Many of EA’s titles may remain unavailable on Valve’s Steam network. But right now US gamers can buy three different Valve titles on EA’s Origin download service. There is one caveat, though. They’re boxed versions. Rock Paper Shotgun reports that as part of a ‘buy two get one free’ offer …
Read More »Valve: Aggressive DRM measures are ‘backwards’
Portal publisher can beat piracy and make more money through quality of service, claims Gabe Newell
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Publisher appears to still be interested in resolving DLC dispute
Read More »EA’s Tetris is free, ad-supported on Android
In the Java days of the mobile games industry, Tetris was a licence to print money, as tens of millions of feature phone owners parted with 5 or $5 to get their fix of falling blocks. The game’s dominant position has been usurped by Angry Birds in the apps era, …
Read More »Mojang and Valve in Minecraft Steam stalemate
Both groups' DLC policies are 'incompatible', Persson says
Read More »EA downplays Origin exclusivity fears
The European boss of EA has said that the publisher won’t make the digital versions of its games exclusive to its new and upcoming Origin retail portal. Problems that led to the removal of several EA titles from Steam had caused many to conclude that EA was to promote Origin …
Read More »New sales director for EA UK
Rob Davey is to leaveEA UK for a new roleDown Under. From September 12th, the former UK sales director takes the role of general manager of the SANZA (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia) territory. He’ll report into Mark Bradley. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time at EA UK and I …
Read More »Konami considering micro-transactions for PES
Publisher Konami has admitted that it has to evolve how people pay and play Pro Evolution Soccer. And as has seemingly become the way in recent years, it appears that following EA’s lead is very much the order of the day. "I understand that there is a need to do …
Read More »EA reckons Vita has a "better chance" than 3DS
In a startlingly honest admission, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has said he believes the PlayStation Vita has a better chance of succeeding in the market than Nintendo’s 3DS. "I don’t think [Vita] is in quite in the same boat as the 3DS,” he told CVG. The 3DS was a …
Read More »EA development tsar to keynote HTML5 event
Hilleman headlines browser games conference
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