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The Dragon Age: Origins Limit Storage Issue Is Explained

Like every new idea that is born, downloadable content is something that was received with mixed reviews. Some people like the idea of prolonging a game's life by steadily adding new features, while others complain that it's just a money-steal, and the features present in the DLC could have been implemented...

6 November 2009
05:06 GMT

Fight Night Round 4 Gets a New DLC

Yesterday, Electronic Arts announced that it planned to release a new downloadable-content pack for its boxing simulator, Fight Night Round 4. The pack will be ready in the early days of December for both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The DLC is priced at 800 Microsoft Points on the Xbox Live, while the PlaySta...

4 November 2009
05:43 GMT

The First Trailer for Return of American McGee's Alice Has Arrived

There's some strange appeal when a classic work of literature is turned into a video game. Dante's Inferno is a perfect example and the title has managed to stir a lot of attention. But, when it comes to a strange adaptation of literature, few things top American McGee's Alice. His adaptation of the 18...

2 November 2009
05:09 GMT

Dead Space 2 Could Arrive in 2010

Responsible for the publishing of the original Dead Space on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Electronic Arts hasn't announced anything about the critically acclaimed horror game receiving another addition to the series. Even if the developer that worked on the first title, Visceral Games, has already started...

2 November 2009
03:06 GMT

Only the Edited Left 4 Dead 2 Version Will Come to Australia

The Australian rating board has confirmed that the original version of Left 4 Dead 2, the zombie shooter from Valve and Electronic Arts, will not be allowed under any circumstances to be sold and marketed in the country. Its recent decision upholds the initial judgment related to the video game that said that the lev...

23 October 2009
16:21 GMT

100 million Need for Speed Games Have Been Sold to This Day

1994 was the year in which the most popular racing game franchise was born. In that year, Electronic Arts released the first Need for Speed game for the 3DO console, but it would have never guessed just how much of an impact it would have. Right now, the game has gathered 14 sequels spread across 14 consoles. Today, ...

22 October 2009
13:01 GMT

Analysts: Modern Warfare 2 Will Only Drive Modest Growth

The videogames industry grew, by only a small margin, in September mainly on the strength of the price reductions for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 and with strong help from the sales of Halo 3: ODST. But most analysts believe that the rebound is not something set to last.Doug Creutz, who is an analyst for the C...

21 October 2009
17:21 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

Battlefield 1943 Best Sold Electronic Arts Videogame in Japan

Electronic Arts has revealed that Battlefield 1943, its multiplayer shooter offered as a digital download through the PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Arcade, is the best sold videogame that is has put out on the Japanese market. Rex Ishibashi, who is the president of EA Japan, told Gamasutra in an interview tha...

19 October 2009
04:01 GMT

Mass Effect 2 Announced for January 26

After Mass Effect proved to be a huge success, BioWare embarked on a journey to create a sequel. This second installment in the new series was first announced in February this year, and had a time stamp of "early 2010," but now it seems that it's going to be a lot earlier than even the most optimistic speculatio...

19 October 2009
02:53 GMT

An Action Packed Dragon Age: Origins Trailer Has Emerged

Dragon Age: Origins has received a brand-new trailer and, unlike the previous one, it is a bit more in line with classic trailers role-playing games usually have. It's also a lot more fluid than the others, it's action packed and it's long. At 4 minutes this clip is pretty long for a trailer. The game ...

13 October 2009
15:01 GMT

Rumor Mill: Mass Effect 2 Coming to the PlayStation 3

The Russian site of Electronic Arts and the official site of the Australian videogame retailer GAME have listed Mass Effect 2 as coming to the PlayStation 3 home gaming console from Sony. Since other retailers do not have this listing, it's not clear whether it's an error on the part of the two above source...

13 October 2009
03:59 GMT

Monster's Ball Writer Works on Dante's Inferno

Electronic Arts, as the publisher, and Visceral Games, as the developer, have announced that they have hired Will Rokos as the writer who will shape the narrative of the upcoming Dante's Inferno. Rokos is an Academy Award nominee for the original screenplay of Monster's Ball in 2001 and his main task in the...

