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Though such a radical transition is still some way off, the senior VP of worldwide development at Electronic Arts has hinted that the FIFA series will at some stage have to move away from the annual disc release model. I think there are two things at play,” Andrew Wilson told …
Read More »The EA Sports psychologist
Ahead of his Develop Conference keynote, EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson explains EA's psychological examination of online entertainment
Read More »The man who fixed FIFA
Don’t call David Rutter the man who fixed FIFA. He doesn’t like it. MCV found that out at EA’s Guildford office last month. I am just one small part of it,” he insists. We have a bunch of very clever people on the team.” He certainly doesn’t look like someone …
Read More »‘PES and FIFA war has transformed football genre’
The ongoing battle between PES and FIFA is having a revolutionary effect on the football genre, says Konami. Pro Evo team leader Jon Murphy believes that before FIFA’s recent critical resurgence, football games had stagnated. Now, with Konami and EA going toe-to-toe on quality, the genre has improved drastically. We …
Read More »E3 2011: Battlefield 3 set for iOS
EA is bolstering its mobile offering with new versions of its major franchises coming to the iPad and iPhone. A promotional video released by EA reveals that Madden, FIFA, Need for Speed and Battlefield are all coming to iOS. EA’s Battlefield 3 is headed for a face-off with Activision’s Call …
Read More »New versions of core EA franchises to hit iOS
E3 2011: Publisher boosts its iOS line-up with new versions of its core franchises
Read More »E3 2011: EA refining Kinect for FIFA 13
EA has said Kinect support won’t be added to FIFA until FIFA 13 at the earliest. The company has been working on incorporating the motion sensor into the game for some time. Now the publisher has assured Eurogamer at E3 that it doesn’t wish to tack on Kinect support. What …
Read More »FIFA not ready for Kinect
E3 2011: No Kinect support until FIFA 13
Read More »EA: Football Club announced
EA has announced that FIFA 12 will mark the launch of a brand new social networking-style service: EA Sports Football Club. The service will be free of charge and launches with the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions of the upcoming sports games. Accessed through the game or easportsfootball.com, this …
Read More »MICROSOFT: FIFA for Kinect
EA Sports has announced that a future FIFA will use Kinect for Xbox 360. This was confirmed by EA Sports president Peter Moore during Microsoft’s E3 press conference, who added: "Just imagine the possibilities Kinect can bring to the biggest sports game in the world: FIFA." Moore also confirmed that …
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