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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

Fight Night Round 4 Predicts the Results of Real Fights

Tomorrow, Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto will face each other in the ring, and odds seem to be in Pacquiao's favor. The predictions don't come from sports commentators or from the bookies, but from EA Sports and its Fight Night Round 4. Both boxers are part of the game's roster and simulations of the ...

13 November 2009
03:13 GMT

FIFA 10 Performs Well in Japan

FIFA is one of the biggest franchises Electronic Arts puts out every year and the edition released in 2009 is quite an improvement over the previous ones, introducing a better and smoother dribbling system and a more complex tactics section. But if there's one market that still seems unassailable for the FIFA fr...

5 November 2009
03:29 GMT

FIFA 10 Makes It Three in a Row

FIFA 10, the EA Sports Canada-developed football-simulation title, has managed to hold on to the top spot in the United Kingdom chart for the third week running, probing that the annual release manages to really offer an improved experience over '09 and that, with the Champions League in full swing, the beautifu...

22 October 2009
12:51 GMT

EA Sports President Peter Moore Sees a Grim Future for Videogames

PSP Go's decision to head more towards digital distribution and discard the physical support for most of its products has received harsh criticism. But at least one other person out there thinks that Sony's new console is making the right decision. EA Sports president Peter Moore didn't make any direct...

20 October 2009
04:07 GMT

Big Dawg Cleveland Fan and EA Resolve Madden Suit

A lawyer has revealed that one of the most recognizable fans of the Cleveland Browns, who has had his likeness used in Madden 09 without his explicit permission, will resolve a suit he has filed against publisher Electronic Arts in the coming weeks. It's not clear whether he has simply withdrawn his legal action...

19 October 2009
17:01 GMT

Madden 10 Title Update Brings Exploit Fixes, Better Passing

Electronic Arts is really doubling down on its efforts to make sure that Madden 10 manages to satisfy the needs of football lovers. The company, which has launched the game during the traditional August time frame, has already put out one title update for the game and one downloadable content pack and has announced n...

19 October 2009
05:36 GMT

Madden NFL Arcade Detailed, Coming in Time for Christmas

Electronic Arts seems to be pleased with the performance of Madden NFL 10, after initial reports that it was disappointed with sales, and has decided to announce a new spin off based on the same game engine, called Madden NFL Arcade, which is set to be released via the Xbox Live Marketplace and via the PlayStation Ne...

16 October 2009
03:48 GMT

Analyze That: FIFA 10 Is the Fastest Selling Sports Game

We knew that FIFA 10 was big. After all, millions of people have been playing the series since its first release and the hype surrounding it is high. Electronic Arts has officially announced that FIFA 10 is the fastest selling sports-based videogame ever and that it is the biggest launch the publisher has seen in Eur...

10 October 2009
11:01 GMT

FIFA 10 Sparks a Price War in the United Kingdom

It seems that the United Kingdom release of FIFA 10, the latest football simulator from Electronic Arts, has managed to spark a small war between supermarkets interested in offering the game to customers and specialized videogame retail stores, which are alleging that prices for the game in the bigger chains are affe...

5 October 2009
17:01 GMT

NHL 10 Predicts Pittsburgh Will Win Stanley Cup

EA Sports has announced that using its hockey simulator NHL 10, it has predicted that the Pittsburgh Penguins will pick up the Stanley Cup this year, beating the Chicago Blackhawks by 4 games to 2. The result was created by running a full season simulation with NHL 10 while using the stats for players and teams that ...

5 October 2009
14:11 GMT

Madden NFL 10 Performs Worse than Expected

Madden NFL is a huge franchise and its performance is a clear indicator of how well the videogaming industry is doing overall and how well Electronic Arts is doing in a particular year. So, with the game moving about 1.9 million copies in August, with a life time on shelves of about two weeks, Madden NFL seems to be ...

