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Rate Battlefield 1943 coming PSN and XBL next week

Original at qj/ps3 (Feedburner) external link    Thu, Jul 2

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By Ryan F. Electronic Arts have announced that the critically acclaimed first-person shooter multiplayer game Battlefield 1943 will be available on July 8 on Xbox Live marketplace for 12000 MS points and on July 9 on the Playstation Network for US 15.00.

Rate Shack PSA: BattleForge Tips and Tricks

Original at Shacknews external link    Wed, Jul 1

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Following BattleForge's recent shift to a free-to-play model, publisher Electronic Arts has begun issuing tips to help players get acquainted with Phenomic's PC trading card-strategy game hybrid. First up is the multiplayer map "Passage To Darkness."

Rate Brutal Legend Wii Cancelled, Will Not Reach Valhalla [Rumor]

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Jul 1

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By Luke Plunkett While never confirmed to exist by Electronic Arts, we were all fairly sure that somebody, somewhere was working on a Wii version of Brutal Legend. Now we're hearing that version has been binned. Sad news for anyone who was looking to pick this up but only owns a Wii, but then, how many of you onl...

Rate Spielberg's LMNO Renamed Eve?

Original at Shacknews external link    Tue, Jun 30

It appears that Steven Spielberg and EA Los Angeles' long-coming collaboration LMNO has been renamed Eve, based on documents dug up by superannuation. Artist Raffael Dickreuter and motion capture asssitant Melissa Garza both list Steven Spielberg and Electronic Arts' Eve among past...

Past Month

 

Rate Mark Jacobs Bids Mythic A Fond Farewell [Ea]

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Jun 26

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By Mike Fahey Jacobs'"All Things Must Come To An End" post mainly looks back on his time with Mythic, from the early days of Dark Age of Camelot's pre-release through to his final days as GM of EA Mythic. He does briefly touch on his departure at the very beginning, however, explaining why he had suddenly g...

Rate Weekly PC Sales Charts No Longer Provided by NPD, Steam and Direct2Drive Continue

Original at Shacknews external link    Mon, Jun 22

Research firm The NPD Group will no longer release its weekly charts of the ten best-selling PC titles at North American retailers to the media, the company has confirmed with Shacknews. However, it will continue issuing monthly PC sales charts. No reason was given for the switch, though w...

Rate EA's Fake Protest Riles Some Religious [Tales Of The Pissed]

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Jun 12

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By Owen Good We didn't report on Electronic Arts' staged protest of Dante's Inferno at E3 because it was an obviously fake marketing stunt (Although I was fooled). But people's reactions, different story. Faith-Based Bloggers Slam EA For Staging Fake Religious Protest at E3 [GamePolitics]

Rate EA Sports president dismisses Metacritic benchmark

Original at GameSpot external link    Wed, Jun 10

Electronic Arts Sports boss Peter Moore is now looking at user review sites and "mommy bloggers" to gauge the success of his brand's Wii titles.

Year 2009

 

Rate News: E3: Electronic Arts conference summary

Original at Fragland.net external link    Tue, Jun 2

Independent developers:Brutal Legend: Seems like this game will be a major hit or a major turd. Coming October 13th on X360.Crysis 2: We already had that announcement covered.APB, All Points Bulletin: Realtime Worlds' game based on a Crackdown upgrade. 100 people playing together as cops...

Rate EA Nintendo Group Waking Up To Wii [Nintendo]

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, May 20

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By Brian Ashcraft Electronic Arts senior producer Joe Booth spends his days overseeing Wii and DS exclusive Need for Speed: Nitro. About the Wii, he says, "I can't speak for the rest of the industry or all of EA but I can speak for my group when I say I think we've turned a corner and the industry has woken up to Wii...

Rate How To: The Sims 3 Movie Mashup Guide / TutorialVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Apr 16

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By rss@youtube.com (TheSimMan) Author: TheSimMan Keywords: The Sims Movie Mashup Mash Up Guide Tool Tutorial EA Electronic Arts Jenn Jennifer Lann Added: April 16, 2009

Rate Kotaku Originals: Knuckleheaded [News]

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Apr 11

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By Owen Good Wii Sports Resort, MotionPlus Out In July Rock Band Unplugged Dated Rumortaku Harmonix Designer Unwittingly Confirms LEGO Rock Band Three Companies Eye Midway For Buy Out Amazon Selling Xbox 360 Digital Games, Wii, PS3 Incoming?

