Tag Archives: Electronic Arts

When Electronic Arts signed an exclusive contract with Disney to make “core” Star Wars games, one pairing made so much sense it was almost a foregone conclusion: DICE and Star Wars: Battlefront (opens in new tab). But EA Games Label executive vice president Patrick Söderlund told CVG that the stars …

Electronic Arts confirmed companywide layoffs of about 10 percent yesterday. The news came alongside the publishing giant’s fourth quarter and overall fiscal year 2013 financial results. EA CEO John Riccitiello left the company in March, just before the quarter ended on March 31. A series of cuts before and after …

Get your sprinklers set up for a long summer, because Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time will rise from the lawn in July. The release date for PopCap’s tower defense sequel was revealed in the goofy video below. The first Plants vs. Zombies propelled PopCap to new heights of …

Electronic Arts has a good shot at “winning” the Worst Company in America poll by the Consumerist for the second year in a row, and Chief Operating Officer Peter Moore isn’t waiting for the final round to respond. Moore recognized some of his company’s errors in a blog post titled …

As a series, Crysis is known for its big guns, hefty system requirements and unsubtle approach to futuristic face-shooting. However the series’ third installment shows a stealthier side, as evidenced by the shadowy color-palette and badass compound bow on show in the game’s first promo imagery. Oh yeah, and the …

Mass Effect 3 is out, and the critics love it. We love it (in a sensible, reasoned sort of way). You guys, being switched-on exemplars of 21st-century gaming, have some great points in the comments as to whether Bioware’s latest lives up to the series’ promise. But over on Metacritic, …

Electronic Arts’ upcoming Syndicate won’t include an Online Pass despite containing substantial online multiplayer content, the game’s developer has revealed. Speaking to Eurogamer, executive producer Jeff Gamon explained that the title’s multiplayer mode was given “equal billing” with the single-player campaign, rather than restricted access: “We want as little resistance …

EA, Nintendo, and Sony Electronics have erased their names from an ever-shrinking list of supporters for the US’ Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Despite including themselves in the initial plea to the US Congress back in September 2011, the three gaming giants were recently discovered to have quietly disappeared from …