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Sims Developer Says A.I. Can Increase Enjoyment for Big Franchises

With the graphics quality of modern video games close to peaking, one developer has suggested that the next major advances to make a big impact will be those linked to the Artificial Intelligence of both enemies and in-game friends. Speaking at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, David Graham, the leadi...

6 March 2012
16:31 GMT

Army of Four Game Confirmed by Voice Actor

It seems that Electronic Arts is working on a brand new installment in its Army of Two series, in the form of Army of Four, at least according to a Twitter post by actor Joe Flanigan.Army of Two and its sequel, Army of Two: The 40th Day, delivered some interesting experiences that focused on cooperative gameplay betw...

6 March 2012
02:45 GMT

Medal of Honor’s Taliban Controversy Almost Led to Producer’s Resignation

After announcing Medal of Honor: Warfighter, the sequel to 2010’s Medal of Honor reboot, producer Greg Goodrich has talked about the controversy regarding the mention of Talibans in the previous game’s multiplayer mode. Medal of Honor wanted to realistically portray missions of select Tier 1 Operations, ...

1 March 2012
19:31 GMT

Maxis Develops Sim City 5, Uses New GlassBox Engine

Video game developer Maxis is working on a new game in the long-running Sim City series, which will use a brand new engine and will include a number of new mechanics. Lucy Bradshaw, who is an executive working at Maxis, has apparently confirmed that existence of SimCity 5 to GameStar, a German publication, adding th...

1 March 2012
04:21 GMT

Medal of Honor: Warfighter Won’t Have Osama Assassination Mission

Electronic Arts has confirmed that its upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfighter first person shooter won’t have a mission where its Tier 1 Operators assassinate terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden, as it wouldn’t be respectful to the actual soldiers who took part in the real life operation. 2010’s Medal of...

1 March 2012
03:13 GMT

Medal of Honor: Warfighter Injects Marital Tension into Single Player

The developers working on the newly announced Medal of Honor: Warfighter at developer Danger Close plan to inject a lot of human interaction into the first-person shooter, putting Precher, who gamers know from the first title of the rebooted series, at the center of the narrative. Greg Goodrich, who is the producer ...

29 February 2012
19:51 GMT

Sound Design Adds to Emotion in Mass Effect 3

Mass Effect 3 is set to launch, in about a week, one of the most expected titles of the year, and the development team working on the science-fiction-powered action and role-playing mix says that all aspects of the game have been carefully calibrated to satisfy the fan base and attract new players. Speaking to VG247...

29 February 2012
15:11 GMT

Electronic Arts Denies Origin Search of PC Files

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has stated that its Origin digital distribution service is not searching the files of user’s PCs in order to add previously purchased games to its own library. A statement from Electronic Arts says, “A few of you noticed some of your older EA games showing up in your ...

29 February 2012
13:21 GMT

Tier One Operator Says Medal of Honor: Warfighter Can Destroy Special Forces Clichés

Medal of Honor: Warfighter might be more than six months from its planned launch date, but the development team is already eager to make it clear that actual real-world Tier One Operators are heavily involved in the development process for the first-person shooter.Nate, one of the former Tier One operators, involved ...

29 February 2012
09:24 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Pre-Orders Have Surpassed EA’s Estimates

Electronic Arts has revealed some more details ahead of Mass Effect 3’s launch, confirming that pre-orders have already surpassed those of its predecessor, as well as the company’s own estimates. Mass Effect 3 is set to conclude the trilogy of games made by developer BioWare and published by EA. We&rsquo...

28 February 2012
15:41 GMT

First Medal of Honor: Warfighter Details Now Available

The first details about the upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfighter first person shooter have just appeared, including info about its technical specs, its story, as well as the multiplayer mode. The Medal of Honor reboot that appeared back in 2010 impressed through its gritty realism but, sadly, didn’t become that...

28 February 2012
07:01 GMT

New SSX Video Shows Off the Wingsuit

Electronic Arts has just posted a fresh video with its upcoming SSX snowboarding simulator. This time it focuses on the wingsuit that can be used by players to prolong their glides, after performing massive jumps during their mountain descents.SSX has always given players the ability to perform all sorts of impressiv...

24 February 2012
19:41 GMT

EA Confirms Medal of Honor: Warfighter Coming from Danger Close

After quite a lot of teasing, Electronic Arts has finally confirmed the next installment in its Medal of Honor series, in the form of Medal of Honor: Warfighter, which is being developed by Danger Close studios.The Medal of Honor series impressed quite a lot of shooter fans many years ago and was completely rebooted ...

