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Publisher EA has announced Madden NFL Arcade – a cut-down version of its recently released retail product that will be made available on both Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. The move follows the admission from EA boss John Riccitiello last month that it is discouraging that one of our …

EA is flaunting the popularity of its online game services by announcing that its Sports label has clocked 500m online games since June last year. EA says that an average of 2.2 million online games have been played each day since June; when the publisher first started releasing its 2009 …

Legendary US sports broadcaster John Madden has announced that he is to retire from TV commentating, but publisher EA has insisted that it doesn’t mean the end of their long-running relationship between Madden and its NFL games franchise. As you can imagine, we’ve had dozens of questions today about what …

Electronic Arts has extended its agreement with video game advertising network, Massive. Massive is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, and the new deal allows advertisers to engage with EA’s audience through its roster of games on Xbox 360 and PC. EA games that will be available in the Massive …

Electronic Arts targets $6 billion in revenues by the end of the 2011 fiscal year, according to CEO John Riccitiello. With revenues for this financial year expected to be around $3.5 billion, EA are expecting a growth of 70 per cent in three years. "It’s a big number. It’s never …

EA has confirmed the extension of its exclusive licensing agreement with the National Football League and NFL players. The agreement allows the company to develop, publish and distribute American football video games, and provides EA with the rights to NFL teams, stadiums and players until the end of the 2012 …