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Develop Conference: Andrew Wilson on taking games across multiple platforms, including mobile
Read More »EA Sports hiring for new Austin studio
EA Sports has announced it will open a new studio in Austin, Texas that will create around 300 jobs. The studio joins EA Sports’ existing offices in Tiburon, Florida and Burnaby, British Columbia. It’s part of the publisher’s plans to expand its sports game label. "It’s an exciting time for …
Read More »EA: Boxed games just 55% of the market
The global games market is getting pretty close to a 50/50 split between digital and physical revenue, according to a senior EA Sports exec. EA Sports worldwide studio boss Andrew Wilson told attendees at the opening day of the Brighton Develop conference that the firm’s research says last year digital …
Read More »‘People are no longer going to GAME en masse,’ claims EA
Games retailers face serious challenges from the disruption created by on-demand content according to EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson. Speaking this morning in a keynote speech at the Develop conference, he said that despite market growth which meant more gamers than ever were out there, fewer and fewer are going …
Read More »EA: Race for digital now or get left behind
Develop Conference: Industry graveyards 'are filled with companies resisting change'
Read More »EA Sports pens Manchester City deal
Unimaginably minted Premier League football team Manchester City has signed an agreement with EA Sports that will see the publisher go first with a host of City-related exclusives. Chiefly, the entire City squad has undergone 360-degree 3D headscan shots with a view to making their representation in the upcoming FIFA …
Read More »EA: The App Store model is in freefall
Speaking to MCV about the growing cloud gaming segment, one of EA’s leading executives has delivered a damning verdict of the once great App Store model popularised by Apple. Our current experience is that the App Store model is essentially in freefall,” chief creative director Richard Hilleman said in a …
Read More »EA creative director quits two years since joining
Mark Turmell departs EA Sports role; Reports suggest Zynga switch
Read More »No Battlefield 3 for Steam, says GameStop
The splintered relationship between Electronic Arts and Valve appears to have worsened, with Gamestop now claiming that Battlefield 3 will be blocked from Steam. The upcoming EA DICE shooter will be available digitally on other platforms, including Gamestop’s, an unnamed executive at retailer also said. Financial research firm Baird recently …
Read More »Battlefield 3 won’t appear on Steam, retailer says
Publishers 'are receptive to a Steam rival', research firm Baird says
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