13 October 2009
03:25 GMT

EA Brings Children's Books to the Nintendo DS

Electronic Arts has announced that it plans to release a series of titles called Flips, which will bring interactive children's books to the Nintendo DS platforms. The stories themselves will be provided by United Kingdom book publishers Egmont Press and Penguin. It's not clear how many titles Electronic Ar...

13 October 2009
02:40 GMT

The New Road Rash That Might Never Be

Everybody who played games back in the day has to remember Road Rash. The day pretty much means the beginning of the last decade if anybody has any doubts. Road Rash was the embodiment of violence – pure, unprejudiced, brutal and gory violence – and the first iteration was released in 1991. The game was a...

12 October 2009
15:01 GMT

Will Wright Still Working on Videogames

The fact that Will Wright left Maxis and Electronic Arts to create something called Stupid Fun Club, a self-described think thank focused on entertainment, caused a small earthquake in the videogaming world.The man who has designed such franchises like The Sims, Sim City and the more recent Spore could be in a positi...

12 October 2009
04:09 GMT

Modified Left 4 Dead 2 Cleared for Australian Release

Australian Left 4 Dead fans specifically and videogame enthusiasts all over the world should be happy to hear that, in some form or another, Left 4 Dead 2 will be outed in the Land Down Under on the official release date. A modified version of the game has been approved by the Classification Board, which needs to put...

9 October 2009
04:15 GMT

Nintendo Named Top Videogame Publisher

Game Developer Research has announced that Nintendo has topped the chart of publishers that it outs annually, hanging on to number 1 for the third year in a row. The Japanese company is followed by Electronic Arts and by Activision Blizzard.The top 20 that Game Developer Research offers is based on a variety of metri...

8 October 2009
03:59 GMT

Jack the Ripper Could Become a Misunderstood Superhero

Yesterday, news of a Jack the Ripper game began to surface. According to Superannuation, a trademark filing was spotted, which covers the name of “the Ripper” in relation to entertainment services, movie production and games. Older rumors started by the Los Angeles Times back in July regarding a possible ...

8 October 2009
03:58 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins and Army of Two Will Become Comic Books

Electronic Arts may be a game publisher, but when a company becomes as big as it has, money is never enough. So EA expands its line of products with comic additions. Forming a partnership with IDW Publishing, the company plans to create two comic books inspired from video games. The Army of Two and Dragon Age franchi...

7 October 2009
14:31 GMT

Left 4 Dead 2 Receives a Huge Publicity Campaign

All blockbuster games nowadays have gigantic budgets, worthy of a Hollywood counterpart, but most of it is kept as low-profile information. It's not a secret and it's not hidden in any way, it's more that nobody really wants to share just how much money they spent on making the game if it turns out to ...

6 October 2009
05:35 GMT

Battlefield 1943 PC Pre-Orders Now Available

As any gamer knows, there is no substitute for the mouse when it comes to fast-paced first-person online gaming. As much as the gamepad struggles to accommodate and the Wii-remote could improvise and make do, they just don't offer enough precision. And Battlefield 1943 is finally going to put the mouse to good u...

5 October 2009
10:01 GMT

Dante's Inferno Living in God of War's Shadow

When a game keeps being associated with a different one of the same genre, sparks are bound to happen. Either the publishers will try to distinguish their game as better or more innovative, or the fans will start a fan-boy war wherever they can. But the team that works on Dante's Inferno doesn't seem to be ...

2 October 2009
06:55 GMT

Fight Night Round 4 Creates Opposing Boxing Groups

It seems that Fight Night Round 4, the rather successful boxing simulator from Electronic Arts, is splitting the world of boxing into two sides. Some of the fighters have supported a law suit from Fighter Inc., an organization that represents the interests of the boxers, saying that the videogame publisher effectivel...

2 October 2009
03:06 GMT

OnLive Gets Enough Money to Secure the Project's Future Development

A few weeks ago, the on-demand game-streaming service OnLive entered its beta testing stage and it seems to be keeping the pace the development schedules has set for it. Expected to be ready somewhere this winter, the program opened its servers to receive gamers with all types of gaming rigs. The variety in tester sy...

