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Electronic Arts has pledged its commitment to the Dead Space franchise despite fears that the publisher will turn away from original IP as it makes desperate moves to save money. The company recently announced it would need to cut some 1500 jobs – 900 of which are developer-related – in …
Read More »Dragon Age DLC generates $1 million
Downloadable content sales for Dragon Age: Origins have already surpassed the $1 million mark. This figure does not include the free DLC that was available with various boxed sets and pre-order SKUs of the game. During its presentation at the BMO Capital Markets conference, Electronic Arts revealed this landmark had …
Read More »Command & Conquer 4 dated
Electronic Arts has announced that the fourth instalment in its long-running RTS series will be released in Europe on March 19th, 2010. Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight arrives in the UK three days after its North American debut and will bring the 15 year-long Tiberium storyline to an end. …
Read More »Mythic not shutting down from EA layoffs
Studioâ??s executive producer assures the studio will go on
Read More »Job losses detailed at EA studios
A total of seven EA-owned studios are alleged to be hit by the publisher’s mass-layoff operations. Pandemic, EALA, Maxis, Rupture Studios, Mythic, Tiburon and Black Box are all thought to be downsized as EA looks to shed 900 developers from its global workforce. EA has declined to comment on where …
Read More »EA studios named in mass-layoff operation
Publisher offers no comment as its disposed workforce appears to be breaking silence
Read More »500 publishing jobs go at EA
Electronic Arts has revealed that the vast majority of its global staff cuts will be made in its own development studios. Some 900 EA developers across numerous studios will be laid off, compared to the 500 cuts in publishing and 100 in corporate affairs. The total staff cuts are expected …
Read More »FIFA outselling PES 4-1
With Konami’s PES 2010 slipping down the UK Charts with unfamiliar ease, rival publisher EA has beat its chest about the rate at which its own football offering, FIFA 10, is outselling the established Japanese franchise. Speaking after EA’s financial report, EA COO John Schappert stated: The sell through for …
Read More »Medal of Honor to return
With EA pledging to increase it focus on only its most successful IPs, the long-forgotten Medal of Honor series is set to get plenty of love in 2010, according to the publisher. EA Games label president Frank Gibeau confirmed the news following EA’s recent financial posting, stating: In the months …
Read More »900 developers to go at EA
Developers hit hardest by new layoff operations, 500 to go in publishing, 100 in corporate
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