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Read More »EA Partners contracts permit Steam publishing
Choice is down to the developer, publisher claims
Read More »EA: GAME will rise again
Keith Ramsdale, the boss of EA UK, has predicted that a new-look GAME will rise from the ashes of the current company. "I do hope and believe there will be a phoenix rising from the flames,” Ramsdale told an audience at today’s Westminster Forum event. GAME is full of good …
Read More »Ken Levine upset over Mass Effect 3 ending saga
Irrational founder Ken Levine says users calling for a revised Mass Effect 3 ending saddens him because they’d be left disappointed”. The BioShock creator was talking at the opening of a new US exhibit The Art of Video Games, reports The Verge. "I think this is an important moment," he …
Read More »EA blocks online access to 11 current-gen games
Customer says publisher has failed to meet promise of Online Pass support
Read More »EA lists new server shutdowns – including Online Pass titles
Having already attracted criticism for its online game server shutdowns in the past, EA has announced a new round of closures that will likely be the most controversial yet. Included in the list is EA Sports MMA which, notoriously, was the first game to include an Online Pass. This means, …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA Street breaks series records
FIFA Street is this week’s retail No.1, beating the week one sales of all of its predecessors. EA holds the entire Top Four this week, and has posted three new No.1s on the trot – SSX, Mass Effect 3 and FIFA Street. The first time it has achieved that since …
Read More »UK games retail generated £17.9m last week
The UK games retail market rallied last week thanks to the release of EA’s Mass Effect 3 and Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken. The pair helped break a two-week decline, generating a 47.9 per cent increase in market value to 17.9m. Unit sales rose 27.2 per cent. However, the market …
Read More »Why FIFA Street isn’t part of $100m Ultimate Team boom
EA’s FIFA Street is on store shelves as of today but it doesn’t include the lucrative online Ultimate Team mode. When asked by MCV why this was the case, FIFA Street’s creative director Gary Paterson said: We did think about Ultimate Team. It was something that we considered but we …
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e March 16th, 2012
Electronic Arts’ urban football series returns this week in the revamped FIFA Street. The game steps away from pitch tactics and focuses on the skills and tricks. It’s the first FIFA Street title since FIFA Street 3 in 2008. Meanwhile, Rising Star releases two BIT.TRIP compilations for Wii and 3DS, …
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