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EA’s military shooter Battlefield 4 has become the surprise game to knock Nintendo’s Pokemon X & Y from the top of the Media Create charts. The 3DS RPG pair had been in the top spot for four weeks. However, 121,699 sales of the PS3 version of EA’s game was enough …
Read More »FIFA 14 notches up 26m mobile downloads
The iOS and Android release for FIFA 14 has been downloaded over 26m times, EA has revealed. It’s the first time the series has been released as a free-to-play title. It’s unknown how that sales performance compares to its premium 2.99-priced predecessor. For comparison Pocket Gamer reports that the console …
Read More »VIDEO: Next-gen FIFA 14 in action again
EA is certainly keen to press home the advantages that its next-gen version of FIFA 14 will offer. Although it has been explained before, the below video is another chance to look at both the extra animations the PS4 and Xbox One versions will offer, as well as the more …
Read More »More change for Need for Speed series
UPDATE:EA has told MCV that Need for Speed has NOT become an EA Sports game, blaming "confusion" for the claim in Polygon’s piece. Matt Bilbey will be involved with the game, however. ORIGINAL STORY: EA’s Need for Speed series has changed gear once again with news that control of the …
Read More »EA admits ‘Worst Company in America’ gong hurt
Being labelled as the Worst Company in America two years on the trot caused EA to alter the way it operated. Although Peter Moore’s public tte–tte with The Consumerist in April was probably ill advised, head of console and PC games development Patrick Soderlund told Kotaku that it has led …
Read More »Ex-EA Phenomic devs found Envision Entertainment
New Ingelheim-based studio working on several titles
Read More »Next-gen FIFA ‘is the best we have ever made’
Electronic Arts says FIFA 2014 on Xbox One and PS4 is the best football game it has ever made. The title will launch alongside both machines next month and producer Nick Channon says the game is a great base from which to launch more products in the lucrative football franchise. …
Read More »The Medal of Honor killer: A Call of Duty story
Over the decades, the global video games industry has seen some fierce rivalries. Sonic vs Mario. FIFA vs PES. Xbox vs PlayStation. But the fiercest and bitterest of all conflicts has to be the one between EA and Activision. The two super-powers of game publishing have been locked in battle …
Read More »Tiger Woods already negotiating video games return
The Tiger Woods brand could return to a video game near you sooner than you think. EA announced earlier this week that it had reached a mutual decision” with Woods to end his run of appearances on the cover of its PGA Tour Golf series. Now the golfer’s agent Mark …
Read More »EA confirms FIFA World Cup 2014 game
It will come as no surprise that EA is planning an officially licensed World Cup 2014 video game. The confirmation came from EA’s CEO Andrew Wilson in last night’s investor call, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha. In the last two weeks, you’ve also seen several announcements about our product slate …
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