11 September 2009
14:31 GMT

Live Season for FIFA 10 Expands, Comes Weekly

EA Sports is on a roll. After announcing new content related to Madden NFL 10, arguably its biggest franchise in the United States, in the form of the AFL Legacy Pack, the Electronic Arts division has announced that FIFA 10, its biggest European franchise, will be getting an expanded Live Season feature when it launc...

11 September 2009
04:43 GMT

Madden Time Travels to the Past with the AFL Legacy Pack

EA Sports is wasting no time in offering new content for Madden NFL 10. The American football videogame was released in August and the first add on pack for it is set to arrive on September 24. It will be called the AFL Legacy Pack and it's aimed at those gamers who are interested in relieving the past of the fo...

10 September 2009
14:19 GMT

FIFA 10 Demo Dated, Football World Launched

EA Sports is quickly ramping up the excitement level related to its football simulation FIFA 10, set to be released in about a month. The videogame, which is one of the best sold franchises for EA Sports, should get a demo on September 10, which is today, in Europe and one week later in North America. Players who are...

10 September 2009
05:03 GMT

NCAA Football 2010 Season Showdown Begins

One of the big fresh features that EA Sports pushed before the release of NCAA Football 2010 has been the new Season Showdown mode, in which players can score points for the teams supported in real life. Now, the pre-season is over for the mode, and Electronic Arts has lauched a top of the teams that got the mos...

2 September 2009
12:51 GMT

PES 2010 Arrives on October 22 from Konami

As most of you know, the GamesCon is in full swing in Cologne, Germany, and we've already been host to a lot of interesting announcements, from the PS3 Slim to Fable III and everything in between. But Japanese developer and publisher Konami also had some important news to share as it delivered a concrete releas...

20 August 2009
16:41 GMT

Randy Couture Joins EA Sports MMA Fighter Roster

There is a huge market for sports games, further highlighted by the success of titles like Madden or FIFA, which go on to record massive amounts of popularity every time a new iteration is released on the market. Fighting games are also quite important, as people always dream about going into the ring and taking con...

18 August 2009
03:14 GMT

THQ Is Quite Happy with Its UFC Contract

Sports games have enjoyed a huge amount of popularity as most of the sports fans are also gamers, and thus will be more than willing to fork out money in order to lead their favorite team or athlete to victory, even if it is just a virtual one. One game that has certainly been played quite a lot, which is highlighte...

14 August 2009
02:20 GMT

Madden NFL 10 Predicts New England Patriots Will Dominate Season

Electronic Arts has used the power of the new and ready to launch Madden NFL 10 to see how the upcoming National Football League will shape up in the coming year. And if the videogame is to be believed, the New England Patriots and Tom Brady are set to again dominate the competition. The Madden series has been used t...

11 August 2009
16:31 GMT

FIFA 10 Delayed to October 20

It seems that August 2009 will be remembered as the month when pretty much all the big games got a delay. Starcraft II is now set to arrive in early 2010, Dragon Age: Origins has been pushed back by Electronic Arts, and EA Sports is now joining the ranks of the developers that aim to disappoint by announcing that FIF...

11 August 2009
05:33 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

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

Electronic Arts Announces Madden Arcade

EA Sports is one of the main drivers behind the better than expected results announced by publisher Electronic Arts. Sure, the company has posted a loss and declining revenue but the situation is better than originally projected. EA Sports is set to continue the trend by introducing a new Madden title, labeled Arcade...

5 August 2009
17:31 GMT

Fedor Emelianenko Signs with EA Sports MMA

EA Sports announced at E3 that it planned to enter the market for mixed martial arts games with a title for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, set to arrive in 2010.The problem was that the Ultimate Fighting Championship and THQ have already published a mixed martial arts game, UFC 2009: Undisputed, which has sold p...

30 July 2009
14:31 GMT

Madden NFL 10 Goes Gold, Demo Incoming

Summer has always marked a drought in terms of new video game releases, as a lot of people prefer spending their hard-earned money on vacations or trips around the world, rather than staying at home and passing time with a video game. This is why not a lot of blockbuster titles are appearing at this time of the year...

