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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

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

Only 13% of Xbox 360 Games Are Actually Very Good

The Xbox 360 was the first next-generation console to appear on the market. It introduced new things to game developers and it is currently a favorite for a lot of people, due to its low price and wide variety of games that you can pick up for it. However, if an adequate gamer with some knowledge picks up an Xbox 36...

18 March 2009
17:41 GMT

Game Dev Criticizes the Pressure of Review Scores

Game developers are under a lot of stress, as when the game is still in the creation phase they need to make sure that deadlines are met, that the whole team is working towards a single goal and that everything will turn out alright and the game will be made. But after the game is launched you would think that all of...

22 January 2009
13:01 GMT

Here Are Metacritic's Top Ten Best and Worst Games of 2008

The end of the year is nearly upon us and, as a lot of gaming websites are showcasing their tops and charts with the games of 2008, the famous review website Metacritic has decided to release its own Top Ten, according to all of the review scores given by specialty websites to the games that have appeared this year. ...

30 December 2008
03:50 GMT

Quality Triumphs at Electronic Arts

Less than a year after he launched the mantra of "quality over quantity" at Electronic Arts, John Riccitiello believes that his efforts in creating a more capable publisher and developer have largely succeeded. Electronic Arts, known for rushing out big games in an effort to create as much value as possible for share...

30 July 2008
04:38 GMT

Developers Disagree with Microsoft

Microsoft recently said that it would take down those Xbox Live Arcade games that have a score of lower than 65% from Metacritic. Gamerbytes interviewed some XBLA developers to see how they reacted to the news coming from Microsoft.Ilari Kuittinen, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Housemarque, a company that cre...

17 June 2008
14:06 GMT

EA Wants to Do Better Games after Checking Metacritic's scores

If you thought there is nothing or nobody able to slap EA and at least make them wish to create some better games and not only sequels that are generally worse than the originals, well... you were wrong. At least that is what John Riccitiello, head of Electronic Arts, has said recently, while showing a chart that mad...

25 February 2008
03:44 GMT


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