Outspoken EA boss John Riccitiello has sought to defend the firm’s recent efforts to reward customers who buy new copies of its games by bundling one-off DLC codes in the box. The likes of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2 have already included such codes, …
Read More »EA monetises the Battlefield
Though some market-leading military shooters have experienced a turbulent start to 2010, the success story that is EA’s Battlefield franchise continues to power on. As part of its financial posting, the publisher revealed that console and PC outing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has sold over 5m units worldwide. Riccitiello said …
Read More »â??Pre-owned a bigger problem than piracyâ??
Blitz Games Studiosâ?? co-founder Andrew Oliver says second-hand games can effectively quarter owed royalty pay
Read More »EA Sports: â??Online charges aren’t unfairâ??
FIFA studio SVP defends company position on charges for online content
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Second-hand EA Sports games will not come with free online access
Read More »EA Sports reveals Online Pass
EA Sports boss Peter Moore has lifted the lid on what the company is calling the Online Pass – it’s own take on the DLC code system that rewards those who buy brand new copies of its games. Much like the tactics already employed with fellow EA releases such as …
Read More »Playfish bringing FIFA to Facebook
FIFA Superstars revealed as EA talks of â??hundreds of millions of new fansâ?
Read More »FIFA heading to Facebook
EA has tasked Playfish with creating a Facebook game based on the super-lucrative FIFA franchise. More or less nothing is known of the game as of yet, though EA Sports boss Peter Moore said of it: Our FIFA products connect fans from all over the world who share a common …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA on top
With Chelsea smashing eight goals past the hapless Wigan to hold firm at the top of the Premier League, EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa did the same in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the second week at number one for the football sim, though …
Read More »ESA: â??The world is coming to E3â??
U.S. Expo top man Michael D. Gallagher is confident of a big event this June
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