24 February 2012
10:21 GMT

Massive Battlefield 3 Patch Gets Detailed Before Release

DICE, probably in light of recent community events, has decided to share quite a few details about the upcoming update for its Battlefield 3 first person shooter, confirming that it’s going to bring all sorts of changes in the near future on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Battlefield 3 impressed millions of gamers ...

24 February 2012
06:31 GMT

Mass Effect Petition Pressures UK Government on Alien Existence

It seems that developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts are interested in promoting their upcoming Mass Effect 3 by asking their fans to put pressure on real-world governments to offer information on what they known about life on other planets. The petition appears on its own mini-site linked to the official M...

23 February 2012
10:01 GMT

Battlefield 3 Community Threatens with Blackout over Lack of Communication

Battlefield 3 players have reached a boiling point, as a major community website has given Electronic Arts and DICE, the publisher and developer of the recent shooter, an ultimatum, asking the two companies to communicate with their fans in a proper manner. DICE and EA launched Battlefield 3 into critical and sales ...

23 February 2012
09:11 GMT

The Simpson: Tapped Out Features Springfield Nuclear Meltdown, Comes in a Few Weeks

The Simpsons has managed to get past the 500 aired episodes mark when it comes to television, but the 24 video games based on the franchise have failed to reach the same level of success. Now video game publisher Electronic Arts and Gracie Films have begun collaborating on a new social game called The Simpsons: Tapp...

22 February 2012
15:11 GMT

Electronic Arts and Crytek Working on New Video Game

Video game developer Crytek and publisher Electronic Arts seem to be working on a whole new video game project, as suggested by a new job listing which seeks a new video editor for a studio in Guilford, United Kingdom. The job ad says that knowledge of the CryEngine is an asset for those who apply and that the perso...

22 February 2012
02:25 GMT

SSX Demo Out Today, Special Video Shows Off Tips and Tricks

Electronic Arts will deploy a demo for its upcoming SSX game later today and, in order to give fans a quick intro into the snowboarding simulator, it has launched a special video that shows off some special tips and tricks. Seeing as how quite a few years have passed since the last SSX title, EA is now going to laun...

21 February 2012
07:01 GMT

Starbreeze Loses 25 Employees After Syndicate Completion

Starbreeze, the Sweden-based developer working with publisher Electronic Arts on the reboot for Syndicate, has announced that it has laid off 25 employees following the completion of the game. This represents about one quarter of the people directly employed by Starbreeze and Peter Tornquist, who is the chairman for...

20 February 2012
10:05 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Will Have Limited, Origin Based DRM

The developers at BioWare have assured players of Mass Effect 3 that the game will have only minimal DRM measures derived from Origin use and will never require gamers to be online in order to play.Casey Hudson, who is the executive producer working on Mass Effect 3, has told CVG that, “We use Origin, and it&rs...

20 February 2012
03:02 GMT

New FIFA Street Video Teaches You How to Pull Off Basic Tricks

Electronic Arts is getting ready to deploy FIFA Street next month so, in order to give players an advantage, it has posted a fresh video that shows off some of the basic tricks in the game, including step overs, body feints, roulettes, and more. In order to provide a bit more variety for soccer (football) fans, EA h...

18 February 2012
06:31 GMT

Origin Will Improve over Time, EA Promises

Electronic Arts has talked about its Origin digital distribution service, saying that, despite its rocky release last year, it’s trying to improve upon it and will deliver a great experience that’s going to delight gamers on the PC platforms. Valve’s Steam service reigns supreme in the digital dist...

17 February 2012
15:41 GMT

Electronic Arts Launches Mass Effect 3 Copies into Space

Video game publisher Electronic Arts is promoting its space-based role-playing and action mix Mass Effect 3 by literally taking the series to space via a number of weather balloons that will be launched from locations in New York, London, Paris, Las Vegas and San Francisco. The balloons are designed to reach the upp...

17 February 2012
09:12 GMT

Analyst: Zynga Can Develop More Successful Social Games

Analysis firm Wedbush Morgan has suggested that the social games oriented company Zynga will be able to create more successful titles in the coming year and continue to attract gamers and increase revenue. Recently, Zynga has reported better than expected financial results, although compensation paid to employees af...

