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Google Talking To Game Devs About Creating Facebook Competitor

28
Jul

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Google Talking To Game Devs About Creating Facebook Competitor

Google is talking to "several" developers in the social gaming space about the creation of a social network that would rival the 500 million-strong Facebook, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The report cited multiple anonymous sources close ...

Tags: anonymous sources, competitor, Creating, creation, Devs, Electronic, electronic arts, Facebook, Farmville, Game, Gaming, gaming space, Google, Playdom, Playfish, social gaming, wall street journal, Zynga

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EA Chooses Live Gamer For Microtransactions

26
Jul

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EA Chooses Live Gamer For Microtransactions

Electronic Arts has selected Live Gamer's online monetization platform Elements to power its global microtransactions-based projects and help accelerate its online gaming strategy. Elements offers online game developers and publishers access to payment...

EALA Medal Of Honor Team Dons New Studio Name ‘Danger Close’

22
Jul

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EALA Medal Of Honor Team Dons New Studio Name ‘Danger Close’

With the reinvention of its FPS franchise Medal of Honor, Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio is sprucing up its identity as well. As of last night, the team has adopted the name "Danger Close Games," a brand it says represents "pushing the boundaries ...

Tags: close, danger close, Dead, dead space, Dons, electronic arts, FPS, identity, Inferno, internal group, location, medal of honor, physical location, Redwood, redwood shores california, reinvention, Shores, Studio, taking chances

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EA Sports Deepens Premier League Partnership For FIFA

22
Jul

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EA Sports Deepens Premier League Partnership For FIFA

Electronic Arts has a new official partnership with the Premier League of English football (soccer, of course, to U.S. fans) that'll see EA Sports branding on Barclays Premier League live broadcasts, plus deeper integration of Premier League statistics...

EA Unveils Maxis-Developed Sci-Fi Action RPG Darkspore

20
Jul

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EA Unveils Maxis-Developed Sci-Fi Action RPG Darkspore

Electronic Arts on Tuesday revealed Darkspore, a Diablo-style PC sci-fi action RPG loot-fest from Maxis Studios -- inspired by Will Wright's 2008 creature sim Spore. The game is a notable departure for Maxis, which made its name under the EA umbrella w...

Tags: action, action rpg, electronic arts, February, Game, Maxis, Sci, sci fi, sim, SimCity, sims, simulation, simulation games, Studio, Studios, title, umbrella

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Analyst: Tiger Woods’ ‘Catastrophic’ Wii Decline May Point To Scandal Damage

19
Jul

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Analyst: Tiger Woods’ ‘Catastrophic’ Wii Decline May Point To Scandal Damage

In an environment of general software declines, Electronic Arts faces particular challenges with its Tiger Woods PGA Tour franchise. First-month sales across all formats have plummeted 68 percent compared to the launch of last year's installment, and o...

Tags: athlete, electronic arts, extracurricular activities, franchises, general software, golf, golf game, harm, installment, launch, May, motion, motion controls, percent, PGA, Software, tiger woods pga tour, Wii, year

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NPD: Nintendo Titles Rule U.S. June Top 20

16
Jul

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NPD: Nintendo Titles Rule U.S. June Top 20

Nintendo had the largest presence on NPD Group's Top 20 June U.S. video game retail charts, as Mario titles on Wii and Pokemon games on Nintendo DS proliferated the rankings, the tracking firm revealed to Gamasutra on Friday. Nintendo had a total of ei...

Tags: Activision, Blizzard, Electronic, electronic arts, firm, Game, June, list, Mario, nintendo ds, nintendo titles, npd, npd group, pokemon games, retail charts, rule, total, Ubisoft, Wii

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Report: EA To Sell Off 15 Percent Ubisoft Stake

16
Jul

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Report: EA To Sell Off 15 Percent Ubisoft Stake

Electronic Arts will sell off a 15 percent stake in Paris, France-based Prince of Persia publisher Ubisoft, according to financial reports, ending years-long speculation of an acquisition. A Ubisoft spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal on Friday, ...

Tags: acquisition, Electronic, electronic arts, paris france, percent stake, Prince, prince of persia, Publisher, report, share, shareholder, speculation, spokesperson, stake, Ubisoft, Wall Street, wall street journal

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Q& A: Skulls Of The Shogun Team On Going From EA To Indie

15
Jul

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Q& A: Skulls Of The Shogun Team On Going From EA To Indie

The members of Haunted Temple Studios spent years working together on massive teams at Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio. Now, with their debut turn-based strategy game Skulls of the Shogun, the distributed studio's developers are relishing the great...

Tags: 60s, amp, arcade, ea, Electronic, electronic arts, Game, indie, man team, release later this year, shogun, skulls, Strategy, strategy game, Studio, Studios, Targeted, team, Xbox, xbox live

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Interview: En Masse VP Talks Tera, The Company’s Future

14
Jul

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Interview: En Masse VP Talks Tera, The Company’s Future

Earlier this year, South Korean MMO developer Bluehole Studio, which was founded in 2007, announced the formation of En Masse Entertainment, a publishing entity focused on the Western market and based in Seattle, Washington. The company quickly attract...