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EA is shelling out some extra digital goodies for those who pre-order September’s FIFA 12. Customers who pre-order the GAME and Gamestation exclusive FIFA 12: Ultimate Edition will get 24 free Ultimate Team Gold Packs, for use with the Ultimate Team game mode. They will be available at a rate …
Read More »Crysis getting 360 release?
2007 PC title Crysis could be due for a long-awaited console release on Xbox 360. That’s if the rumours coming from Korea, and published by Kotaku, are found to be correct. A new listing from the Korean ratings board lists Crytek’s game for the console and names the publisher as …
Read More »Respawn teases first game
Respawn Entertainment has released a teaser image of its first video game. The studio made the reveal on its new website, which also shows off a revised logo, profiles of members of staff and images of the development process. Respawn was formed by ex-Infinity Ward men Vince Zampella and Jason …
Read More »New Respawn project details emerge
Jason West and Vince Zampellaâ??s new studio outlines first game, hires so far
Read More »Battlefield Heroes restored
F2P shooter Battlefield Heroes has been reactivated following the LulzSec hack which was later hailed as the group’s last hurrah. Players are now able to access the title, though publisher EA warns that some personal data was indeed compromised in the hack. "Service has been restored on Battlefield Heroes following …
Read More »LulzSec says farewell… with EA hack
After close to two months of digital torment and mischief, hacking group LulzSec has officially announced its retirement. Though not before it unleashed one final assault – this time on publisher EA. Its final act was to release around half a million usernames and encrypted passwords pertaining to users of …
Read More »EA losing ground in casual sector
Cowen & Company’s Doug Creutz has predicted that EA will slip drop a place in the casual and social games market within the next few weeks, with German company Wooga overtaking it in terms of active monthly users. "EA’s user base continues to decline," a note to investors claims. "Over …
Read More »PopCap rep withdraws EA denial
"Sorry, I might not have been clear. I was simply stating that@TechCrunch‘s article is not true." That claim was this morning made by PopCap’s community rep Jennifer Kye, according the Venturebeat. Shortly afterwards the tweet was deleted. While it may simply be a case of PopCap ensuring that employees stick …
Read More »EA linked to $1bn PopCap swoop
One leading tech site claims to have it on good authority that EA is on the verge of one of the largest acquisitions ever seen in the games industry. If true, TechCrunch‘s claims that EA is the mystery bidder behind a supposed $1bn swoop for PopCap would dwarf the $17m …
Read More »EA to buy PopCap, sources claim
Publishing giant 'to spend over $1 billion'
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