Rate Hands On: Sequel to Spielberg's Boom Blox Even More Smashing

Original at Wired News external link    Thu, Apr 9

By Nate Ralph The critically acclaimed Wii game, developed by Electronic Arts in collaboration with film director Steven Spielberg, was an inventive and fun puzzle game that appealed to hard-core gamers and casuals alike. Images courtesy EA

Rate Hands On: Sims 3 Boosts Customization, Cuts Babysitting

Original at Wired News external link    Sun, Apr 5

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By Nate Ralph As a recovering Sims addict, I have to be a bit wary when even thinking about Electronic Arts' incredibly successful people-simulator. Enter The Sims 3. EA Drops Invasive DRM for Sims 3Video: Candy Theft in The Sims 3'Lifetime Wishes' Give Sims a Reason to LiveThe Sims 3 Delayed Until June

Rate Godfather 2 To Receive Release Day Multiplayer Patch

Original at Shacknews external link    Wed, Mar 18

You can then go against other players to win the money they gained in the singleplayer campaign. Should you lose, any money you placed on the game will be removed from your singleplayer account. The Godfather 2 will be released for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 April 7.

Rate How To: Battle ForgeVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Mar 17

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By rss@youtube.com (LookiDE) Author: LookiDE Keywords: Battle Forge Tutorial EA Electronic Arts Karten Sammelkarten trading cards Added: March 17, 2009

Rate How To: Mirror's Edge - Side jump boost helpVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Mar 13

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By rss@youtube.com (ovendonkey186) Author: ovendonkey186 Keywords: mirrors edge ME parkour freerunning EA Electronic Arts DICE side sidestep step tutorial faith jump running ps3 xbox 360 pc Added: March 13, 2009

Rate Patch: EA Announces Downloadable NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition

Original at Shacknews external link    Tue, Mar 3

Electronic Arts today announced NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition, a downloadable version of its NCAA Basketball series centered around the March tournament for Xbox 360. Though apparently not a full-featured version of NCAA Basketball, the game will include all 65 teams sel...

Rate Patch: Red Alert 3 v1.07 released

Original at Gameplanet external link    Sun, Feb 22

 New Zealand by Jon Valjean Electronic Arts have released a new patch for Red Alert 3, bringing this RTS to version 1.07. This patch addresses an emergency technical situation which prevented all Steam users of Red Alert 3 from properly loading maps in Worldbuilder ...

Rate Podcast: The RPS Electronic Wireless Show Episode 7

Original at Rock, Paper, Shotgun external link    Mon, Feb 9

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By John Walker Yes, yes indeed, it’s back. The RPS Electronic Wireless Show returns after an embarrassing amount of time. Jim and John get together to discuss the most important gaming news of the week, such as the opening of Half-Life, snowmen, and why you should give your children the MMR vaccine. Howeve...

Rate Battlefield 1943: Pacific Preview: A Much Needed Upgrade [Preview]

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Feb 6

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By Jim Reilly Battlefield 1943: Pacific is a download only, multiplayer game for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. The game, while new, is essentially a high-def remake of Battlefield 1942, and focuses more on pickup and play style gameplay. This is the first public demo available for fans to play.

Rate How To: Tutorial: Making units in Worldvuilder RA3 belong to some player at game start (DUTCH)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Feb 5

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By rss@youtube.com (RealShrooblord) This is a dutch version of a way to make units in the Worldbuilder of the game Red Alert 3 (from Electronic Arts) belong to a certain player at game start. Author: RealShrooblord Keywords: Worldbuilder RA3 Red Alert 3 EA Electronic Arts Tutorial Added: February 5, 2009

Rate Opinion: MEFINALpt1Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Jan 31

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By rss@youtube.com (xCHICKAMUNGUSx) Keywords: Mirror's Edge Review Chickamungus xCHICKAMUNGUSx Killtacular EA DICE runner first person parkour action adventure Faith Blues Chase escape PK Time Trial Speed run Achievements wallrun Unreal Beast engine gameplay 2D trilogy Merc storm drain subway disarming jumping va...

Rate How To: Mirror's Edge "Stormdrain Three" Time Trial Walkthrough (3 stars)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Jan 25

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By rss@youtube.com (colinfirst002) In HD== A complete walkthrough for getting 3 stars in the time trial "Stormdrain", for the PC. All important movements are in red. Enjoy. Author: colinfirst002 Keywords: tutorial easy three stars 720p fastest dice EA PC run through Faith tips hint Added: January 25, 2009

Rate How To: Mirrors Edge Walkthrough Part2Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Jan 15

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By rss@youtube.com (thizked) In Act 1, we are going to bring a bag to the runner Cel while we're escaping (oder fleeing) from the police. Author: thizked Keywords: Mirrors Edge Runner Vision EA DICE Electronic Arts Jump and Run Walkthrough Tutorial PC Version Added: January 15, 2009

Rate Patch: Spore de-authorisation tool released

Original at bit-tech.net external link    Thu, Dec 18

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EA has released an official de-authorisation tool for Spore, while a Ubisoft patch corrects widescreen issues in Far Cry 2.

