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EA has admitted that it has enjoyed mixed success with its acquisition strategy and suggested that it’s not something people should expect more of in the immediate future. "I think our history with acquisitions is somewhat marginal in performance," CFO Blake Jorgensen told the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference, as …
Read More »Free-to-play Peggle Blast launches on iOS, Android
EA has released Peggle Blast – a free-to-play take of PopCap’s Peggle franchise – on iOS and Android. The gameplay largely mirrors Peggle’s standard mechanic of launching pinballs at pegs across a variety of levels. The game utilizes an energy system” for the microtransaction portion. When the player fails to …
Read More »EA reckons FIFA is increasing the popularity of football in America
The growing appeal of the FIFA series in the US is helping to increase the popularity of an obscure sport called ‘pro soccer’ in the region. We think EA means ‘football’, so we’re going to work on that pretence. Apparently 34 per cent of US gamers who’ve played FIFA have …
Read More »EA scoops LGBT equality award for third year running
Publisher EA has yet again been awarded top marks for its corporate equality culture. It’s the third year in a row that EA has scored a 100/100 in the annual Corporate Equality Index, which rates businesses based on their corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender …
Read More »Titanfall Deluxe Edition out now on PC, next week on Xbox One
A new all-you-can eat edition of Titanfall has been announced by EA. Titanfall Deluxe Edition includes the original game and all three of its DLC releases – Expedition, Frontier’s Edge and IMC Rising. The game is already available on PC, via Origin, for 33.99. An Xbox One version will be …
Read More »Real Racing dev working on next Need For Speed as franchise skips consoles
Electronic Arts unveils smartphone and tablet racer No Limits in first year without new console release since 1996
Read More »EA: Virtual reality devs must fix motion sickness
CFO says publisher will back pioneering tech if big hurdle overcome
Read More »VR must address motion sickness problems, EA warns
Publisher EA has said it will be right at the forefront of virtual reality if the technology takes off – but a big hurdle remains before that can happen. The challenge is if you are at all even slightly motion sick prone, it’s very tough," EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said …
Read More »EA exec says Xbox One is ‘catching up quickly’ with PS4
The rate at which Xbox One is narrowing its sales gap behind PS4 is accelerating. That’s according to EA CFO Blake Jorgensen, who Gamasutra reports told an audience at the UBS Global Technology Conference that: "Clearly Sony has jumped out to a lead with a great console and I think …
Read More »Indian Dragon Age: Inquisition release cancelled due to obscenity laws
EA has decided against releasing Dragon Age: Inquisition in India. "In order to avoid a breach of local content laws, EA has withdrawn Dragon Age: Inquisition from sale in India and the game is no longer available for pre-order,” the publisher told Kotaku. Customers who pre-ordered the game will be …
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