with the Hollywood movie-making scene for quite some time, offering plenty of its franchises to willing directors and film writers...

3 August 2009
11:01 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables II (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

31 July 2009
14:01 GMT

No PC Version of Dante's Inferno Will Appear

Electronic Arts is one of the biggest companies involved in gaming, and it manages to ship a lot of new and interesting games on almost every platform conceivable. That is why, when its Visceral Games studio announced that it would be creating Dante's Inferno, a new property, based on the Dead Space engine, ever...

31 July 2009
02:23 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

30 July 2009
16:01 GMT

Command & Conquer 4 Gets First Teaser Trailer and New Details

Strategy games are quite numerous these days, but only some of them go on and achieve critical and fan acclaim. One such franchise is Electronic Arts' Command & Conquer, which has given birth to many separate universes like Red Alert or Generals.  But the most iconic one is without a doubt Tiberium, which ...

24 July 2009
16:31 GMT

Brutal Legend Dev Files Countersuit Against Activision

During this fall season, a lot of great blockbuster titles will appear and will try to capture the attention of gamers. One of the most interesting ones is Brutal Legend, which is currently being developed by Double Fine and will be published by Electronic Arts. But, as many of you know, there has been a lot of deba...

23 July 2009
15:11 GMT

Need For Speed Shift Gets Special Collector's Edition

Racing games have been around for quite some time, but one of the trademark series for the genre has been Electronic Arts' Need For Speed franchise. Even though it hasn't been going through the best of times recently, with three titles scheduled to appear in the near future, things are definitely looking go...

20 July 2009
03:39 GMT

Command & Conquer 4 Will Require a Constant Internet Connection

Strategy fans are certainly extremely excited these days, as two of the biggest franchises in the genre, StarCraft and Command & Conquer, will deliver new titles in the near future, either at the end of 2009 or in 2010. But as StarCraft II fans were disappointed to see that no LAN support would be added in the first...

16 July 2009
15:01 GMT

Battlefield Heroes Reaches 1 Million Players

There are a lot of trends these days in the video game industry, with one of the most interesting ones being free-to-play titles, which are endorsed by ads and/or microtransactions. Electronic Arts is the most recent company to try this model, in its latest Battlefield Heroes downloadable game. The title, which has ...

16 July 2009
02:25 GMT

EA Released Too Many New Games in 2008

Electronic Arts is a big video game publisher that, a few years ago, gained a reputation of exploiting its franchises and never releasing any new Intellectual Properties onto the market. But in recent years, especially in 2008, the company managed to change and create a lot of new projects, which were released in th...

30 June 2009
03:05 GMT


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