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Frank Gibeau’s PR quest continues: Today’s topic – is EA evil?

Summer 2012. Some will remember it for the rain. Others for remarkable sporting calendar. Us? We’ll remember it as The Summer of Frank. When it comes to publicly chatty execs Frank has left all in his wake, providing journalists with daily updates of notable quotes and daring exploits. Well, OK, …

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EA and Valve held talks over possible $1bn buyout, report claims

Talks about the proposed buyout of Valve at the hands of EA HAVE taken place, a new report claims. Although it sounds as if the possibility of such a sale remains incredibly slim. The New York Times reports that Valve has been pursued over the years by Electronic Arts, which …

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Of course Frank Gibeau likes single player games

So Frank Gibeau does like single-player games after all. Yesterday the publisher exec seemed to dismiss non-multiplayer games by saying that he had not not green lit one game to be developed as a single player experience”. Of course, as is often the way with high-profile executives, that’s not what …

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EA commits to next-gen consoles… but dismisses single player experiences

EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has promised that EA will not abandon console publishing in the hunt for social and casual success. We think EA is better positioned for success, and for serving consumers than other companies that are marooned on one platform,” he says in the brochure for the …

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Peter Moore on the gulf between the digital and retail worlds

INTERVIEW: MCV talks to EA COO Peter Moore about a market in transition, the future of discs and his costly Bejeweled habit… Thanks to gruelling media training, most senior games industry execs have been groomed to never say anything off message. Every comment, for most publishers, is on-brand with little …

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