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New entries to the Dead Space and Need for Speed franchises are set to arrive sometime in the current fiscal year, EA confirmed during a financial call earlier today. The games are to launch sometime prior to March 31st, 2013 (the end of fiscal 2013). More specifically, the Need for …
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic down 400,000 subs, Allies update announced
The active player base for Star Wars: The Old Republic has dropped from 1.7m to 1.3m, EA revealed today in an earnings statement. The 400,000 figure marks a subscriber decline of nearly 25% for the MMO since numbers were last shared in February. EA explained in a conference call earlier …
Read More »EA reports Q4 FY12 and FY12 financial results
EA has revealed its financial results for Q4 of fiscal 2012, as well as fiscal 2012 as a whole. EA’s total net revenue hit $1.36bn during Q4, a 24 per cent increase over the $1.09bn reported at the end of this same period in fiscal 2011. Net revenue of packaged …
Read More »EA demos blockbuster line-up in London event
Electronic Arts took to London last month to show the press its upcoming triple-A blockbusters. And alongside the core console shooters, it demonstrated its latest PC, Facebook and iOS titles. The biggest games on display were shooters including upcoming modern day blaster Medal of Honor Warfighter (October 23rd). EA also …
Read More »EA Nexon reports shot down
Remember the claims that South Korean giant Nexon had made a bid to acquire EA? Forget them. That’s according to Bloomberg, which has back-tracked on its earlier to claim to say that while Nexon and EA are indeed in discussions, it is in fact over a distribution deal to take …
Read More »EA expected to report $960m Q4 revenue
Highly anticipated quarterly earnings to be released Monday
Read More »Schappert: Why I left EA for Zynga
Industry must follow changes in player habits, industry exec claims
Read More »Report: EA and Nexon forge Asia partnership
But takeover rumours dispelled by sources 'with knowledge of the matter'
Read More »EA are "cynical bastards" who are "methodically destroying" games
Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has unleashed a vicious verbal assault on leading global publisher EA. He was seemingly provoked by EA’s new Indie Bundle on Steam which includes indie titles EA has previously digitally published such as Shank and DeathSpank. EA releases an ‘indie bundle’? That’s not how that …
Read More »EA insists Rock Band iOS is NOT shutting down
The iOS version of music rhythm title Rock Band will not be shutting down at the end of the month, EA has insisted. That’s despite the game telling owners directly that come May 31st the game will be no longer playable” on their device. Players started contacting the press yesterday …
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