16 February 2012
20:41 GMT

“The Sims FreePlay” for Android Now Available for Download

EA has finally launched “The Sims FreePlay” game in the Android Market. The company teased Android enthusiasts several weeks ago and said that the game, as the title says, would be free to download and play. However, those who really want to achieve something in this game will be forced to make in-app pu...

16 February 2012
18:01 GMT

Incoming 2012: Syndicate

What we know: Syndicate was a tactical video game that allowed players to control a team of agents in a hyper-violent future world. But the remake takes the name and the theme of a future dominated by corporations that are in a state of continuous low-level warfare and morphs the rest into a first-person shooter wit...

16 February 2012
10:41 GMT

Shank 2 Review (PC)

The original Shank impressed through its sharp visual style and pretty hectic combat, which saw its protagonist carve his way through legions of enemies in order to get to his wife. Now, with Shank 2, developer Klei Entertainment and publisher Electronic Arts are trying to continue that story, while bringing quite a...

15 February 2012
10:31 GMT

Origin Mass Effect 3 Pre-Orders Bring Free Copy of Battlefield 3

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that all gamers who pre-order the upcoming Mass Effect 3 via the Origin digital distribution service will now get a free copy of the DICE made first-person shooter Battlefield 3. Gamers will also get access to the M55 Argus Assault Rifle and the AT12 Raider Shotgun,...

15 February 2012
07:32 GMT

New FIFA Street Video Focuses on Its Global Venues

The FIFA Street franchise is set to make a comeback next month and, in order to raise up the hype, EA has posted a fresh developer diary video that focuses on the 35 venues from the game that are scattered all around the globe. FIFA Street delighted lots of gamers many years ago with its emphasis on stylish moves an...

15 February 2012
02:36 GMT

DICE Offers Origin Bug Fixes for Battlefield 3, Works on New Patch

Video game developer DICE has announced that it is working on a new patch for Battlefield 3, the first-person shooter that it has published together with Electronic Arts, saying that more details will be offered in the coming weeks. On the official Battlefield Blog, DICE states that it is working on such issues as &...

14 February 2012
04:54 GMT

Activision Is Interested in Facebook, Not Ready for an Official Announcement

Publishers, like Electronic Arts, have already taken some of their biggest franchises, from Dragon Age and Mass Effect to The Sims, to the Facebook social platform but their main rival, Activision, is not yet ready to jump into the genre although it sees its potential. Speaking to Gamasutra, Eric Hirshberg, the chie...

14 February 2012
04:19 GMT

Electronic Arts Compliments Activision on Call of Duty Elite’s Success

Electronic Arts, after criticizing Activision’s Call of Duty Elite online service last year, has now started complimenting its rival’s strategy, saying that it managed to please both gamers and actual retailers with the Elite strategy. EA and Activision were engaged in a bitter fight towards the end of 2...

13 February 2012
15:41 GMT

Electronic Arts Developer Says Games Should Turn to Television for Inspiration

Speaking at the DICE 2012 event, TJ Galda, a senior developer at Electronic Arts, suggested that video games should take television as their model and actually sell players chapters of story in order to keep them engaged with a story in the long term. The developers stated, “Call of Duty literally earned a bil...

13 February 2012
10:38 GMT

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Review (PC)

Nowadays, all new triple-A titles are a rare sight, so Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, coming from 38 Studios and Big Huge Games, definitely stands out from the array of sequels or reboots that are arriving on the market.   Throw in the fact that it’s masterminded by Elder Scrolls designer Ken Rolston,...

10 February 2012
09:11 GMT

SSX Soundtrack Revealed, Includes Lots of Different Artists and Tracks

Electronic Arts is preparing to unleash SSX, the newest iteration in the long running snowboarding simulator franchise, and has now revealed the list of songs that are included in the game’s soundtrack. The SSX series has delighted lots of fans with great gameplay, as well as top notch music, with SSX Tricky s...

10 February 2012
03:44 GMT

Analyst: Current Video Game Publishing Model Is Broken

During the DICE 2012 conference organized in Las Vegas, Michael Pachter, who is an analyst watching the video game industry, has argued that the current publishing system for video games is broken and that more of the companies handling these duties might disappear in the coming years. Speaking at the event organize...

