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E3 2011: No Kinect support until FIFA 13
Read More »E3 2011: EA ‘actively’ preparing Mirror’s Edge 2
EA Games president Frank Gibeau has once again stated that Mirror’s Edge 2 hasn’t been killed.” We’re actively looking at how to bring it back in the right way,” he told GTTV. We love that franchise. The DICE guys really created something, I think, special the first time around. You’ve …
Read More »Mirror’s Edge 2 lives on
EA Games boss says it is 'actively' looking to bring it back
Read More »E3 2011: Kotick shunned by EA on show floor
The most respected journalist at Future’s consumer site CVG has reported of a quite remarkable shun on the competitive floors of this year’s E3. The site has been told by a "senior informant" that the personal assistant of Activision CEO Bobby Kotick was seen at the EA stand requesting that …
Read More »VIDEO: The Old Republic’s stunning intro
The opening cinematic for EA and BioWare’s upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic has appeared online, and you can watch the entire video below. We’re still none the wiser as to when the long awaited MMO will finally be released. Earlier in the year MCV discovered that EA execs were …
Read More »Respawn squaring up to Bungie
Respawn Entertainment will compete in the increasingly populated sci-fi shooter space, a key EA exec has said. EA Games president Frank Gibeau said the newly-formed studio will be used to fill opportunistic gaps” in release schedules and game genres – while two other key EA studios build military-based FPSes. Unlike …
Read More »EA: New Medal Of Honor due 2012
EA studios Danger Close and DICE are both locked in a project rotation cycle that mirrors how Activision releases games from Treyarch and Infinity Ward. Electronic Arts will "continue to follow our rotation strategy,” said games boss Frank Gibeau. "In general, we’re giving studios a full two-year cycle to get …
Read More »EA: Battlefield and MOH games in annual rotation
Two EA studios will alternate war-shooter releases each year in a new fight on Activision
Read More »Respawn ‘to challenge Bungie’ in sci-fi war games
EA boss explains direction for the studio founded after the Infinity Ward row
Read More »E3 2011: Kotick sceptical of Battlefield 3 for consoles
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has cast doubts over recent video demonstrations of rival project Battlefield 3. The publishing exec was cautious not to join in on the widespread acclaim for the Modern Warfare 3 rival – particularly due to its graphical sophistication – and believes questions still hang over how …
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