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The Mac version of EA’s SimCity will be released on June 11st, the publisher has confirmed. It will only be released digitally, although those who buy it will also get the PC version for free, and vice versa, with synchronised play across both platforms. Current PC owners will be able …
Read More »Zeschuk: EA allows developers creative freedom
Publishing giant 'gives you enough rope to hang yourself with'
Read More »"EA gives you enough rope to hang yourself"
BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk has spoken up for his studio’s owner and publisher EA. In the same Games Industryinterview where he discussed the console market’s poor health, Zeschuk shed light on working under the company crowned worst in America. The best analogy I use, in a positive way, is EA …
Read More »Consumerist responds to EA’s response to Worst Company in America poll
One might think this would be a time for EA to make nice with the customers who feel like they are being mistreated.” So begins a response from Consumerist to the reaction of Peter Moore to the fact that EA is odds on to be named as the Worst Company …
Read More »EA’s Peter Moore responds to ‘Worst Company in America’ poll
Readers of The Consumerist are expected to today name EA as the ‘Worst Company in America’ for the second year running. MCV wrote the following after EA scooped the unadmirable title last year. The arms trade? Oil companies polluting the planet? Bankers bringing us to our knees? Companies that sell …
Read More »EA’s Moore defends publisher in wake of worst company poll
COO admits publisher 'severely fumbled' the launch of SimCity
Read More »EA: Ignore the vocal minority – the market likes free-to-play
The angry whining of teens on the internet should not be mistaken for actual, real-world opinion. That much is certainly true. Whether it can be applied to arguments surrounding free-to-play gaming is probably slightly more debatable. There’s no confusion as to which side of the fence EA sits on, however. …
Read More »SimCity gets free Nissan DLC
Players of troubled simulation title SimCity now have access to a free piece of Nissan-sponsored DLC. The Nissan Leaf Charging Station would in real-life allow owners of Nissan’s electric car the chance to plug in and recharge. In-game it gives its users a happiness boost and also offers a one-time …
Read More »Numbers show consumers like freemium, EA Mobile boss says
EA All Play senior VP and general manager Nick Earl believes that most consumers have totally embraced freemium business models, saying detractors are just a loud minority. GI.biz reports that Earl spoke at GDC, calling free-to-play titles supported by microtransactions a market leader. The market has spoken very loudly that …
Read More »GDC 13: Frostbite 3 and UE4 not supporting Wii U
'We have Unreal Engine 3 for the Wii U,' says Mark Rein
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