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Electronic Arts posts $454m FY loss
Electronic Arts has posted a $454 million net loss for the year ended March 31st, 2008 - down from a net profit of $76 million in FY 2006-2007.
‘EA doesn’t scare us’, says casual site
The president of leading portal Big Fish Games Jeremy Lewis has told MCV sister site Casualgaming.biz that his firm isn’t worried by the likes of EA, Activision and Midway upping ...
EA to buy social networking site?
EA is to buy gaming social network Rupture for $30 million, according to TechCrunch.
SKATE 2 coming to 360 and PS3
Electronic Arts has confirmed that the second iteration of popular skateboarding title SKATE is in development for PS3 and Xbox 360.Advertisement
EA borrows $1bn to close in on Take Two
Electronic Arts has secured a loan of $1 billion to support its bid for Take Two, which is due to be concluded this Friday.
EA confirms new LOTR ‘blockbuster’
EA’s Pandemic studio has announced The Lord of the Rings: Conquest – an action-packed ‘blockbuster’ created by the same team behind the Star Wars: Battlefront games.
EA: The Sims 3 could come to console
The boss of EA’s dedicated Sims division, Nancy Smith, has said that The Sims 3 may come to more formats than PC after it is released next year.
EA announces Fight Night Round 4
Electronics Arts will bring the fourth in its Fight Night series to Xbox 360 and PS3 next year.Advertisement
Rock Band's UK release gets hefty backing
Rock Band is set to hit European Xbox 360s later this month, and EA's UK office is readying a rocking marketing campaign in support.
Analyst: GTA unlikely to affect EA/Take Two saga
EA isn’t likely to alter its bid for Take Two in the wake of GTA’s exceptional first week of sales – and Take Two shareholders wouldn’t expect them to.
EA: Casual games aren’t for everyone
Electronic Arts’ Casual Entertainment label VP Russell Arons has said that she disagrees with the idea that casual gaming needs to be for ‘everyone’ – stating that the genre can ...
EA and AOL team up
Electronic Arts has agreed a partnership with AOL Sports, to market and promote its free online trivia game EA Sports GameShow.Advertisement
EA Games gets behind PC market
EA confirmed its commitment to PC gaming in the publisher’s annual European showcase on Friday.
Kotick: ‘I’m worried about EA/Take Two’
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has spoken of his concern over EA’s hostile acquisition bid for Take Two – particularly the mega-publisher’s potential sports potfolio.
Peter Moore: EA Sports is a league apart
EA Sports president Peter Moore has likened the marketing strength of the label to that of Hollywood movies – calling it “the only real brand in video games”.
EA co-founder quits publisher
EA chief creative officer and company co-founder William 'Bing' Gordon is to leave the company to join investment firm Kleiner Perkins.Advertisement
‘Euro 2008 is best ever FIFA’
EA has high hopes for new release UEFA Euro 2008, labelling it the best football title the company has produced in 15 years.
New Harry Potter game announced
EA’s Casual Entertainment Label will publish the video game version of Warner Bros movie Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince later this year.
Take Two dismisses new EA offer
Take Two has responded to EA’s latest attempt to snap up the GTA publisher – maintaining that the offer is “inadequate” and that it is now considering entering into a ...
EA tables new offer, Take Two decision deadline set
EA’s relentless pursuit of Take Two has taken another twist as it has tabled a fresh approach and allowed its acquisition target more time to consider its offer.
Take Two Board rejects EA approach… again
Take Two executive chairman Strauss Zelnick has labelled EA’s ‘hostile’ $26-per-share tender bid for his company as still being “wrong place, wrong time”– and once again urged the firm’s shareholders to ...
Take Two bans ‘new’ shareholders from annual meeting
Take Two has barred newer investors from attending its imminent annual shareholders meeting – in which the publisher is set to give an indication of the outcome of its ongoing ...
Microsoft: We’re not interested in buying Take Two
Microsoft Game Studios' corporate VP Shane Kim has said that the firm is not likely to challenge EA’s $2 billion acquisition bid for Take Two because MS ‘doesn’t have any past ...
EA’s bid for Take Two – the story so far
As the countdown to Take Two’s annual investors' meeting begins, it’s a timely opportunity to look back on just why EA’s $2 billion bid for the company has come to ...