9 February 2012
16:41 GMT

Quick Look: Shank 2 Single-Player (with Gameplay Video)

After Shank 1 impressed gamers with its sharp 2D side scrolling brawler mechanics, Klei Entertainment and Electronic Arts have returned with Shank 2. Promising to tweak the gameplay for a more fluid combat experience and to tone down the difficulty of end-level bosses, the new game is definitely looking like an impr...

8 February 2012
10:11 GMT

EA Launches Battlefield 3: Aftershock for iPhone, iPad

After much anticipation from the iOS gamer fan-base, Electronic Arts has unleashed Battlefield 3: Aftershock on the iTunes App Store. Approved by Apple today, Battlefield 3: Aftershock comes with a free multiplayer map brought to you by Act of Valor. Players will sharpen their skills with “pulse-pounding comb...

8 February 2012
09:06 GMT

Elise Riggs and La La La Lockstep Star in Latest SSX Trailer

The developers at EA Sports have revealed yet another character driven trailer for SSX, showing off one of the fan favorites, Elise Riggs and her special La La La Lockstep move, which will be available to all those who buy the game. Elise Riggs is one of the first characters to be revealed for the game. SSX will of...

8 February 2012
02:27 GMT

New Medal of Honor Game to Be Unveiled on March 6

A new Medal of Honor game is set to be unveiled next month, as Electronic Arts has just sent out invitations to media members, asking them to save the date of March 6. The Medal of Honor series has been around for quite some time, yet it failed to reach the popularity of Activision’s Call of Duty series. The f...

7 February 2012
12:31 GMT

Longer Development Time Would Have Benefitted the New Syndicate Game

Starbreeze Studios, the developer of the upcoming Syndicate first person shooter, has confirmed that, although the game is quite impressive, a longer development time would have made the whole experience that much more satisfying. Electronic Arts and Starbreeze surprised lots of old school gamers with the announcem...

7 February 2012
10:01 GMT

Battlefield 3 DLC Announcement Coming This Week

Electronic Arts is set to make a new announcement concerning Battlefield 3 and its next batch of downloadable content, this week, during a special event it will host in New York. Battlefield 3 sold over 10 million copies, according to EA’s newest financial earnings, so you can bet that the company, together wi...

7 February 2012
05:18 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Ending Might Disappoint Some Players

The end of Mass Effect 3 might not be the best one for all players of the game, but one developer working on the action role-playing game suggests that it is worth holding on to the final saves even if future games in the franchise will not use Commander Shepard as the central character. Mike Gamble, an associate pr...

6 February 2012
03:02 GMT

Sims 3 Showtime Gets Developer Walkthrough

The developers at Electronic Arts who are working on the upcoming Showtime expansion for The Sims 3 have released another trailer for the game, which is different because it features two of the main designers working on the game talking about the new content. Senior designer Aaron Conners and associate producer Brit...

3 February 2012
02:27 GMT

Electronic Arts Posts Better than Expected Results for Fiscal Quarter

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it has posted better than expected results for the third fiscal quarter, which ended on December 31, although it has failed to beat the outlook that Wall Street analysts have linked to the company. EA has managed to bring in more than 1.65 billion dollars (1.25...

2 February 2012
20:31 GMT

Syndicate Doesn’t Have an Online Pass

Electronic Arts has confirmed that the upcoming Syndicate first person shooter won’t be protected with an online pass system, largely because the company wants all gamers to experience the cooperative multiplayer mode from the shooter. EA recently decided to bring back to life its old Syndicate franchise and a...

2 February 2012
15:31 GMT

Syndicate Gets New DART6 Infomercial

Upcoming first-person shooter Syndicate has received a new trailer from developer Starbreeze and publisher Electronic Arts, which is designed to look like an infomercial for the DART6 chip that the player will use throughout the game in order to get access to his superpowers.They are officially known as hacking abili...

2 February 2012
10:32 GMT

SSX Has Online Pass, Doesn’t Prevent Access to Multiplayer Mode

The upcoming SSX snowboarding game will have an online pass system, according to its publisher, Electronic Arts. But this won’t prevent those who buy used copies of the title from accessing the multiplayer mode, as it just limits the amount of in-game rewards they’ll get from finishing races. Online pass...

1 February 2012
04:55 GMT

Major Origin Discounts Ran by EA for Action Games

Electronic Arts has just deployed a major round of discounts on its Origin digital distribution service, this time slashing the prices on a variety of action games for the PC platform. EA’s Origin has, slowly but surely, become pretty popular with PC gamers, largely because it’s the only way to access re...

31 January 2012
05:10 GMT


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