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The first reviews of Mass Effect 2 have gone live ahead of Friday’s UK release of EA’s long-awaited RPG sequel – and all signs point to BioWare’s latest becoming one of the highest rated titles of all time. According to reviews aggregator Metacritic, Mass Effect 2 is currently the second …
Read More »Pre-owned penalty for Mass Effect 2
An interesting experiment with Mass Effect 2 will see EA looking to discourage pre-owned sales of the game. Those who purchase new copies (either boxed or digital) of the title will be given a code to access what BioWare calls The Cerberus Network – a hub for accessing both free …
Read More »REPORT: UK 2009 charts
The record-breaking performance of Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the market-commanding popularity of Nintendo’s hardware stole most of the headlines last year, but neither sold as many units or commanded as much market share as the UK’s big 2009 winner – EA. EA came top in both …
Read More »Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 tees off
Tiger Woods himself may be in a period of hibernation following his widely reported festive frolics, but the EA gold steam train carries on nonetheless with confirmation that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 will be released this summer. The game is in development for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and iPhone …
Read More »Tetris sells 100m for EA Mobile
Iconic Russian puzzler Tetris, first developed in 1984, has now achieved 100m paid downloads across all mobile formats since EA Mobile bagged the mobile rights in 2005. It was first made available for mobile by G-Mode in Japan in 2001, so the lifetime sales total is actually even greater than …
Read More »EA preparing venture capitalist investment
Publisher EA is on the verge of acquiring Canadian venture capitalist firm VanEdge Capital – a company formed by six former EA employees. peHUB reports that the deal is expected to be finalised later this month. Partners include EA’s former chief visual and technical officer Glenn Entis, former EA China …
Read More »EA linked to Apples iSlate
With Apple odds-on to lift the lid on its long-rumoured tablet Mac the iSlate next Wednesday, reports have claimed that video games publisher EA is working closely with Apple to bring some of its gaming IP to the new machine. Gaming is expected to form a big part of the …
Read More »BioWare commits to 360 for Mass Effect 3
But the EA-owned studio hasnâ??t yet ruled out multiplatform console work
Read More »Mass Effect 3 confirmed for 360
Ahead of the release of EA’s Mass Effect 2 next week, the game’s developer BioWare has confirmed that the third entry in the series will be released on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and not any possible successor. Asked if this was the case by GameZone, project director Casey Hudon stated: That …
Read More »EA responds to Lasky criticism
Publisher EA has responded to the recent attack from former exec Mitch Lasky in which the Jamdat Mobile founder slammed now-boss John Riccitiello for his current business strategy. Mitch needs to try de-caf,” EA’s US head of communications Jeff Brown told VentureBeat. It’s never easy being turned down for a …
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