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The exact sales of Titanfall, like many recent triple-A releases, remain unknown, but developer Respawn has said that the shooter is approaching 8m unique users. However, studio boss Vince Zampella has admitted that he would have liked the PC version to be released on Steam and not just as an …
Read More »FIFA 15 favourite for Christmas No.1
FIFA 15 is the overwhelming favourite to be this Christmas’ No.1 video game. That’s according to bookies Paddy Power, Ladbrokes and William Hill… and to be honest we’d be lying if we didn’t agree with them. FIFA 15 is this week’s No.1, ahead of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, which …
Read More »EA DICE to leave ten year-old Stockholm HQ
Mirror’s Edge studio EA DICE is relocating, and in doing so leaving the Stockholm building that has been the team’s home for close to ten years. The move was revealed byGamesIndustry, which reports that DICE will transfer both its games development and Frostbite engine divisions to a new base in …
Read More »Twitter says account issuing rape and death threats to EA’s Moore is ‘not violating rules’
Users have free reign to send the most hateful messages imaginable to whomever they want – that appears to be the message from Twitter. EA COO and long-term industry veteran Peter Moore has revealed that the social media company said a user that told him he hopes his children die …
Read More »EA’s Larry Probst stepping down
Long-serving exec will no longer be publisher's employee, but will retain chairman role
Read More »Larry Probst stepping down as EA chairman
EA’s longterm executive chairman Larry Probst is stepping down from his role on January 1st. Polygon reports that Probst will continue to serve as a non-executive chairman. He’s been at EA since 1984 and has on several occasions stepped up to assume control between the appointment of figureheads such as …
Read More »Brothers team founds Hazelight Studios
First title will be published by Electronic Arts
Read More »FIFA 15 is back at the top of the UK charts
EA’s hit football title FIFA 15 is back at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track Top 40 after a six-week break. That’s despite a drop in sales, although fortunately for EA’s game its dips were the smallest. Last week’s No.1 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare slips one place to …
Read More »Large acquisitions off the cards for EA
'Our history with acquisitions is somewhat marginal in performance,' admits CFO
Read More »EA celebrates 2bn mobile game downloads
If all goes to plan this month will see EA celebrate its two billionth mobile games download. So pleased is the publisher that it says it will give away 2bn free gifts in a number of its most popular titles between now and December 17th. Freebies will be appearing in …
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