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Dead Space - John Carver
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MMOs are the third rail of the industry. Even established publishers get into trouble with MMOs ... The latest good product, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Electronic Arts spent $200 million to develop plus $80 million for post-launch content and support. Then they spent $50 million on marketing. You cannot make a MMO for $75 million. Rhode Island didn't do their due diligence.
The developer of the game, Harmonix Music Systems, says it is unaware of the reasoning behind Electronic Arts’ shutdown of the game, which relies on no external server support to function. A different version of Rock Band, Rock Band Reloaded, released in December of 2010, is unaffected by the discontinuation of the original title.
Discovered earlier today by Reddit users, publisher Electronic Arts is remotely deactivating all iOS Rock Band installs on May 31More quotes »
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Activision and Electronic Arts settle lawsuit
Blizzard Inc and arch rival video game company Electronic Arts Inc have settled a lawsuit in which Activision accused two former executives of breaking their employment agreements to develop games for EA."Activision and EA have agreed to put this matter behind Read more »
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King.com inches closer to Zynga on Facebook gaming
start-up King.com has overtaken video-games giant Electronic Arts on Facebook, with almost 10 million people every day now playing its games that include Bubble Witch Saga on the social network.The nine-year old company has experienced an explosion in popularity Read more »
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GameStop sees solid future despite video game shift to digital
games are pressured by growth in casual, mobile and social network games," and game publishers, such as Electronic Arts "are increasingly direct competitors," Chanos said in a slide show reviewed by Reuters.About 41 percent of GameStop's shares are now held Read more »
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Battlefield Premium - Preis und Starttermin bekannt - Sony verrät genaue Details zum neuen Service
gehts in die Karibik! Mit Rum und Zucker will Port Royale 3 wieder an alte Zeiten anknüpfen. Bislang gibt es von Electronic Arts noch immer keine Ankündigung von einem Premiumdienst für den Shooter Battlefield 3. Doch in den letzten Wochen wurden stückweise 12:51 AM from GameRadio.de Read more »
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Game Industry Legends: Trip Hawkins
M. 'Trip' Hawkins is one of the legends of the game industry. Thirty years ago he founded Electronic Arts, which has become a diversified $4 billion dollar game publisher with an amazing range of best-selling titles and well-known brands. After serving as 5/30/12 from GamesIndustry.biz Read more »
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Check out the Dead Space graphic novel short
the official Dead Space website, Electronic Arts has posted a graphic novel short, or motion comic, that points to the next entry in the series. The three-minute video introduces fans to Earthgov Sergeant John Carver, who is shown arguing with his wife before 5/30/12 from GameZone Read more »
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Battlefield 3 Premium Details Leak: Service Launches June 4
information about the upcoming Battlefield 3 Premium service from Electronic Arts has gotten somewhat more official looking, after a fact sheet leaked out and was then quickly pulled. The service has a one time membership cost of $49.99 / 49.99Euro / 4000 5/30/12 from Legit Reviews Read more »
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★ FIFA 12 – Ultimate Team ft. Dangles – TGN
=-=-=-=-= Director =-=-=-=-= TGNSports – goo.gl =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ►Fifa 12▼ Developer ➜ EA Canada Publisher ➜ Electronic Arts Genre ➜ Sports Release Date ➜ September 27th 2011 Platforms ➜ Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, Microsoft Windows, Onlive ————————————————————- 5/30/12 from 360-Faces Read more »
