Entries in 'arts' (26)
EA monetises the Battlefield
Though some market-leading military shooters have experienced a turbulent start to 2010, the success story that is EA’s Battlefield franchise continues to power on.
EA welcomes Tiger’s return
Those of you who’ve dared to stray from MCVuk.com today may well have noticed that Tiger Woods has announced that he will, following last year’s ‘transgressions’, return to the ...
EA Sports Active makes $125m
Electronic Arts' Wii fitness title EA Sports Active earned the company $125m in its most recent financial year, leading the publisher to heap praise on Nintendo’s challenging format.
New PR manager for EA Games Label
EA UK has announced that Sophie Orlando has been promoted to PR manager for the EA Games label. More specifically, she will handle PR duties on all titles from BioWare, ...
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New PR manager for EA Games Label
EA UK has announced that Sophie Orlando has been promoted to PR manager for the EA Games label. More specifically, she will handle PR duties on all titles from BioWare, ...
EA linked to Apple’s iSlate
With Apple odds-on to lift the lid on its long-rumoured tablet Mac the iSlate next Wednesday, reports have claimed that video games publisher EA is working closely with Apple to ...
Pressure mounts on Riccitiello
John Riccitiello’s job at the helm of global games publisher could be under threat if the latest talk from US market analysts is to be believed.
EA inviting Euro media pitches
Rapidly evolving publisher EA is reportedly sending out pitch requests to a number of agencies as it looks to consolidate its estimated £80m European media planning account.
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INTERVIEW: Jens Uwe Intat
Electronic Arts, like much of the games market, had a challenging 2009. But, ultimately, it grew its European market share enough to reclaim the territory top spot.
Moore stands by Tiger Woods
Publisher EA has once again pledged its loyalty to beleaguered golfer Tiger Woods with the boss of EA Sports Peter Moore insisting that the firm will not follow the lead ...
Riccitiello hails ‘1bn gamers’
With a market as disparate as video games, hard stats are always tough to come by – but EA boss John Riccitiello reckons that the global audience for gaming now ...
EA falls out of love with new IP
Rapidly changing publisher EA has revealed that as well as shedding a huge 1,500 jobs, the company has also ditched a dozen announced projects to focus on its established and ...
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Losses up 26% at EA
Publisher EA has suffered another disappointing financial period with news that it suffered a $391m loss in its second quarter – a 26 per cent increase compared to the £310m ...
Bad Company 2 LE detailed
EA has released details on the perks including in the Limited Edition version of DICE’s upcoming console shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – but the biggest surprise is that the ...
Viacom: Beatles sales ‘terrific’
Despite charting at number four in the UK Charts this week behind fierce rival Guitar Hero 5, EA’s The Beatles: Rock Band has so far exceeded the sales expectations ...
EA downsizes acquisition plans
One year after EA failed in its $2 billion attempt to purchase GTA publisher Take Two, the firm has said it is no longer interested in such large-scale acquisitions.
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EA losses more than double
Electronic Arts has seen both its losses increase and its revenue fall for its fiscal Q1 ending June 30th 2009, with boss John Riccitiello admitting that the video games market ...
EA hoping to remake Bullfrog IP
Classic IP from defunct UK studio Bullfrog may be next in line for a next-gen re-release.
EA’s Pleasants joins Playdom
Emerging casual force Playdom, the firm responsible for leading MySpace social network game Mobsters, has joined this morning’s high profile exec merry-go-round by announcing its capture of former EA COO ...
Annual EA losses pass $1bn
North American based publisher EA has reported a GAAP net loss of $1.088bn for the year ending March 31st 2009 – an increase of over 100 per cent compared to ...
Moore: Boxed PC games 'aren’t working'
The outspoken boss of EA Sports and former Xbox boss Peter Moore has stated that the current business model of boxed PC games is no longer viable for the publisher.
More EA studios to suffer jobs cuts?
EA's previously revealed cost-cutting measures continue to take effect, with Canadian studio Black Box and Florida-based team Tiburon apparently the latest to see job cuts.Click here to visit Developmag.com ...
EA warns of poor Q4 results
Leading publisher EA has confirmed that disappointing sales of its key software titles means it expects both its net revenue and earnings for the current Q4 period to be below ...
Could EA be a target for Disney?
With its stock plummeting 17 per cent on the back of its poor financial results, The Wall Street Journal is predicting that EA’s falling value could make it a ...
Skate 2 coming this January
The sequel to EA’s successful new skateboarding IP Skate is set to be released in January 2009, according to IGN.
