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Trio of developers exit Maxis to build games in the spirit of their pervious work
Read More »Gareth Bale scores FIFA 14 cover ‘honour’
Spurs winger and PFA player of the year Gareth Bale will join Barcelona’s Lionel Messi on the front of fIFA 14. He will appear on the UK, Ireland and Middle East versions of the title when it launches this September. Meanwhile, EA has confirmed there will be a Limited Edition …
Read More »EA shuts down Phenomic as part of realignment effort
Electronic Arts has closed its German-based studio EA Phenmoic as part of the publisher’s company-wide realignment. Games Industry cites several sources that confirmed the shutting down of the development house, putting all 60 of its employees out of work. The studio had worked on free-to-play and strategy titles including Spellforce …
Read More »EA shuts down Phenomic
Publisher continues restructuring to 'priority growth areas'
Read More »EA names new marketing director for Northern Europe
Andy Tomkins has been promoted to marketing director for Northern Europe at Electronic Arts. He replaces Stuart Lang. Lang moved to EA’s United States offices in April to become VP of North American marketing. Tomkins will report to Northern Europe VP and general manager Keith Ramsdale. Prior to this role, …
Read More »SimCity offline mode mentioned in EA customer survey
EA appears to be considering a reversal in its stance on the infamous always-on policy for SimCity, according to a customer survey. GameSpot reports on the publisher’s request for player feedback on the game, which mentions a ‘Classic Mode’ described as such: "In offline or online mode, play a single, …
Read More »EA reckons next wave of tablet games will match PS3 and Xbox 360 visuals
The visual fidelity of tablet and mobile gaming is going to increase far more rapidly than is being seen in the traditional games space. That’s according to EA Labels president Frank Gibeau who told IGN that the next wave” of games for mobile devices could rival current gen consoles in …
Read More »Only 25 triple-A console studios left, claims EA
Industry has 100 less top studios moving into next-gen than a decade ago, says Hilleman
Read More »Backlash as EA hikes PC game prices by over 100% in India
Indian PC gamers have taken to Facebook and Twitter to air their discontent at therising prices of EA’s PC games. It was revealed earlier this weekthat FIFA 14on PCwill be priced 66 per cent higher on PC than the launch price of FIFA 13. On PS3 the increase is less …
Read More »Triple-A development in significant decline, EA claims
The number of studios working on triple-A games is at its lowest point for over a decade, EA’s chief creative director Richard Hilleman has claimed. What is true today is that there are fewer triple-A games being built than at the same point in the previous generation,” he says in …
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