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Upcoming EA release Crysis 2 will break with the publisher’s recent tradition and not require a user to input an Online Pass code to access key features. GamertagRadio reports that developer Crytek itself, which as a member of the EA Partners program was free to decide for itself, made the …
Read More »EA kicks off ad push for Rango
The game adaptation of kids’ movie Rango is getting a huge ad campaign courtesy of EA. There will be advertisements running online, on TV and in cinemas, with dedicated game spots running at the end of ads for the film. This is on top of a range of retail POS …
Read More »GDC11: Gaikai arrives
US-cloud based gaming service Gaikai has gone live with a number of EA-published titles available for online play in time for GDC 2011. Announced by company CEO and co-founder David Perry on his blog, open cloud trial versions of Mass Effect 2, Dead Space 2, The Sims 3 and Second …
Read More »GDC11: Gaikai goes live
Limited cloud gaming trials ready in time for San Francisco show
Read More »BioWare teams with Florence and The Machine
Publisher EA has announced that an exclusive version of the track ‘I’m Not Calling You A Liar’ from Florence and the Machine’s debut album lungs will feature in Dragon Age II. With the band’s full blessings and enthusiasm, we isolated Florence’s original vocals from one of their most unique songs …
Read More »No 3D performance knock for Crysis 2
At Microsoft’s Xbox 360 showcase last night EA made the startling claim that Crysis 2 will not take any sort of performance knock when its 3D mode is enabled. In many previous 3D games users have had to endure a drop in visual detail, resolution and often framerate compared to …
Read More »Bulletstorm gets glowing reviews
Ahead of its UK release this Friday, EA’s People Can Fly developed shooter Bulletstorm is revelling in critical acclaim. Following the lifting of EA’s reviews embargo last night, the game is currently averaging 85 per cent on reviews aggregation site Metacritic. CVG, who scored it 9.1/10, said of the title: …
Read More »EA ‘accidentally reveals new studio’
Command & Conquer group headed up by former EALA man, reports claim
Read More »New EA studio working on C&C
In an announcement now pulled from the official website, it looks as if EA is on the verge of revealing both a new wholly owned developer and a brand new instalment in the Command &Conquer series. Rock Paper Shotgun says that a total revamp of the franchise’s website announced both …
Read More »Shift 2 delayed
As part of a press release issued today, EA has quietly confirmed that upcoming racer Shift 2: Unleashed has seen its release date slip by one week in Europe. The game will now arrive in the UK on April 1st, a day after its continental release on March 31st. Previously …
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