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EA kicked of E3 on Sunday afternoon, with a conference filled with big blockbusters, if not any real surprises. The publisher started the event with Titanfall 2. The shooter from Respawn will arrive on October 28th this year, just a little ahead of the new Call of Duty. The game …
Read More »E3 2016: New EA Originals initiative gives 100% of profits to indie devs
Electronic Arts hopes to sign and publish 'a few projects each year'
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 »EA veteran David De Martini passes away aged 56
Exec who worked on titles including Tiger Woods PGA Tour and The Godfather joined Oculus in 2013
Read More »Chief creative officer Rich Hilleman departs EA
Publisher praises Madden creator as a “pioneer”
Read More »Coldwood Interactive extends publishing deal with EA for Unravel sequel
Cutesy platformer for PS4, Xbox One and PC announced at E3 2015 and released earlier this year
Read More »Respawn developing new Star Wars title
Former God of War director Stig Asmussen at the helm
Read More »Finally, EA backs virtual reality with Star Wars ‘experience’
Electronic Arts is the second major third-party publisher to develop a Virtual Reality project. Despite attracting support from a number of high profile developers, including Crytek, Rebellion and Creative Assembly, big third-party publishers have been reluctant to jump into the VR sector. Take-Two told MCV that it was waiting to …
Read More »Ex-EA exec Keith Ramsdale joins Testronic as COO
Former VP of EU major markets for triple-A publisher moves to QA and localisation specialist
Read More »Star Wars and digital boosts EA’s Q3
13m copies of Star Wars Battlefront has been sold into stores, boosting EA’s revenue to 1.8bn. The company boasts it was the No.1 publisher on PS4 and Xbox One during the quarter as it exceeded its own expectations, although that 1.8bn is broadly in-line with what the market had predicted. …
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