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EA names new marketing director for Northern Europe

Andy Tomkins has been promoted to marketing director for Northern Europe at Electronic Arts. He replaces Stuart Lang. Lang moved to EA’s United States offices in April to become VP of North American marketing. Tomkins will report to Northern Europe VP and general manager Keith Ramsdale. Prior to this role, …

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25 YEARS OF MASTERTRONIC: Q&A with Andy Payne

1988 was an important year. The Iran-Iraq War ended. The English Pound Note ceased to be legal tender, and laws are changed to allow pubs to stay open all day. Bruce Willis dropped Alan Rickman off a building in Die Hard. Jessie J was born. And in Wimbledon, three men …

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SimCity problems are "almost behind us" says EA studio Maxis

Adding more and more servers to support the launch of its SimCity reboot appears to be helping EA turn a corner. A new statement from studio head Lucy Bradshaw says the core problem with getting in and having a great SimCity experience is almost behind us”. Although it might take …

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EA: Sim City due February 2013

The new retail Sim City game will reach PC gamers next February, EA has announced. It made the announcement during its E3 press conference today. The game will be released over Origin and through physical retail. Sim City is one of two new games in the series, the other is …

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EA: Sim City Social imminent

EA showed off a new Sim City game for Facebook at its E3 press conference today. The game is designed to pull in more users so that EA can ‘win back’ its city building crown. That means you, Zynga. The game is to be released this month. "It is a …

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