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EA Standing Trial Against Original Madden Dev for Breach of Contract
EA will be facing Robin Antonick, one of the designers on the original John Madden Football for Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and Apple II, in court June. According to Antonick, who first took Electronic Arts to task in 2011, a contract he signed with the company in 1986 entitles him to royalties for code he created ... Read More»
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EA Madden Trial Document Reveals Birth Of Insidious Annual Releases Mentality
GG3 receives news of EA’s trial tribulations. It failed to receive a dismissal in a multi-million case of breach of contract for its Madden series, reaching all the way back to Apple II and Commodore 64 days. a lengthy legal document about the case hides in it the roots of just how yearly releases were ... Read More»
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EA Reveals Even More Layoffs, Organizational Restructuring
An organizational update posted by Electronic Arts on Thursday reveals additional layoffs at the company. “In recent weeks, EA has aligned all elements of its organizational structure behind priorities in new technologies and mobile. This has led to some difficult decisions to reduce the workforce in some locations. we are extremely grateful for the contributions ... Read More»
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‘Battlefield 4’ and ‘Dragon Age 3’ publisher, EA, faced with hundreds of layoffs
Electronic Arts announced on April 25, that due to internal restructuring of the company, the publishing giant will be forcing layoffs to many of their gaming studios. Polygon also reported today that, as part of the layoffs, EA has shut down PopCap Vancouver and Quicklime Studios... Read More»
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Barry Sanders Lands Madden NFL 25 Cover, First Trailer Released
Former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders has landed the Madden NFL 25 cover vote, Electronic arts announced (as well as releasing the game’s first trailer). Sanders won over Minnesota Vikings halfback Adrian Peterson with 58% of some-odd 700,000 votes in the final round of the ESPN online voting campaign. “Barry Sanders has long been ... Read More»
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EA Confirms E3 2013 Conference Date – June 10th
Electronic Arts have officially confirmed their E3 2013 Conference for June 10th ... Read More»
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Here’s Your First Look at NCAA Football 14
EA Tiburon released a new trailer for NCAA Football 14 that demonstrates the game engine in action. The video shows off some of the presentation overhauls Tiburon has executed in response to the NCAA Football franchise, namely pertaining to the game’s presentation. Clunky 3D elements have been removed from behind menus, speeding up the pre-game intros, ... Read More»
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Battlefield 4 Won’t Have Motion Controls or Any Other ‘Gimmicks,’ Says Producer
According to Battlefield 4 executive producer Patrick Bach, the upcoming Battlefield sequel will definitely not include motion control support. Talking to Edge Online, Bach mentioned how DICe has been approached about incorporating motion controls in Battlefield 4, but declared that the company is just not interested in including them—or anything that doesn’t “make the game ... Read More»
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NHL 14 First Official Screenshot Revealed by Electronic Arts
Yep. it's hockey... Read More»
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Crytek: Graphics Make Up ’60 Percent of the Game’
The importance of graphics in video games has been a long-running debate since 3D gaming was introduced and we got our first glimpse of rotational polygons. It seems that Crytek head Cevat Yerli believes visuals account for most of the ... Read More»
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EA Chief Creative Officer Says Videogames Not Yet Mass Market
Speaking to Games Industry, EA CCO Richard Hilleman declared that while video games might be more mainstream then ever, they by no means have mass market appeal. “We have to make sure that game companies know what a mass market really is,” Hilleman told Games Industry. “We’re not one yet. The closest thing we’ve had ... Read More»
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RUMOR: Is This the Logo for the Next Need for Speed Game?
Recent rumblings suggest Criterion Games may be developing a reboot of Need for Speed: Underground. The above logo, sent to us by an anonymous source, was indicated to be part of the title’s box art for the Xbox 360 version of Criterion’s supposed Need for Speed: Underground, corroborating other talk we’ve heard about a Criterion-developed ... Read More»
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EA Studios Hit with Another Round of Layoffs
Electronic Arts announced today that they’ll be laying a number of employees. The company has not revealed the specifics—how many, which studios—but they have said that EA Mobile Montreal will be hit hard “EA is sharpening its focus to provide games for new platforms and mobile,” an EA rep informed Polygon. “In some cases this ... Read More»
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EA’s Peter Moore Responds to ‘Worst Company in America’ Poll
EA is in leading the pack in The Consumerist’s “Worst Company in America” online poll, compelling chief operating officer Peter More to respond on the EA blog. “Are we really the ‘Worst Company in America?’” wrote Moore. “I’ll be the first to admit that we’ve made plenty of mistakes. These include server shut downs too ... Read More»
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Battlefield 4 Dev Says DICE ‘Very Interested’ in eSports
DICE general manager Karl Magnus says they are “very interested” in getting involved with eSports for Battlefield 4. In an interview appearing on Luetin09′s YouTube page, Magnus said, “We definitely see Battlefield—especially the multiplayer component of it—as a very competitive part of the game, of course. And multiplayer is the heart of any Battlefield game ... Read More»