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10 per cent of workforce to go as part of $120m cost savings; Black Box studio first to close

Electronic Arts has announced further details of its recently-announced restructuring plan which will see a reduction in its global headcount. 1,000 staff – or around 10 per cent of the EA workforce – are to go as the publisher consolidates its development resources around the world. The new statement increases …

Recent rumors have been circling that SCi/Eidos is on the block and the list of potential suitors includes EA , Ubisoft, Square Enix and Warner Brothers. Other bigger game companies could be interested too. Is there truth in the grapevine?To read more, click here.

Spore has been illegally downloaded 1.7 million times since its release in early September, reportedly setting a new record to become the most pirated game ever. The figure was among several estimated by TorrentFreak, which reports Spore is the first game to come close to rivalling the number of illegal …

EA is celebrating one of the most successful months in its history – after FIFA 09 hit one million UK sales in record time, and over 60,000 people attended the publisher’s landmark Be The One consumer event in London. The title hit a million after just five weeks on the …

Electronic Arts has named Geraldine Laybourne as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Laybourne is the founder of Oxygen Media – a television network launched in 2000 targeted at younger women – where she served as chairman and chief executive officer until 2007. She also served as president …

Universal Pictures has acquired screen rights to EA’s Army of Two, according to Variety. The US entertainment paper reports that the studio is looking to ‘fast-track’ the project to begin production in 2009 and has set The Bourne Ultimatum co-writer Scott Z. Burns to pen the script. Scott Stuber will …

EA has confirmed that its Be the One event will once again invade Trafalgar Square and act as a glitzy centrepiece to London Games Festival week. On October 31st and November 1st the public are invited to join the giant publisher to play some of its latest titles, with a …

EA CEO John Riccitiello has told the Wall Street Journal that his company’s bid for Take-Two was a waste of ink” and that it was intended to help the firm get through difficult times. He added that EA walked away from the deal as time was of the essence, because …

Former GDC director will be Outreach Director for EA Partners