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FIFA 11 among publisher's list of imminent cut offs
Read More »FIFA 11 among several EA titles to lose online features
EA has announced a list of titles whose online support will be terminated on January 11th. The most notable game is FIFA 11, for which both online play and Ultimate Team functionality will be shut off. Also facing the chop are NFL 11, NBA Jam and FIFA Manager 11. The …
Read More »EA drops out of NASDAQ-100
Publisher pays the price after a 40 per cent value drop as of June 2012
Read More »EA suffers NASDAQ-100 index delisting
NASDAQ has as part of its annual NASDAQ-100 Index re-ranking dropped EA from its list. Also booted are streaming video provider Netflix and Blackberry creators RIM. Facebook and Western Digital are amongst those promoted to the index. As of June 2012 EA had suffered a 40 per cent share value …
Read More »EA launches Origin Free To Play
The publishing giant is rebranding its Play4Free label to add free-to-play games into its growing Origin offering. EA has announced plans to integrate established F2P portal Play4Free and its titles into its flagship download games service, eventually putting everything under the new Origin Free To Play label. Popular Play4Free games …
Read More »12m have played SimCity this year
80 per cent of people in the US and Europe are familiar with the SimCity brand, says EA. And more than 12 million people have played a version of SimCity within the last year. EA revealed these stats as it gears up to launchits first true SimCitysequel in ten years …
Read More »Funcom ditches The Secret World subscription charges
As of today, a subscription is no longer required to play EA and Funcom’s The Secret World. There are no complicated rules or restrictions, no complex matrixes telling you what you can and cannot access,” the official blurb reads. Pay Once, Play Forever – it’s that simple.” Those who have …
Read More »PopCap working on ‘Team Fortress 2 style Plants vs Zombies game’
Popcap is looking for a software engineer to build a triple-A console title using the Frostbite 2 engine. The game will be developed by the Burnaby branch of the company that made its fame with casual titles like Peggle and Plants vs. Zombies. "PopCap Burnaby working with Frostbite 2 on …
Read More »Crysis 3 release dates announced
EA has narrowed down the release date for hotly-anticipated shooter Crysis 3. The publisher revealed both the European and US release dates for the title at a preview event highlighting its Q1 2013 line-up. As reported by Joystiq, Crytek founder Cevat Yerli revealed at the event that the game would …
Read More »Ex-Naughty Dog, Sony and Ubi execs form Mojaro
Inaugural title KnightScape made using studio's mobile game platform
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