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Pleasants vacates COO role for Schappert to fill, MySpace group Playdom delighted

Xbox Live boss leaves Microsoft to become new COO of US publisher

Global Xbox Live boss John Schappert will leave Microsoft on July 14th for Electronic Arts – two years after quitting the Redwood giant for the platform holder. Schappert will become COO at EA, replacing John Pleasants, who vacates the publisher. Schappert will be responsible for Worldwide Publishing, the Online Platform …

Publisher EA has heaped praise on the emerging business models being pioneered by the online casual games market, fuelling the fire in the bellies of those who still believe the company is on the hunt for a big casual acquisition. We’re in investment mode,” COO John Pleasants stated. We have …

After a long period of dominance from Nintendo’s Wii Fit, EA’s PC hit The Sims 3 has stamped its chart credentials on the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 by claiming top spot for the second week in a row. It finishes ahead of Activision Blizzard’s debutant Prototype, which enters …

Company COO John Pleasants foresees the internet's influence in the rapidly shifting games business

Electronic Arts has confirmed that a ‘small team’ at Swedish outfit DICE is working on a sequel to Mirror’s Edge. EA’s euro VP Patrick Soderlund told news site VideoGamer at E3 that we have a small team on it and I’m excited about what we do.” He didn’t offer any …

EA confirms Swedish dev DICE is working on the sequel, implies a possible departure from the original

Publisher EA confirms the existence of Battlefield 3 during a financial conference

Few games brands are as heavyweight as EA’s colossal The Sims, and the latest instalment to the series has not failed to disappoint with news that combines sales of both the PC and Mac versions have hit 1.4m worldwide in its first week on sale. The numbers represent the best …