17 July 2009
11:01 GMT

FIFA 10 Release Date Confirmed for October 2

EA Sports, the division of Electronic Arts that deals with franchises like Madden NFL, NBA, NHL, has confirmed that it plans to release FIFA 10, the newest game in the long running football simulation, on October 2.That date will see the title get versions for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii, the Pl...

16 July 2009
05:58 GMT

FIFA 11 Might Incorporate Motion Sensitive Controls

Motion sensitive controls are all the rage these days, thanks to Nintendo, which introduced them in its innovative Nintendo Wii console. As such, during this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), both Microsoft and Sony introduced their own takes on motion sensitive controls. When the announcements were ma...

16 July 2009
03:29 GMT

EA Sports' Peter Moore Responds to UFC Boss' Accusations

Sports games are extremely popular these days, as they offer regular gamers the possibilities to play as their favorite athletes or leading their favorite team to victory in various competitions. We've been hearing a lot about the upcoming EA Sports MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) game from the prestigious label, prom...

15 July 2009
03:06 GMT

UFC President Says EA Sports Doesn't Care About MMA, Declares War

One of the biggest sources of speculation and rumors in the sports game genre is EA Sports' newest project regarding Mixed Martial Arts. The main conflict is that, currently, the UFC, the biggest MMA fighting circuit, has a contract with THQ, which materialized in UFC 2009 Undisputed, a very successful title. T...

14 July 2009
15:01 GMT

FIFA Manager 10 Gets Online Multiplayer Mode

EA Sports has announced that FIFA Manager 10, which is due to be released on the PC during the fall, is set to be the first game in the series that will have an online play mode allowing players to go through the management simulation title against one or more human beings both via the Internet or via LAN.FIFA Manage...

13 July 2009
17:51 GMT

Fight Night Round 4 Gets Alternate Sugar Ray Leonard

Electronic Arts has announced that it plans to release at least one piece of downloadable content for its boxing game, Fight Night Round 4, which was launched in late June and has performed very well in the charts since then. The game focuses on simulating the entire career of a boxer, either created from scratch or ...

10 July 2009
14:51 GMT

Another Week, Another Fight Night 4 Top Finish

Fight Night Round 4, the newest boxing simulator from EA Sports, has managed to spend another week at the top of the United Kingdom videogame chart, after getting there least week.The game has been well received by both gamers and critics and manages to offer players a wide array of boxers to choose from, like Ali an...

9 July 2009
04:16 GMT

Activision: Sports Games Are Interesting But It's Hard to Be Successful

Sports games are quite popular these days, even though they have been surpassed by the music genre. They capture the imagination of many gamers who are also sports fans and give them the impression of leading their favorite team or athlete to victory. Without a doubt, one of the most successful companies is Electron...

3 July 2009
02:24 GMT

Fight Night Round 4 Springs to the Top

Electronic Arts must be pleased with the performance that its games on the United Kingdom market. After EA Sports Active managed to take Wii Fit down from its top position, Fight Night Round 4 battled its way to the top position on its first week on sale.The game is the follow-up to a very good title, Fight Night Rou...

2 July 2009
04:12 GMT

Sports Presenter Erin Andrews to Lead Players on the Road to Glory

EA Sports is drumming up a lot of hype for its football games this year and with all the attention lavished on Madden NFL 10, with its own graphics engine and improved play simulation, it's rather easy to forget that players can first get their hands on NCAA Football 10, the college level sports simulation set t...

30 June 2009
16:31 GMT

John Madden's Retirement Is Good for the Madden NFL Franchise

Electronic Arts is an extremely important publisher, owning a lot of big money marking franchises like Need for Speed or FIFA. But one of the biggest, at least in North America, is its Madden NFL one, which generates huge sums every year it is launched.Bearing the name of famous NFL player and commentator John Madden...

