With a little less than a month to go before its release, the battle to win FIFA 14 mindshare appears to have begun. GameStop.co.uk has revealed a similar trade-in scheme to that it is running for Grand Theft Auto V. Punters who lay down 39.97 on a copy of FIFA …
Read More »Humble Origin Bundle raises over $10m
Money raised donated to charities including GamesAid, Human Rights Campaign and American Red Cross
Read More »PlayStation: We don’t need to give anything away for free
Sony has shrugged off Xbox One’s FIFA 14 giveaway. The platform holder told MCV that it would only need to offer free games at launch if pre-orders were low, and that PS4 demand is currently much higher than expected. Xbox announced at Gamescom that FIFA 14 would be included with …
Read More »EA still supports offline experiences, says Moore
Publisher exec says firm will continue to develop titles that do not require an internet connection
Read More »EA’s Moore clarifies free-to-play and online comments
Outspoken EA COO Peter Moore has moved to clarify statements he recently made about free-to-play and online games. Moore, as reported by MCV yesterday, recently stated that: The ability for you to be able to interact with [major EA] franchises on a free-to-play basis is going to be part and …
Read More »Dead Space 4? EA maintains faith in scary space IP
Dead Space 3 is unlikely to be the last game in the series, EA has suggested. Lower than expected sales of February’s release Dead Space 3 led to claims in March that Dead Space 4 had been cancelled. These claims were not denied by EA directly although one media outlet …
Read More »Every EA franchise to feature free-to-play in future, Moore claims
Publisher Electronic Arts is working on implementing some form of free-to-play into all of its major franchises moving forward, says Peter Moore. Speaking toEngadget, the EA COO said the business model had become part and parcel of its leading IP, and pointed to its use in FIFA and Battlefield. FIFA …
Read More »EA on the importance of Ignite’s shared code base
Engine enables teams to roll back innovations into single branch for use in next game cycle
Read More »Free-to-play to be part of every major EA franchise
Peter Moore sounds off on the importance of F2P and why it no longer delivers offline experiences
Read More »EA’s Humble Origin Bundle backs GamesAid charity
Industry charity to benefit from future sales of fundraising entertainment pack
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