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Publisher EA has confirmed that it will once again use the likeness of Tiger Woods in the next instalment of its PGA Tour Golf series. The former world No.1 has been a troubled figure since his much publicised media blowout in late 2009. Back then he was ranked as No.1 …
Read More »VIDEO: Battlefield 3 launch trailer
With just one week until the game’s official release in the UK on September 28th, EA has released the official launch trailer for Battlefield 3. It has it all – plot details, shooting, melee, hand-to-hand, lots of explosions and plenty of tense music. You can watch it below:
Read More »SSX gets US release date
Publisher EA has confirmed that its snowboarding series reboot SSX will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 in the US on February 14th. This almost certainly points to a European release date of February 17th. The game was first announced in December last year, with then EA Sports president …
Read More »EA: FIFA 12 has outsold PES 2012 by 25-to-1
Though MCV is not able to verify the official numbers, EA’s VP and GM of Northern Europe Keith Ramsdale has claimed a significant sales triumph in the football games war. Specifically, he told GamerZines that FIFA 12 is outselling recently released rival PES 2012 by a staggering 25-to-1. "FIFA went …
Read More »Five million people use Origin each day, EA claims
Milestone reached within five months, according to company executive Peter Moore
Read More »The Sims 3: Pets
The Sims has established itself as one of the most successful games franchises of all time, selling more than 140m units worldwide.While pets have previously featured in the simulation series, they could only be trained and doted upon. The Sims 3: Pets allows players to actually live the life of …
Read More »Over 8m played Battlefield 3 beta
EA-owned developer DICE has released a number of stats about its recent Battlefield 3 multiplayer beta. A total of 8,125,310 took part in the game, firing a total of 47bn bullets and downing 1.5bn other players. 19m players were killed by a knife while 21m M-Com stations were destroyed. 2.2bn …
Read More »Peter Moore keynotes the EB Expo
TheCOO of EA, Peter Moore, has made a personal appearance at Australia’s biggest ever games event EB Expo to deliver a keynote address. His talk spent a considerable amount of time recounting the path games have trodden to get to where they are today, reminiscing about the pre-console FPS days, …
Read More »Star Wars: Old Republic release date brought forward
It took an age for us to actually get a release date for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and now EA has brought the game forward in Europe. Joystiq reports that BioWare’s MMO will now be released in Europe on the same day it arrives in the US – December …
Read More »Closure threat hangs over UK studio EA Bright Light
Electronic Arts has begun a formal consultation process at EA Bright Light, with redundancies and outright studio closure both possible. The Guildford studio, which most recently worked on a Harry Potter game for EA, recently underwent an internal review of current and future projects. After a review, Electronic Arts has …
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