Rate Video Game Sales Nearly $3 Billion In November

Original at Huffington Post external link    Fri, Dec 12

By The Huffington Post News Editors Sales of video game software grew 11 percent to $1.31 billion. Besides "Gears of War 2," which sold 1.6 million copies, "Call of Duty: World at War" by Activision Blizzard Inc. and Nintendo's "Wii Play" and "Wii Fit" also did well. Electronic Arts had just one title, the zombie horror game "Left...

Rate News: Red Alert 3 patch brings world editor and DRM changes

Original at Fragland.net external link    Mon, Dec 8

The newest patch for Red Alert 3 has two new features. The first one is a world editor, which, according to EA, is being used the makers of Red Alert itself to create maps for the game. Visit us at Fragland.net (English) | Fragland.be (Dutch) | Sci-Fi Belgium (Dutch)

Rate Play Mirror's Edge 2D Online Game

Original at Gaming Bits external link    Tue, Nov 18

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If you're curious about the Mirror's Edge game on the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3, a downloadable demo is available from Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Network. PC gamers can get their fix with the Mirror's Edge 2D version, but will also be getting the full PC version in January 2009.

Rate NEWS: EA announces Spore patch with free limbs

Original at gamesdog.co.uk external link    Tue, Nov 18

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Plus fixes a few glitches EA has announced a brand new Spore patch that will give away free limbs to gamers as well as fix a few small glitches. ... Read EA announces Spore patch with free limbs on Pocket-lint now

Rate New Spore patch available now

Original at videogaming247 external link    Tue, Nov 18    3 related articles

By patlike To celebrate the release of the Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, EA’s put out a new patch containing 24 new limbs for the Creature Creator. You can get the update here. In additional, the patch adds the following: Fix for esc key not bringing up Options in Galaxy Game Entry Fix for creator ba...

Rate Opinion: Massive Sims 3 Q&A Tells All [Questions & Answers]

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Nov 17

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By Mike Fahey The Sims 3 Q&A 9.What kind of player activity have you planned for The Sims 3? 12.Can we expect to see our favourite Sims families return, having grown, as they did between The Sims and The Sims 2? 15.What challenges did you face in the creation of The Sims 3?

Rate Podcast: WIN - Mirror’s Edge Game and EPs

Original at BritishGaming.co.uk external link    Thu, Nov 6

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By Jonathan Cresswell If you think you know which is correct, submit your entry through the form after the jump, where you’ll find the competition rules too… Mirror's Edge Competition Your NameEmailPlatform Xbox 360 Playstation 3 PostcodeAnswer Faith Hope Margret   cforms contact form by delicious:days

Rate Spore patch available for the Mac

Original at Untitled external link    Thu, Nov 6

By Dennis Sellers EA and Maxis have released a new patch for the Mac version of Spore, reports Inside Mac Games. The patch includes fixes for bugs reported by players, gameplay tuning, the option to select multiple items for deleting or banning in the Sporepedia, and a “cool new planet style.”

Rate Podcast: BGB at LGF: Rock Band 2 Event and Interview

Original at BritishGaming.co.uk external link    Thu, Nov 6

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By Jonathan Cresswell Download mp3: BGB at LGF: Rock Band 2 Preview and Interview By wonderful coincidence, EA held the first UK preview event for the upcoming sequel to Harmonix’s fantastic band game Rock Band at the same time as BGB is in London! So, I headed on down to the event to go hands on with the improved [...]

Rate EA Loses $310 Million, Sees "Weakness At Retail" In October

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Oct 30

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By Michael McWhertor While we're very bullish long term, we're very cautious in the short term," Riccitiello said, saying the company was investing more than ever in digital distribution and its EA Partners program. EA Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Results EA Announces Cost Reduction Plan

Rate Opinion: Gaming community turning against Electronic Arts over bundled DRM, malware

Original at Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog external link    Sat, Oct 25

By Andrew(noreply@blogger.com) Why is software giant Electronic Arts treating its loyal customers like criminals?<br /><br />That's a question many gaming enthusiasts have been asking recently following the release of the long-awaited EA title <em>Spore</em>, a game designed by Will...

