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Read More »EA to skip E3 press conference this year in favour of live streams and community events
EA Origin Access Premier paves the way for more day-and-date game releases for service subscribers
EA’s new service Origin Access Premier will allow subscribers to play new EA PC titles a few days before the High Street release date
Read More »Electronic Arts confirms EA Play for E3 2017
EA has announced it will renew its EA Play event at E3 this year. Like last year, it will replace the publisher’s traditional press conference and will take place just a few days before E3, between June 10th and June 12th. This year’s EA Play will be taking place at …
Read More »Video: EA shows off Titanfall 2’s single player, game set for October release
EA kicked off its Play event yesterday with further details about the sequel to 2014’s mech-shooter Titanfall. The publisher confirmed that Titanfall 2 will be launching on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on October 28th. The games firm also showed off the title’s single player mode for the very …
Read More »Watch the EA press conference here at 9pm UK time
EA’s press conference takes place a day earlier this year and actually kicks off the entire E3 week. The event is part of EA Play, a consumer show that will take place at The Novo in Los Angeles and The Hammersmith Apollo. It’s a change of pace for EA this …
Read More »ESA on the future of E3
Every year when we sit down with E3 organisers the ESA, we generally end up chatting about the same topics. ‘What can we expect from the show?’, ‘What’s different this year?’, ‘How much space is being dedicated to mobile/VR/AR/the next big thing?’. But this year, there’s actually quite a lot …
Read More »EA donating $1m to five charities, including SpecialEffect
Publishing giant EA is giving away $1m to five different charities, one of which is the UK’s very own SpecialEffect. This donation comes as part of the firm’s Play to Give programme. HeForShe, Code.org, National Center for Women and Information Technology, Code2040 and SpecialEffect will be sharing the $1m figure. …
Read More »Is it time E3 opened its doors to gamers?
E3 must find a way to incorporate more consumers into the show, say leading games industry commentators. It follows the news that EA will not be holding its traditional E3 booth, and will instead run consumer-focused events in both Los Angeles and London. Meanwhile, sources close to event organisers ESA …
Read More »EA announces new Play event, coming to London and LA
EA will be holding a brand new games event in London and LA this June. The event will be taking place at London’s The Mermaid on June 12th. On the other side of the pond in LA, Play will be at Club Nokia @ LA Live between June 12th and …
Read More »Moore and Gibeau promoted in EA reshuffle
EA CEO John Riccitiello has announced a number of promotions and a new label at the global publisher. Writing on the company’s official blog, he has confirmed that Peter Moore is now Chief Operating Officer of EA, and Frank Gibeau will serve as President of the EA Labels. Moore steps …
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