24 June 2009
13:01 GMT

EA Sports MMA Will Feature Well Known Fighters

One of the important announcements that Electronic Arts made at this year’s E3 was that it sought to expand the EA Sports line up by adding a mixed martial arts series, which would be known as EA Sports MMA.The game was said to receive the same attention that the company offers well-known franchises like Madden...

23 June 2009
04:18 GMT

Madden NFL 10 Gets Not One but Two Demos

Madden NFL 10 is set to be one of the biggest videogame releases of the year and the publisher needs to make sure that all interested players have a chance to see what the game is all about before committing their money to a purchase.This can only be done through a demo of the game, and EA Sports has announced that i...

18 June 2009
17:01 GMT

Dwight Howard Is on the Cover of NBA Live 10

Electronic Arts, through its EA Sports division, has announced that it has chosen the star who would be on the cover of NBA Live 10 videogame. The basketball simulation is set to be brought to gamers by Dwight Howard, the center that plays for the Orlando Magic. NBA Live 10 should arrive for the PlayStation 3, the Xb...

16 June 2009
04:37 GMT

Metacritic Scores Irrelevant for Nintendo Wii Videogames

The boss of EA Sports, the outspoken Peter Moore, is saying that players who would like to pick up Nintendo Wii videogames are not looking up to Metacritic in order to make decisions, but are interested in the user reviews that “normal” gamers create for each title.Moore talked to Gamasutra and said that ...

11 June 2009
07:22 GMT

EA Sports Will Alternate Years Between Fight Night and MMA

Electronic Arts is a video game developer and publisher that has created a not so honoring name for exploiting its franchises with annual installments, which don't really bring a lot of new things to the core mechanics of it. Nowhere is this more apparent than with its Sports label, which launches every year ne...

10 June 2009
13:01 GMT

FIFA 10 Gets First Details from EA Sports

Electronic Arts is a big company with many high grossing franchises that produce a lot of money each time a new iteration is launched. Nowhere is this trend more apparent than in the company's sports franchises like Madden or FIFA. After we've seen quite a lot of hype built around the cover athletes and th...

4 June 2009
03:24 GMT

EA Sports Active Sells a Lot, Gets Expansion

Fitness titles are slowly becoming the hottest trend in the gaming industry as Nintendo has paved the way for games that make people get up and start doing exercises in front of the TV thanks to its hugely successful Wii Fit.In response to that, Electronic Arts has launched, through its Sports label, a new Wii exclus...

3 June 2009
03:40 GMT

E3: EA Sports MMA Brings the Pain

At its impressive E3 presentation, Electronic Arts has announced that it plans to enter the fighting game arena by creating and releasing EA Sports MMA, a title set to arrive on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony sometime in 2010.The game should offer a mixed martial arts experience, complete...

2 June 2009
04:49 GMT

NBA 2K10 Coming to the Nintendo Wii

Take Two has been quite busy these days as, just before the E3 trade show, the publisher revealing its results for the last quarter and talking about the videogames that it plans to release in the coming months. One of the most interesting announcements was the fact that NBA 2K10 would be coming to the Nintendo Wii h...

28 May 2009
07:29 GMT

Developers Need to Communicate with Customers, Says EA Sports Boss

Information these days is almost as valuable as gold, and this is also true in the video game industry where people are desperate to find out new and exciting things about their favorite franchises and about titles that will appear in the future. Just check out the amount of controversy and speculation the recent 15-...

20 May 2009
02:45 GMT

NHL Brings All New Fighting System in September

Electronic Arts has announced that its sports games division is developing NHL 10 to be released in September for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and for the PlayStation 3 from Sony. NHL 09 was warmly received by critics and EA Sports is probably hoping for a similar reception this year, as it is boasting the introductio...

15 May 2009
04:50 GMT

New Features and Golfers Revealed for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10

Electronic Arts has announced a host of new features for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. The biggest of these are the EA Sports Live Tournaments, which are set to allow players to compete against one another in sanctioned competitions and even to go up against professional golfers. This new mode will be offered to those who...

12 May 2009
14:31 GMT


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