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Former Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond has joined EA to open a new studio. It’s called Motive and is based in Montreal. The studio will work in close quarters” with BioWare and is described as a creative-driven team, incubating entirely new IP and taking on some amazing projects”. Its first …
Read More »Henderson joins Messi on FIFA 16 cover
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will feature on the cover of EA’s FIFA 16 in the UK. He will be joined by Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, who will grace the cover in all regions alongside a representative more likely to appeal to fans in each territory. Henderson was perhaps a surprise …
Read More »Warner’s Samantha Ryan is the new head of EA Mobile
EA has appointed recent recruit Samantha Ryan as the new head of its EA Mobile division. Ryan joined the publisher in March 2015 as senior VP and group GM. But following the recentdeparture of long-time EA servant Frank Gibeauin May, she has named be named as his replacement. Prior to …
Read More »Samantha Ryan named head of EA Mobile
Former Warner Bros exec replaces Frank Gibeau
Read More »Future Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC not coming to PS3 and 360
BioWare has said that any upcoming DLC for RPG title Dragon Age: Inquisition will not be released for either the PS3 or Xbox 360. However, those who already play the game on legacy hardware will now have the option of transferring their save data to either the PS4 or Xbox …
Read More »Visceral’s Star Wars project likened to cancelled 1313
The Star Wars title in production at Visceral Games is apparently along the same lines” as the cancelled Star Wars 1313. 1313 was unveiled in the summer of 2012, but was killed off when Disney acquired LucasArts a year later, closing LucasArts in the process. The title had looked to …
Read More »EA: We will delay Star Wars: Battlefront if it isn’t right
EA would have no hesitation in delaying Star Wars: Battlefront if the game wasn’t right – even if it meant missing the launch of the new movie. But it’s all looking good so far, says COO Peter Moore. The shooter, hotly tipped to be one of the biggest games of …
Read More »Plants vs. Zombies 2 invades schools as educational tool
Use Your Brainz Edu aimed at math students to analyse their problem solving skills
Read More »Madden 16 will have women in its crowds for the first time
Really, Madden never had women in the crowds before? Does FIFA? Clearly we haven’t been paying enough attention. FIFA 16 is taking a big step forward this year with the addition for the first time of female teams, albeit just a limited selection of international squads. US-centric release Madden may …
Read More »EA: ‘Female players are one of the most important additions we’ve ever made to FIFA’
Over more than two decades, the FIFA series has made hundreds of additions to its virtual recreation of the beautiful game. From ‘97’s six-a-side indoor matches and 2001’s one-button ‘hack’ fouling to 2002’s card-collecting system and 10’s Manager Mode, there’s little that EA’s monster sports IP hasn’t embraced. Or so …
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