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Moore to keynote EIF 2009

EA Sports division president Peter Moore has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2009. Moore will be delivering a keynote cantered on the challenges of reinventing the EA Sports brand. I am honoured to be invited to deliver the opening keynote at the Edinburgh Games …

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Spielberg: Selling to EA was ‘smartest and dumbest thing I ever did’

As one of the games industry’s thousand pound gorillas, EA is no stranger to acquisitions. But what do the people selling their studios to Electronic Arts think of the move? According to Steven Spielberg, selling his Dreamworks Interactive studio to the publisher was both "the smartest and dumbest thing I …

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PES sells 8m units worldwide in 2008 financial year

Pro Evolution Soccer has sold over eight million units worldwide in the 12 months ending March 31st. The sales were announced in the publisher’s financial report, where Konami reported a 4.2 per cent increase in revenue. The firm also revealed that Metal Gear Online, the online part of Metal Gear …

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New Harry Potter game dated

EA has announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince game will be released worldwide on June 30th, and July 3rd in the UK The game, which is based on the Warner Bros. film which in turn is based on J.K. Rowling’s novel, was originally scheduled for November last year …

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EA spills the beans on Spore for Wii and DS

The home console debut and second DS outing for Maxis’ popular universe sim Spore have been officially revealed by publisher EA, with both titles due to hit retail by the end of the year. Spore Hero, the first Wii version of the series, offers ‘an accessible, story-driven action-adventure’. Players must …

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