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EA has revealed early details of the Battlefield 4 pre-order packs. The shooter, which launches this year, will come with a Premium Expansion Pack for consumers who pre-order the title. Meanwhile, those who pre-order the PC download version of the game from EA’s Origin Store will receive the Expansion Pack, …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies Adventures hits Facebook in beta, PvZ2 delayed
Plants vs Zombies Adventures, a social take on PopCap’s casual tower defense franchise, has landed on Facebook in beta form. The developer reveals the beta is limited to just a small number of players at the moment, but is expected to open up later this spring. The adaptation will bring …
Read More »Battlefield 4 revealed in 17-minute trailer, PS4 and Xbox 720 versions unconfirmed
Battlefield 4 will arrive this autumn on PS3, 360 and PC. A Wii U version is not in the works. And although EA won’t officially announce it, it looks like the game is shaping up to be a next-gen launch title, too. The title was revealed at both GDC in …
Read More »Dead Space 3, Crysis 3 US retail sales for February revealed
We now have specific sales figures to go with EA’s relative dominance last month at US retail. Info provided to Gamespot, following NPD’s February 2013 report, revealed chart topper Dead Space 3 sold 605k units for the month. The game was on top of the UK weekly software charts in …
Read More »Riccitiello out at EA
John Riccitiello has resigned from his role as EA CEO. He will leave the publisher at the end of the month. EA confirmed the news to shareholders this evening, saying that former CEO and executive chairman Larry Probst will oversee the firm as the search for a replacement continues. Riccitiello …
Read More »EA registers Plants vs Zombies Adventure domains
EA has registered Plants vs Zombies Adventure” under multiple domains. Superannuation spotted the registrations, which were all made by the publisher earlier this month. The term likely has nothing to do with Popcap’s upcoming sequel to its hit casual game, as its to bear the name Plants vs Zombies: Garden …
Read More »SimCity problems are "almost behind us" says EA studio Maxis
Adding more and more servers to support the launch of its SimCity reboot appears to be helping EA turn a corner. A new statement from studio head Lucy Bradshaw says the core problem with getting in and having a great SimCity experience is almost behind us”. Although it might take …
Read More »Dead Space 3 Awakened DLC out next week
Dead Space 3’s Awakened DLC is set to arrive next week across all platforms, EA has announced. The previously announced content pack will arrive on Tuesday, March 12th. The add-on will go for $9.99/800 MS Points, and release on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. What’s described by Visceral as the …
Read More »EA drops out of NASDAQ-100
Publisher pays the price after a 40 per cent value drop as of June 2012
Read More »EA suffers NASDAQ-100 index delisting
NASDAQ has as part of its annual NASDAQ-100 Index re-ranking dropped EA from its list. Also booted are streaming video provider Netflix and Blackberry creators RIM. Facebook and Western Digital are amongst those promoted to the index. As of June 2012 EA had suffered a 40 per cent share value …
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