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Gears of War: Judgment is No.1 but sales down massively on GOW3
Microsoft’s Gears of War: Judgment has debuted at the top of the UKIE GfK All Formats Top 40… but the news isn’t all rosy. Its predecessor Gears of War 3 sold four times as many copies as its sequel achieved in its first week in the UK. There are factors …
Read More »John Riccitiello exits EA
EA CEO to leave at the end of the month; Moore could take top spot at publisher
Read More »Riccitiello out at EA
John Riccitiello has resigned from his role as EA CEO. He will leave the publisher at the end of the month. EA confirmed the news to shareholders this evening, saying that former CEO and executive chairman Larry Probst will oversee the firm as the search for a replacement continues. Riccitiello …
Read More »Ubisoft will sell Warner and EA games
You can now buy SimCity from Ubisoft. The publisher has turned itself into a full digital retailer by selling games from rival companies. Just like EA Origin, consumers can now download the likes of Crysis 3 and The Walking Dead from its Uplay store. Uplay was set-up as a means …
Read More »London Games Conference – follow live updates on Develop today
Microsoft's Phil Harrison, EA's Sean Decker, Google, Twitter and Sega all set to speak at key industry event
Read More »London Games Conference – follow live updates on MCV today
The London Games Conference is about to kick off, and MCV will be providing live and extensive coverage of the event from late this afternoon. LGC kicks off at 4pm, and sees 300 execs are attending – with over 100 representatives from different businesses in video games looking to grow …
Read More »FIFA 13, other upcoming EA games missing from Indian Origin store
FIFA 13 is missing from the Indian Origin store, as are other upcoming EA games such as Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Dead Space 3 and SimCity. This leaves Indian users with no option but to buy physical copies of these games. FIFA 13 retails for Rs 1,499 on PC. Prices …
Read More »The many faces of EA: Nick Earl, EAi
In the final part of our four interview with Electronic Arts bosses, EA Interactive VP Nick Earl discusses how mobile and social is shaping the future of the publisher Where does EA?Interactive fit in with the wider EA business?We’ve got six labels: EA Sports, EA Games, Bioware, Maxis, PopCap and …
Read More »Zynga says EA copyright lawsuit ‘ironic’
Sim City Social bears 'uncanny resemblance' to CityVille, says social games company
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