1 October 2009
10:10 GMT

EA Wins a Lawsuit, Has More Left to Deal With

Jim Brown, a legendary running back for the Cleveland Browns, was known for being an unstoppable freight train on the football field. Still, it seems the athlete present in the NFL Hall of Fame and star in movies such as Three the Hard Way and The Dirty Dozen got a crushing tackle in the court of law. Last year, Jim ...

1 October 2009
06:49 GMT

Dead Space 2 Is Already in the Making

Right after the Dead Space spin-off for the Wii, Dead Space Extraction, got released, Visceral Games is getting right back to work. Electronic Arts' recently rebranded Redwood Shores studio wastes no time basking in the glory of a new release and reveals that Dead Space 2 has entered the "later stages of preprod...

1 October 2009
02:49 GMT

Battlefield Heroes Gets Heroes of the Fall Update

Electronic Arts has announced that it plans to release a new update for Battlefield Heroes, called Heroes of the Fall, set to arrive on September 30. All those who have downloaded the free-to-play videogame and plan to play it should download the update, which comes packed with a fresh map, yet to be named.EA is also...

29 September 2009
03:07 GMT

Valve Appeals Left 4 Dead 2 Australia Ban

Valve Software, which has developed Left 4 Dead 2, and Electronic Arts, which is set to distribute the video game, have appealed to the refusal of Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification to rate the title, which effectively means that it cannot be marketed or sold in that country. The board has ...

25 September 2009
18:21 GMT

AFL Legacy Pack For Madden NFL 10 Ready for Download

Electronic Arts is announcing that the AFL Legacy Pack is now available on both the Xbox Live Marketplace and on the PlayStation Network, offering players a chance to celebrate 50 years since the birth of the American Football League. The package is priced at 560 Microsoft Points or 6.99 dollars. The biggest impact ...

25 September 2009
03:45 GMT

Microsoft Shows Off Major Publisher Support for Project Natal

At a Tokyo Game Show event during which it showcased Project Natal, Microsoft unveiled a pretty impressive list of developers and publishers that were interested in creating video games that took advantage of the new device. The list includes names like Activision Blizzard, Bethesda Softworks, Capcom, Disney Interact...

24 September 2009
16:31 GMT

Win a BMW M3 with Need for Speed

Electronic Arts has announced that it plans to give away to gamers a brand-new, top-of-the-line BMW M3. The interesting thing is how the publisher aims to do it. The whole process will take place through the popular messaging service Twitter and will consist of challenges that will be announced during the next five d...

24 September 2009
03:08 GMT

The Beatles: Rock Band Brings the Microphone to the PS3

The Beatles: Rock Band – Two Microphone Pack release for the PlayStation 3 was announced today by MTV Games, Harmonix game developer and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. The game will facilitate two SingStar microphones from Sony and promises to create a unique interactive singing experience that will ...

23 September 2009
15:01 GMT

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Unlockables II (DS)

After being forced to leave the MI6 for unscrupulous and ruthless behavior in an MI6 simulator, you quickly find a new source of income. You begin to work for Auric Goldfinger, changing sides from super agent to henchman. After the first mission, the one that also gets you expelled from the British secret agency, you...

23 September 2009
10:08 GMT

NFS: Shift Gets a Patch

It hasn't even come out of the box completely and Need for Speed: Shift already gets an update. Released today, the first patch will add two new features to the game. The first, which is a major one, brings an improvement to the multiplayer, with the addition of the Local Area Network support. The second, more a...

23 September 2009
05:12 GMT

SUDOKU and MySims Camera Launch on the Nintendo DSi

Electronic Arts is announcing that it has released two new video games for the Nintendo DSi, called SUDOKU and MySims Camera. They are just the beginning of a wider move on the part of the publisher to create video games that are uniquely suited to be played on the new device created by Nintendo, which sports two new...

23 September 2009
02:36 GMT

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Unlockables (DS)

After being forced to leave the MI6 for unscrupulous and ruthless behavior in an MI6 simulator, you quickly find a new source of income. You begin to work for Auric Goldfinger, changing sides from super agent to henchman. After the first mission, the one that also gets you expelled from the British secret agency, you...