Rate Opinion: Counting Rupees: Day of Crisis

Original at Joystiq external link    Tue, Sep 23

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By Geoffrey Brooks The first step in determining whether or not a company has a problem is to see how important the issue is to consumers. I'd argue that DRM is, if not critical, at least of some concern to gamers. The first sign that clouds were on the horizon was actually way back in May. That was the first announce...

Rate Crysis Warhead Launching Next Month

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Aug 13

By Mike Fahey REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Crytek GmbH announced today that Crysis Warhead®, the pulse-racing new installment of the Crysis® universe, will ship to retail stores in North America on September 16th and in Europe on September 12th. Begi...

Rate Kotaku Originals: Early Builds R Us

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Aug 2

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By Owen Good Ghostbuster The Video Game Very Much Alive, Sitting on My Desk Forget Wii Fit, It's Mario Kart That's Buttering Nintendo's Bread Battlefield Heroes Not Coming This Summer Why Penny Arcade Took so Long to Go PSN and May Never Go Wii Ware

Rate Podcast: E3 2008: Dead Space Interview

Original at blip.tv external link    Wed, Jul 16

Charles talks to Rich Briggs from EA about Dead Space, the upcoming sci-fi horror game. They go in depth on the orgins of the game and talk about what you can expect to see from the game when it's released later this year.

Rate Battlefield: Bad Company Review: Going For The Gold

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Jul 2

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By Mike Fahey Battlefield: Bad Company addresses just that issue, adding a full single-player experience to the Battlefield series, complete with colorful characters and questionable moral choices on top of the usual multiplayer mayhem. It's uncharted waters for EA DICE – lets see if they sink or s...

Rate Frankenreview: Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360)

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Jul 1

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By Mike Fahey EA DICE's Battlefield series has been providing PC gamers (and eventually console owners) with solid, entertaining online multiplayer battles for a good six years now. Now that they've proven they can deliver the multiplayer goods they've taken on the single player experience with Ba...

Rate Opinion: EA Or Not EA - The Take-Two Question [Original]

Original at Kotaku external link    Sun, Feb 24

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By Mike Fahey So EA wants to buy Take-Two Interactive, to the tune of $2 billion, and while to a certain degree I agree with EA's CEO John Riccitiello - this would be a major win for Take-Two stockholders, who've hung on for a rather bumpy ride over the past few years, I'm not sure how good it would be to the pe...

Rate Podcast: Episode 35

Original at Inside Mac Games external link    Fri, Feb 8

MacBook Air, The 8800GT factor, EA Announces Ciderised Spore coming to mac, Aspyr Announced Call of Duty 4 for Mac, Macsoft gets official with UT3 for mac, Feral shipping Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Kill Monty Goes Universal, World of Warcraft reaches 10 million Subscribers, Penny Arca...

Year 2007

 

Rate Podcast: Can Tiger Woods sell you a birdie in a bottle? Also, the no-backswing swing and finish in balance!

Original at WorldGolf.com external link    Mon, Oct 22

By golfforbeginners@aol.com Tiger Woods has endorsed many products in his illustrious career, from American Express cards to the Nike Sasquatch driver. Woods' likeness appears in his own video game with EA Sports. He drives a Buick in advertisements for General Motors and wears his Tag Heuer watch proudly in print me...

Year 2006

 

Rate Podcast: Episode #63 - Aaron Greenberg & Madden EA Interview

Original at Gamertag Radio The Union of Music & Gaming external link    Mon, Nov 6

By tips@gamertagradio.com So today we release a nice audio interview episode with Aaron Greenbreg (Xbox Live Arcade manager). He gave us new information about the new update for some old Xbox Live Arcade games that you can use with Xbox Live Vision! This will happen on launch day of the camera Sept 19, 2006. Just listen...

Rate Xbox Review: NASCAR 07

Original at Blogcritics external link    Thu, Sep 28

By Aaron Auzins NASCAR, like all other professional sporting licenses, recently received its yearly iteration on the Xbox thanks to Electronic Arts. Unfortunately, with NASCAR 07, fans of the sport might run out of fuel fast as 07 leaves players with very few new game play features.That isn't to say, how...

Rate EA Releases Battlefield 2 Patch

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Feb 14

By lsmith Can you hear it? It's the sound of girlfriends and wives everywhere howling in righteous fury at boyfriends and husbands hunched over their computers testing out the latest Battlefield 2 patch. A few things in the patch notes worth mentioning: it looks like tons of guns have been retuned,...

Rate Podcast: The HotSpot 2/8/06

Original at GameSpot external link    Wed, Feb 8

By support@gamespot.com This week we discuss the layoffs at EA, hirings at Blizzard and Bungie, and MMO games from James Cameron and John Romero!

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