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The complexity of modern video games continues to alienate too many potential players, EA’s chief creative officer Richard Hilleman has said. "Our games are actually still too hard to learn," Hilleman said at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, as reported by GameSpot, when comedian Pete Holmes said that he’d …
Read More »Battlefield Hardline multiplayer beta begins next week
The open multiplayer beta run for Battlefield Hardline kicks off next week, EA has announced. The open beta period will begin February 3rd and conclude February 8th. Those dates are good across all platforms hosting the event: PC, PS3, PS4 Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The pre-release content will include …
Read More »‘Free-to-start’ could be free-to-play’s way into the console market, EA boss says
Free-to-play may still be finding its feet in the console market, but EA has identified what it thinks may be a potential avenue for the business model. Speaking to investors yesterday EA CEO Andrew Wilson said, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha, that games must inevitably follow the lead set out …
Read More »Dragon Age Inquisition is fastest-selling BioWare game yet, says EA
Electronic Arts told investors last night that its latest Dragon Age game marked the biggest launch for a BioWare game in the company’s history. That’s bigger than any of the Mass Effect games and its Star Wars games. Dragon Age: Inquisition had by far the most successful launch in BioWare’s …
Read More »Digital sales help EA make $1.1bn during Q3 period
FIFA Ultimate Team and SimCity BuildIt helped EA generate $1.1bn in GAAP revenue in the quarter ending December 31st 2014. Revenue from boxed products was up year-on-year – packaged goods made $585m, up from $398m during the same period last year. Digital sales represented around half of the publisher’s net …
Read More »EA: Future console gamers will expect ‘free-to-start’ games
Publisher's Andrew Wilson says firm is "actively investigating" free-to-play options on consoles
Read More »FIFA and SimCity BuildIt boost EA revenue to over $1bn in Q3
Mobile release of city building title amasses 22m downloads since December
Read More »EA Mobile partners with WWF for fundraising campaign
A range of in-app purchases in EA’s mobile titles will be used to collect for wildlife charity WWF over the next week. As part of the collaboration between EA Mobile and WWF, players of specific titles in EA’s mobile catalogue will be able to fundraise for specific animals and ecosystems …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Meet Shaun Campbell, EA’s new UK boss
There’s a perception that 2014 was a quiet year for Electronic Arts. It wasn’t. Of course, there were a few notable absentees from its release schedule. The previously clockwork annual Q4 launches of Need for Speed and Battlefield were AWOL. And these games were certainly missed during the festive run-in. …
Read More »BioWare has rebooted Shadow Realms development – report
The latest new IP from EA’s BioWare studio may be getting a significant revamp before it is even released. That’s according to Kotaku, which has word from a source familiar with goings on at BioWare Austin” that upcoming title Shadow Realms was completely overhauled in late October. The game was …
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