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The PS4 and Xbox One could easily ship 10m units between them by March next year, EA COO Peter Moore believes. In an earnings call, viaSeeking Alpha, Moore said that indications he had received from Microsoft and Sony suggested the next-gen consoles could be in plentiful supply. "When I talked …
Read More »EA anticipates PS4 and Xbox One to ship 10m units by March
'Sony and Microsoft are proposing that this could be their best launches ever,' says Peter Moore
Read More »EA reports another quarter of loss although digital growth continues
Publisher EA has reported a $273m loss for the quarter ending September 30th. That’s less than the $381m loss reported in the same quarter the year before. Net revenue for the period reached $695m. Digital revenue climbed to $450m, up from $324m a year earlier. That means digital accounted for …
Read More »EA cancels F2P Command & Conquer, disbands Victory Studios
EA has halted development on the free-to-play version of popular RTS franchise Command & Conquer and disbanded the team working on the title. Originally known as Command & Conquer Generals 2, the title was changed to just Command & Conquer. Along with the rebranding came a shift from single to …
Read More »The Simpsons: Tapped Out rakes in $100m lifetime revenues
EA's mobile sales are down from last quarter, but key titles hold course from last year
Read More »Digital sales now two-thirds of EA revenue
Publisher pulls in $695m in revenue
Read More »EA and Tiger Woods part ways
Golf franchise will no longer feature game's biggest start
Read More »EA ends partnership with Tiger Woods
PGA TOUR publisher EA has announced the annual golf game franchise will no longer bear the Tiger Woods name. The company revealed that the change is part of a new approach moving forward to add more choices and customization elements to the series. "EA Sports and Tiger Woods have also …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies 2 launches on Android
Plants vs Zombies 2 has launched for Android devices, available now as a free download on the Google Play store. To celebrate the platform release, which requires an Android 2.3 device or newer,PopCap has discounted the in-game Jalapeno item for the week. The Android release arrives two months after the …
Read More »The Sims 4 gets autumn 2014 release date
EA has said that The Sims 4 will now be released on PC in autumn 2014. The publisher has already made a point of stressing in no uncertain terms that its single play portions will be playable entirely offline – a decision no doubt resulting from the publisher’s tricky experiences …
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