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Though Insomniac sees its new publishing deal with EA as a vehicle for reaching a wider audience, the Ratchet & Clank developer has no intention of dropping its Sony heritage. Insomniac has been a close ally of Sony’s for 12 years and will continue to make exclusive games for the …
Read More »Insomniac: EA ‘helps us reach more gamers
Insomniac Games has today announced a new deal with EA Partners and says that the agreement is all part of a new bid to reach a wider audience. The deal will see the studio responsible for Ratchet & Clank and Resistance: Fall of Man develop its first multiplatform project. Until …
Read More »Insomniac: EA deal helps us â??reach more gamersâ??
New game will see studio break beyond its PlayStation confines
Read More »EA on iPad charm offensive
VP of EA's worldwide studios is excited about the potential of Apple's tablet
Read More »THQ joins EAâ??s online pay-wall crusade
Publishing business prepares direct assault 'on the pre-owned market'
Read More »Ubisoft to join pre-owned assault?
Ubisoft is likely to be the next major publisher to deter consumers from buying pre-owned games with DLC incentives. Speaking about downloadable content during yesterday’s fiscal earnings call, the publisher cited rival EA’s $10 solution as an example of how they could generate revenue from second-hand sales, according to Kotaku. …
Read More »Mass Effect 2 Overlord DLC revealed
EA has revealed first details of its upcoming Overlord DLC pack for Mass Effect, which will be available to download in June. The add-on features new vehicle-based gameplay, combat missions and a story which follows a dangerous AI which has been created by fusing a human with a Geth. Mass …
Read More »EAs Online Pass is too cheap
All publishers will eventually adopt the model being pioneered by EA that sees those who either buy pre-owned versions of its games or pirate them punished by locking them away from key features. That’s the belief of MCV readers’ favourite Michael Pachter, who added that in his mind the $10 …
Read More »Pre-owned DLC penalty entirely fair
It seems as if every day a new publisher jumps aboard the in-box DLC code bandwagon, and industry analysts have given their full backing to the new payment model. Games such as Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins lock pre-owned buyers out of accessing additional content online, whereas upcoming …
Read More »EA: Modern Warfare damaged
The Modern Warfare franchise may never be the same again – that’s the claim of EA Partners boss David DeMartini who thinks that the world-conquering FPS franchise may never recover from the fallout of Activision and Infinity Ward’s disagreement. I don’t like to see that go on in our industry …
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