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Virgin Gaming is braced for the big time in Europe after signing a deal with EA Sports. The tournament provider expects a surge in users when it is integrated into the publisher’s FIFA titles. It has already seen almost 40,000 new gamers sign up after running a similar scheme on …

FIFA and The Sims firm to bank more franchises on the social network

Electronic Arts’ hugely popular UK PR director Simon Smith-Wright is moving to the publisher’s Sydney office where he will be regional marketing director for EA Asia Pacific. Smith-Wright joined the firm in 2005 and was promoted to UK PR director in 2006. Prior to that he made his name as …

Ultimate Team, a free-to-play downloadable addition to EA’s FIFA 11, is to get a significant functionality update on Xbox 360 and PS3, the publisher has announced. Since its launch, Ultimate Team has served more than 65m game sessions with 171m trades being made and 275bn coins spent in the auction …

Publisher says 22% of workforce is now 'based in low cost areas'

CFO Scott Brown says rumours of exorbitant dev costs are greatly exaggerated

Electronic Arts will soon announce a very exciting” FPS title that will hit shelves later in the year. These hints were heavily dropped by EA CEO John Riccitiello during the firm’s Q3 financial call last night when he was asked about EA’s shooter line-up, according to VG247. I’ve been saying …

Dead Space 2 has sold twice as many copies than its predecessor did in release week. The 360, PS3 and PC game shot to No.1 earlier this week – five positions higher than the original Dead Space did in October 2008 when it was released as a new IP. Dead …

But share buyback plan helps stock market value rise

Publisher EA has confirmed that BioWare-developed MMO Star Wars: Old Republic will not now release this spring and will instead ship some time in the next fiscal year. This means it could potentially arrive as late as March 2012, though MCV understands that September 2011 remains EA’s target launch date. …