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Publisher asserts that job cuts and studio merges won't affect creation of new IP
Read More »EA: Well carry on taking risks
Despite announcing poor Q3 financial results and some high-scale company restructuring last week, publisher EA has pledged to not backtrack on its newfound love of original IP and fleshing out new ideas. We can take risks because we are pretty sure our blockbusters are going to generate good revenue that …
Read More »EA: Casual gaming to be big news in 2009
North American games publisher EA has pledged to make casual and family gaming a big part of its reinvention roadmap following some disappointing financial results for the firm’s last three months of 2008. It’s online games portal POGO is currently riding high with record subscribers of 1.7m, and EA Mobile …
Read More »EA: The Sims 3 delayed until June
US publisher EA has announced as part of its Q3 financial results that it is to delay the release of its upcoming The Sims 3 from February 20th to June 3rd. EA boss John Riccitiello said of the decision: We’re moving this title to June 3rd to give us additional …
Read More »Ricitiello: Wii development is ‘a third to a fourth the cost’ of next-gen
EA CEO explains company's increased internal focus on Nintendo titles
Read More »EA: Ricccitiello on firms Q3 results
On the back of some large losses in the publisher’s FYQ3, EA boss John Riccitiello has spoken about the mistakes his company made over the period – and outlined the changes he wants to see in the next 12 months. We are disappointed with our holiday quarter and our FY09 …
Read More »EA: Godfather 2 delayed
Electronic Arts has revealed that its Godfather 2 release will be delayed until its fiscal year 2010. The firm’s CEO John Riccitiello said the move would give the company more time for longer lead marketing”. The game was initially due to release next month in the UK. EA also announced …
Read More »EA: Mass Effect II and Bad Company 2 announced
EA has announced as part of its latest financial posting that it will release Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Mass Effect II in Q4 this year – adding that the latter title will now be a multi-platform venture. The pair will join a number of others in EA’s 2009 release …
Read More »EA ups job cuts to 1,100, to close 12 â??facilitiesâ??
$641m Q3 losses forces publisher to up previous redundancy estimates
Read More »EA: More job cuts coming as Q3 losses reach $641m
North American publisher EA has announced that it suffered losses totalling $641m for the three months ending December 31st 2008 – this compares to losses of $33m in the same period the year before. Revenue was up, however, hitting $1.65bn compared to $1.5bn in 2007. In further bad news, EA …
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