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DICE's Battlefield development platform coming to 'all major mobile platforms'
Read More »EA exec sells all his stock
EA Sports EVP Andrew Wilson scores big by cashing in
Read More »EA executives sell stake in company
EA Sports executive vice president Andrew Wilson has sold more than $687k worth of company shares – a move apparently prompted by the publisher’s recent stock market rise. As reported by GameSpot, an EA filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that Wilson (also the head of EA’s digital …
Read More »Wii U to miss out on EA’s Star Wars games
It has been confirmed that the new Star Wars games coming from EA studios DICE and Visceral won’t be available on Wii U. That’s because both are being built using EA’s Frostbite 3 engine – tech that has not been ported to Nintendo’s machine. "Frostbite 3 has never been running …
Read More »EA confirms Frostbite 3-powered Star Wars games… but not this year
Publisher EA has said it won’t be releasing any Star Wars games in its current fiscal year, which ends March 31st 2014. EA earlier this week announced a deal with Dinsey to produce core games based on the famed sci-fi licence across consoles, PC, mobiles and tablets. It has now …
Read More »EA extends FIFA licence until 2022
Sir Alex Ferguson might be calling time on his relationship with the beautiful game, but EA wants its love affair to continue. EA has announced an extension to its current licensing agreement with FIFA that runs all the way up until December 31st 2022, Polygon reports. The deal grants EA …
Read More »EA to abandon licensing deals with gun manufacturers
America’s ongoing struggle to rationalise its gun laws has now affected the video game space. EA has announced that it will no longer be pursuing licensing agreements with arms manufacturers. However, this isn’t necessarily the U-turn that it first appears to be – EA still intends to feature branded guns …
Read More »EA digital sales up, profits below guidance
2013 a mixed bag for publisher, shows annual earnings report
Read More »EA: Console transition is our friend
Interim CEO Larry Probst says coming transition will determine market leadership
Read More »FIFA 13 sells 14.5m units in fiscal 2013
FIFA 13 has topped its predecessor, selling 14.5m units during EA’s fiscal year 2013. As part of EA’s latest financial results, the publisher revealed the sales for the game were up 30 per cert when stacked up against FIFA 12 sales for the prior year. Digital sales were particularly strong …
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