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Read More »Need for Speed PC release pushed back to 2016
Need for Speed developer Ghost Games has announced the PC version won’t make it out alongside its console counterparts this November. Need for Speed was previously confirmed for a November 3rd, 2015 launch on PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC. This week however, the studioannouncedit will need to delay the …
Read More »Flight Control and Dead Space among 23 mobile games killed by EA
One of the App Store’s earliest success stories is among a list of older smartphone games being killed by publisher EA. Included on the list is the multi-million selling Flight Control, which back in 2009 sold 700k copies in under two months on sale – an especially notable achievement considering …
Read More »EA’s Moore: Gamergate has helped industry diversity
EA COO Peter Moore has spoken openly about the representation and treatment of women in the games industry. In an interview with Fortune, Moore praised what he perceives as the increasing number of opportunities for female developers. EA itself now counts former Naughty Dog alumna Amy Hennig among its ranks …
Read More »EA’s Moore: Gamergate has actually helped diversity
FIFA publisher’s COO says last year’s controversy has caused companies to think more carefully about their workforce
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront beta scheduled for October
EA has announced a beta for Star Wars Battlefront will arrive in early October. The beta testwill launch simultaneously on all platforms, and will feature the Walker Assault on Hoth scenario – a 40-player multiplayer battle revolving around the Rebel Alliance and the Empire. Walker Assault will give players the …
Read More »Moore: Kojima and Konami will ‘kiss and make up’
The COO of EA has said that he thinks the rift between Hideo Kojima and Konami can be healed. All signs point to the departure of Kojima from Konami once Metal Gear Solid V is launched next month. But despite the growing body of evidence, Peter Moore told GameSpot that …
Read More »EA ‘investigating’ adding Xbox 360 games to EA Access catalogue
Backwards-compatible Xbox 360 titles could be added to EA Access in the future, the publisher has said. The paid subscription service currently offers a selection of Xbox One titles each month. Among this month’s selection is Dragon Age: Inquisition, leading one Twitter user to ask whether the offering could be …
Read More »Former EA exec Frank Gibeau joins Zynga
Frank Gibeau, an EA veteran of nearly 25 years, has joined mobile gaming company Zynga. The former EA executive VP has been appointed to the publisher’s board of directors.Gibeau left EA in May this yearafter more than two decades with the company. Zynga has the products, the people and the …
Read More »EA will now release games in the UK on Thursdays
Consoles games form publisher EA will from this point on be released on Thursdays in the UK. Friday has been the established release date for video games in the UK since the dawn of the industry, with exceptions typically only happening to either coincide with a global Tuesday release or …
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