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Mega Bloks is to launch a range of Need for Speed construction toy sets, it has been confirmed. The line is due to launch in summer 2011 and is targeted at both building fans and collectors, including authentic vehicles and play-sets. Vic Bertrand, chief innovation officer, Mega Brands, commented: "We’re …
Read More »Now Shift 2 dev slams Forza
With EA’s Shift 2 Unleashed pencilled in for a spring release, the lead designer of EA’s game has resumed the offensive launched against rival offerings Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport. Last week EA’s senior VP Patrick Soderlund stated: I think [in Gran Turismo Sony] has a very sterile, almost car …
Read More »EA could reconsider Tiger partnership
Having doggedly stuck by golfer Tiger Woods throughout what has been a very turbulent year for the golfing star, EA has for the first time hinted that if Tiger’s results on the fairway don’t improve time might be called on the pair’s long-running relationship. This is no threat against Tiger,” …
Read More »Bad Company 2 Vietnam due December
The Vietnam add-on pack for EA’s popular Battlefield: Bad Company 2 shooter will go on sale next month. Players will be able to control a US Marine or member of the North Vietnamese Army around four maps in ‘conquest’ and ‘rush’ modes, with new weapons, vehicles, achievements and trophies to …
Read More »EA CEO: Zynga games â??may not stand test of timeâ??
Riccitiello snubs the social firm that may have out-valued EA in just three years
Read More »EA: Harmonix buyout is â??catching a falling knifeâ??
CEO John Riccitiello publicly snubs chance to buy Viacom studio
Read More »EA: Crunch should be optional, not protocol
Label boss Frank Gibeau says he works into the silly hours too
Read More »Mirrors Edge fell short, EA says
EA DICE’s highly-anticipated first-person title Mirror’s Edge missed commercial and critical targets within Electronic Arts, a key exec has said. Frank Gibeau, who inherited the presidency of the EA Games label in 2008, said Mirror’s Edge and horror title Dead space each had some degree of success, but they didn’t …
Read More »EA: Movie game biz falling apart
Electronic Arts has no desire to return to the games-film licensing business that it once made a fortune from, a key exec at the firm has said. EA Games label president Frank Gibeau told Develop that film licence-based games, such as James Bond and Lord of the Rings, no longer …
Read More »Mirrorâ??s Edge â??fell shortâ??, says EAâ??s Gibeau
Dead Space missed targets too, but made a profit
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