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The hard-hitting support for Sony’s PlayStation Home service just keeps coming with news that the EA Sports Complex space should be in place by spring this year, according to Electronic Arts. We’re proud to support the PlayStation Home Beta with a very robust offering from EA Sports,” said Peter Moore, …
Read More »Godfather II release brought forward
Electronic Arts has revealed the release date for The Godfather II has been brought forward to February 27th. It was previously announced the game would makes its UK debut a week later on March 6th, and will feature an exclusive in-game character for those that pre-order from selected retailers. The …
Read More »FIFA 09 surges past 2m UK sales
EA is celebrating a dual Christmas triumph – after FIFA 09 took the official Christmas No.1 spot in the All Formats chart and sailed past two million UK sales. The title returned to the top of the GFK-ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats Top 40 this week, following a post-Christmas sales jump – …
Read More »The Godfather II hits UK on March 6th
Electronic Arts has announced that The Godfather II will be released in the UK on March 6th, as well as revealing new in-game content that will be exclusive to anyone who pre-orders the title. Consumers who pre-order from selected retailers will be given an exclusive crew member to hire into …
Read More »MySims set to return
EA’s even casual-er interpretation of its leading casual franchise The Sims is to get two new sequels on both the Nintendo Wii and DS later this year in the form of MySims Racing and MySims Party. For more details on the titles, click here to visit MCV’s sister site and …
Read More »EA announces new football game
EA Sports has announced a new football title for DS, due for release in March. Football Academy is a collection of mini-games and challenges that improves football knowledge. The game offers a way to learn football strategy, positioning and technique. Players build their knowledge by completing tasks and take their …
Read More »EA announces branded XBLA Channel
EA and Hasbro have announced that they are to launch a branded channel on Xbox Live Arcade under the Hasbro Family Games Night banner. The move mirrors similar deals struck by Sony on its recently released PlayStation Home service, and is the first of its kind to emerge since the …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA nutmegs Call of Duty
Mirroring the early 2008 chart success of EA’s FIFA 08, the publisher’s latest take on the beautiful game is starting 2009 on the front foot having pipped Call of Duty: World at War for the second time at the top of the ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. FIFA 09 …
Read More »EA: FIFA 09 will shift 10 million units
President of EA Sports Peter Moore has revealed on his blog that the critically acclaimed FIFA ’09 is on course to sell through ten million units. The statement came during a light-hearted rant made over the game’s absence from Eurogamer’s Top 50 Games of 2008, posted over the Christmas break. …
Read More »EA finally partners with Valve’s Steam
Publisher to release key games for US and European gamers on digital distribution platform
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