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EA: We Haven’t Forgotten Old IPs
EA Games head Frank Gibeau has said the company hasn’t forgotten about its erstwhile IPs. When asked by CVG if the publisher was done with its oldest properties, Gibeau replied, “Absolutely not. I worked on Desert Strike and Road Rash back in the day on Sega Genesis so trust me, I’m familiar with the IP […]
PC “An Extremely Healthy Platform,” Could Be EA’s Largest Market
EA Games president Frank Gibeau comments the PC user base “is gigantic,” and admits that while PC retail is flagging the digital business is “awesome”. Read more here.
New EA Studio Rebooting Command & Conquer
EA Games has let slip that a new Command & Conquer title will be making its way to PC soon. Though the website that revealed the news has since been taken down, PC gaming site Rock, Paper, Shotgun grabbed all the important info. It reports that the site announced a new community manager and development […]
EA Boss Uses Words: ‘Dead Space 3’
Although it’s not yet officially announced, EA CEO John Riccitiello has predicted that sales in the Dead Space series will really start to explode with the arrivial of Dead Space 3. Read more here.
EA Suffers High Profile Departures
EA has lost a trio of high profile executives this week, according to reports. Read more here.
Battlefield 3 Will Be Game Of The Year, Says EA
Battlefield 3 will be the best game released this year, reckons EA CEO John Riccitiello. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, Riccitiello conceded that EA lost the market leading position it once had with Medal of Honor, but added, “we’re after it now” Read more here.
EA: Old Republic ‘Taking The Fight To World Of Warcraft’
EA boss John Riccitiello has spoken of the company’s massive ambitions for BioWare MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic. Read more here.
Activision Successfully Adds EA To Countersuit, Email Suggests MW2 Map Pack Delayed For Bad Company 2 Launch
Late last month Activision filed a motion to amend its countersuit against Vince Zampella and Jason West; specifically, it sought to include Electronic Arts as a cross-defendant after discovering that its largest competitor had schemed to “inflict serious harm on the company.” One redacted section in paragraph 62 of the counterclaim prefaced the email, writing, […]
EA Announces Many Online Game Server Shutdowns
EA has announced that it is going to shut down online servers for its older and less popular games. Don’t fret, because EA says only 1% of EA gamers play those games. According to EA, this had been a really hard decision. “As background information, the EA SPORTS games scheduled for shutdown in February and […]
Activision Sues EA Over Infinity Ward’s West And Zampella, Wants $400M
Activision has sued EA for $400 million in damages over previous Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella. According to the LA Times, Activision is accusing EA of trying to “destabilize, disrupt and … destroy Infinity Ward.” The lawsuit accused EA of working through talent management firm Creative Artists Agency to “hijack” West and […]
EA CEO John Riccitiello Blasts Black Ops And Activision
“Playing the finger pointing game EA is.” That’s what Master Yoda of Star Wars would have said if he read EA CEO John Riccitiello’s recent statement. Speaking to IndustryGamers, the EA boss mocked Activision for releasing an unfinished Black Ops. He also cites Modern Warfare 2’s sales for the success of Black Ops: “Activision will […]
EA: Single-Player Only Games Are Finished
Take a look at recent high profile game releases and see how many games have focus on a single-player only experience. Very few. Previous single-player only games Dead Space and BioShock have gone multiplayer. The only exception to this are RPGs, with Fallout: New Vegas still a single person affair. That’s also to change according […]
EA Will Make Fewer Games In 2011 Than 2010
EA has announced that it has plans to produce fewer games in fiscal year 2011 and wants to produce fewer, more high quality games. Fine by us. EA plans to release between 20 and 30 titles in fiscal 2011, whereas they released 35 games in 2010 and a whopping 50 in 2009. EA boss John […]
EA: We Will Topple Call Of Duty Pretty Soon
EA is pretty optimistic about its future games, particularly Battlefield 3 and hopes to topple the Call of Duty series as the market leader. That’s according to EA CEO John Riccitiello who told Kotaku, “If I had to pick the story I’d like to play out next year is we ship a 90 and they […]
