Tag: EA Games
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EA is looking to enter the Virtual Reality gaming world
EA is always looking for new and innovative ways to slip micro-transactions into your life, and their latest plan? To have you literally (virtually) hand over your hard-earned cash, through the world of virtual reality. Or maybe this time the idea will be to just make some really good games we only have to pay…
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Nintendo Boss Accepts Company’s Blame for Wii U Poor Sales
Bad software marketing has led to Nintendo console sales failure. Satoru Iwata accepts blame and says games are key focus now..
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EA Games President Slams Nintendo – Support Will Resume When Wii U is ‘Viable Platform’
Electronic Arts clearly has no qualms about sticking it to struggling Nintendo after pulling back its support of the Wii U platform a few weeks prior to the E3 expo and opting to side fully with heavyweight brands Xbox and PlayStation. In their most recent comments to gaming source Joystiq, the publisher’s president Frank Gibeau…
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EA Games Clarifies it WILL Still Publish for Wii U (But favours PS4 and Xbox One)
EA came out firmly in the corner of Xbox One when it was revealed last night and the company’s ties to Wii U continues with a lessened commitment.
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EA Games Buys Star Wars License from Walt Disney Company
A lucrative partnership is formed from the ashes of Lucasart and an hour of work-in-progress Star Wars Battlefront 3 footage emerges..
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Discs Out, Digital In: EA Plans to Become Download-Only in the Future
EA Games have outlined a desire to throw out physical media for its games and go download-only…
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Sim City Rebuilt for Facebook with New Social Features – Help Mates Build or Destroy Their Creations!
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As a warm up to the revival of creationalist classic Sim City next year a new social edition of the original has been launched for Facebook. The forefather of app based games such as Cityville on the friendly website is now coming to show the kids how it’s done with a graphic refresh and new…
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Game Will Not Be Stocking Mass Effect 3
In what might be the final nail in the coffin of embattled computer game retailer Game Group, news has leaked that they will not be stocking any EA games past this week’s SSX. This means that the intergalatic RPG Mass Effect 3 will not be on sale at any of Game Groups’ Game stores or…
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EA Games Daily Deals – Christmas Cutbacks and Festive Freebies for Android and iPhone!
Electronic Arts are giving Android mobile and iPhone gamers a real treat this Christmas, offering a selection box of advent-ageous app deals every day throughout December! The Daily Deals will appear on EA Games special website at http://kilrush.mobi and cut the costs of some top titles by 35%, 65% and even making some games absolutely…
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Sony Ericsson announce partnership with PopCap Games
Sony Ericsson has announced a new partnership with PopCap Games which will bring some of their hugely popular games to Sony Ericsson smartphones. PopCap, who were recently acquired by gaming giant EA Games, are responsible for creating mobile gaming classics such as Peggle, Bejeweled and Plants Vs Zombies. The “global partnership” (as they’re calling it)…
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Rovio bigger than PopCap. PopCap bigger than Zynga – It’s a gaming war of words!
Big gaming news emerged yesterday when EA Games (Electronic Arts) announced it had snapped up “casual” online games company PopCap for over $1-billion – Aquiring the developers behind ever-popular classics such as Bejewelled, Alchemy and Chuzzle as well as publishers for a range of apps for desktop PCs, Nintendo DS to iPhone and Android mobiles. Today…
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EA Games buys Popcap for over $1 Billion
Casual mobile gaming maker Popcap has been scooped up by EA Games in a deal worth over one billion US dollars. The image above is a rather comical note sent from the people at Popcap to their new owners EA Games, designed in the style of one of their most popular games, Plants Vs Zombies…