Electronic Arts, the longstanding publishing giant that is slowly turning to social networks as a serious source of income, has signed a five-year deal with Facebook. The agreement will see Facebook Credits used as the exclusive payment method for all EA games on the social network. Last year EA spent …
Read More »EA and Facebook ink five-year currency deal
Social network kingpin will host EA games with its own Credits system in place
Read More »EA alludes to PSP2
Electronic Arts has reportedly laid hands on the PSP2. The company’s senior vice president Patrick Soderlund, who admitted that EA has had access to the long-rumoured handheld, according to CVG. So far Electronic Arts is the only major publisher to confirm it has seen the handheld. He said: Well, obviously …
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New App Store sensation Cut The Rope makes 2m downloads in 3 weeks
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Rumours abound that EA may have cut over 100 staff
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New independent data puts the Farmville studio at $5.51bn
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Read More »Medal of Honor sells 1.5 million
Electronic Arts has announced that Medal of Honor has sold more than 1.5 million units worldwide. The reboot of the long-running FPS series achieved this figure after only five days on sale in the US and two days after its European and Asian release. It debuted at No.1 in the …
Read More »Disc release confirmed for NBA Jam?
NBA Jam is likely to be coming to Xbox 360 and PS3 via disc rather than download. A GameFly listing shows the game will be available as part of the US firm’s disc rental service. EA has also confirmed that NBA Jam will be available by Christmas. Speaking to Kotaku, …
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