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The latest issue of MCV is now available digitally, and it features interviews with Electronic Arts, UKIE and Borderlands developer Gearbox. That’s on top of the latest charts data from Chart-Track, the PlayStation Network, Steam, Apple and iOS. This week’s edition also asks what happens now PEGI is law and …
Read More »EA hands UFC to Fight Night team
The next Ultimate Fighting Championship will be developed by the talent behind EA’s Fight Night titles. The publisher has confirmed that EA Canada is now working on the provisionally-titled EA Sports UFC, according to Kotaku. This will be the first UFC game published by EA after it picked up the …
Read More »EA’s BioWare and Easy Studios lose key execs
EA has been rocked by two further executive departures. Firstly, BioWare’s ambitious MMO Star wars: The Knights of the Old Republic, has lost its executive producer Rick Vogel, Gamasutra reports. Vogel’s departure comes on the back of a recent dip in subscriber numbers for the title and talk of a …
Read More »Vogel departs BioWare amidst reported layoffs
Executive producer leaves Austin-based STWOR developer
Read More »EA confirms Battlefield 4 in development
Customers who pre-order Medal of Honor will be eligible for beta access to upcoming shooter
Read More »Battlefield 4 is official, is likely next-gen
Yesterday’s rumours were true – Battlefield 4 will be the next entry in the DICE’s popular FPS series. Furthermore, beta access to the game will be granted to those who pre-order fellow EA shooter Medal of Honor prior to its release on October 23rd. Confusingly, the Medal of Honor site …
Read More »Spicy Horse leaves console development for F2P
Spicy Horse joins the free-to-play exodus
Read More »Tiberium Alliances surpasses one million users
Browser-based F2P game garners more than 18,000 new registrations a day
Read More »John Schappert on why he left EA for Zynga
Casual, social and mobile is making everyone a gamer, says Zynga COO
Read More »Hardcore gamers "have issues" with EA Origin
EA admits core gamers have ‘issues’ with its download platform. But the publisher hopes it can win over the sceptics by making Origin the ‘best download site’ it can be. It follows EA’s new promotion that offers Kickstarter-funded games the opportunity to get listed on Origin for free. The hardcore …
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