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A new study into scary console claims has named EA’s Dead Space 2 as the scariest game on Xbox 360. The Vertical Slice study, published on Gamasutra, also drew a number of other conclusions about the nature of scary games and the most effective means of frightening players. For instance, …
Read More »FIFA Superstars for iPhone pulled from App Store
Electronic Arts has pulled the iPhone version of its social game FIFA Superstars from the App Store, after players experienced problems playing the connected game. The game started life on Facebook, where it currently has just under 2.8 million monthly active users. In late August, a standalone iPhone version was …
Read More »OPINION: Sims topples Zynga, and EA’s future is sealed
After nearly veering off the rails, the reinvented publisher may have finally found light at the end of the tunnel
Read More »The Sims Social passes Farmville on Facebook
EA title The Sims Social has seen its MAUs surpass that of Facebook giant Farmville on the social network. In total it now has an MAU base of 36m users. VentureBeat reports that EA’s title picked up 1.7m new users yesterday alone, taking its weekly MAU gain over 8m users. …
Read More »New Syndicate game finally confirmed
One of the worst kept secrets in the games industry is out – developer Starbreeze is indeed working on a brand new Syndicate game for EA. The publisher has given it a release date of early 2012 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Coming in the wake of Deus Ex’s …
Read More »PopCap cuts iOS prices, fingers point at EA
A range of games by casual giant PopCap have been reduced to their lowest possible price point on the App Store. The tactic sees several iPhone games reduced from 1.99 to 69p, including the likes of Plants vs Zombies and Peggle. While the App Store price cuts are a rarity …
Read More »The EA effect: PopCap slashes app prices
Plants vs Zombies and Peggle join 69p sales rush
Read More »OPINION: Call of Duty remains top dog
Look at screenshots, videos or even packshots for Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3, and you’d be hard-pressed to tell them apart. Shadowy men stood in urban landscapes besieged by war. On the cutting edge of video games, it seems the year’s hot ticket titles are fighting a battle to …
Read More »Original Crysis confirmed or PS3 and Xbox 360
As was rumoured back in July, developer Crytek is to finally bring PC classic shooter Crysis to both PS3 and Xbox 360 – and the release date is right upon us. The four year-old title will be getting a few tweaks, too. The PC original was a graphical powerhouse and …
Read More »Criterion: Fighting crunch saved us $700,000
Advanced build technology can help maximise project efficiency, studio says
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