22 September 2009
09:50 GMT

Left 4 Dead 2 Banned from Sale in Australia

The Australian Classification Board, the body that is responsible for rating all the video games that are to be released in the country, has refused to award a rating to Left 4 Dead 2, the upcoming zombie, cooperative shooter from Valve, which was set to arrive in November. The decision basically means that the game ...

17 September 2009
05:30 GMT

Skate 3 Announced by Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts has announced that it is developing a new game in the Skate series, with the aim of releasing it to the public in May 2010. The main new feature of the third title in the series is the addition of team-based gameplay as players will need to build their own skating crews, compete against other groups a...

16 September 2009
13:11 GMT

Dante's Inferno Advertised with Real Cash

Dante's Inferno is an upcoming videogame partly based on the epic poem The Divine Comedy written by Durante degli Alighieri. One of the main elements of Hell as envisioned by the poet is a segmentation of those condemned related to the sins they committed.In an effort to promote the videogame, the good people wo...

15 September 2009
05:09 GMT

Good Writing Is Essential for Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age: Origins is the project BioWare is set to release next, in the run up to Christmas and with the development studio well known for its complex story lines, gamers have set it high standards when it comes to the narrative of the videogame. So, it's a good thing to see one of the people working on Dragon...

9 September 2009
14:01 GMT

A Gamer's Week: 30 August – 5 September

This week has been oddly dominated by news related to Take Two and its biggest franchise, Grand Theft Auto. The company released its financial results for the third quarter of the financial year and things are not looking good, with losses of about 55.5 million dollars and with Red Dead Redemption, BioShock 2 and Max...

5 September 2009
08:41 GMT

Time Warner Might Be Interested in Electronic Arts

One of the most interesting developments in videogaming in late summer has been the acquisition of Marvel Entertainment by Disney. The impact on videogaming might not be immediately apparent but consider that super hero games have been doing rather well lately and you might see how Disney can leverage properties like...

4 September 2009
18:01 GMT

Electronic Arts Gets into Legal Fight with Dillinger

Publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it has entered a law suit against the estate which manages the interests of John Dillinger, the early XX century gangster who is now being portrayed on the big screen by Johnny Depp.The company is filing the suit in a preemptive manner, it is saying, mainly because the est...

4 September 2009
14:14 GMT

No New NASCAR Game from Electronic Arts

NASCAR is still very popular in the United States but it seems that for the first time in years fans will not be able to get a game in 2010 that uses the franchise to offer some realistic or arcade driving experience. While this might seem like a rather depressing prospect Electronic Arts, which has previously used t...

3 September 2009
06:07 GMT

PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720 Not Coming Anytime Soon

Sony has announced that it will introduce, on September 1, the PlayStation 3 Slim, a new console variant which is cooler, uses less energy, has a slicker profile and costs just 299 dollars, 100 less than the version that is now available.Shortly after that, Microsoft announced that it was cutting the price of the Xbo...

2 September 2009
16:31 GMT

Maxis Reports Layoffs, Spore Franchise Unaffected

These seem to be tough times for all videogame developers. Raven Software, which has put together the newest Wolfenstein title, has announced layoffs amounting to around 60 people, and now Maxis, the Electronic Arts subsidiary in charge of creating last year’s Spore and this year’s The Sims 3, is said to ...

27 August 2009
12:41 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

NFS Shift Badges List Available Now

Racing games are quite popular these days as many people are in love with the idea of driving around fast and expensive cars on race tracks all around the world, thus proving their superior driving to everyone involved in the respective races. Adding much to the bragging rights that racers will earn in the upcoming ...

26 August 2009
03:54 GMT

Electronic Arts CEO Praises PS3 Slim Launch

After Sony announced last week that it would release the PlayStation 3 Slim, a new hardware revision of its home console, reactions kept pouring in. Now, John Riccitiello, the Chief Executive Officer of Electronic Arts, has praised Sony's move saying that the new price is right and that the timing of the announc...

25 August 2009
03:10 GMT


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