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Following last week’s news that EA is continuing to work on its Dark Knight game despite the movie’s arrival at global cinemas, more details have seemingly emerged about the title, along with suggestions as to why it’s being kept under wraps. Kotaku reports that EA-owned Full Spectrum Warrior, Mercenaries and …
Read More »EA continues cross-media talent push for Dead Space
Hires renowned comic author Warren Ellis for 'groundwork' on sci-fi survival horror game
Read More »Beanbag and EA team up on Dummies
'For Dummies' book series to get game treatment
Read More »Riccitiello: Crappy licensed games take the industry backwards
It seems that barely a day passes without EA CEO John Riccitiello hitting the headlines – and this time the outspoken boss has lashed out at below-par license-based games. Though Riccitiello admits that EA has churned out some poor licensed titles in its time, he also states that things are …
Read More »Valve happy to discuss acquisition
The VP of Half-Life 2, Team Fortress and Portal developer Valve, Doug Lombardi, has stated that his company would be happy to have conversations with companies thinking of acquiring the successful firm. In an interview with Gamasutra Lombardi stated that if anyone was interested in acquiring the firm he would …
Read More »Riccitiello: We have the winning formula
EA CEO John Riccitiello has admitted that he doesn’t like some of Activision Blizzard’s business practices – and stated that, when it comes to the right business model, his company has the winning formula”. Speaking to MTV, Riccitiello also stated that the battle between the platform holders – including Apple …
Read More »Sega: EA has been a petulant child
In a frank interview with American news agency Forbes , Sega of America president Simon Jeffery has labelled EA a petulant child” in reference to the way it has conducted its attempted acquisition or Grand Theft Auto publisher Take Two. It feels like EA kind of needs Take-Two, but it …
Read More »We should have bet on Wii, admits Riccitiello
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has admitted that the company put too much focus on PS3 and 360 at the beginning of the current console cycle – and largely ignored the potential of Wii. However, Speaking to the San Jose Mercury News, Riccitiello said that his company had since become …
Read More »EA to lose $111m in Q2, predict experts
EA will report a loss of $111m for its fiscal Q2 in 2008-2009 tomorrow. That’s according to top analysts, reports Forbes, who believe that for the three months ended June 30th, will report a total loss of 33 cents per share. However, that compares favourably with a loss of $132 …
Read More »EA extends Take Two offer until August
EA has once again pushed back the deadline for its bid for Take Two – this time until Tuesday, August 19th. The publisher’s deadline expired at the end of last week without any news, and EA has now announced that it has delayed the deadline for Take Two shareholders to …
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