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Electronic Arts flanks UK High Streets today as Battlefield 3 rumbles onto shelves. The blockbuster FPS is the newest outing in the long-running DICE-developed series and the publisher’s major bid against market leader Call of Duty. More than 10m units have been shipped worldwide in one week. Meanwhile, Microsoft follows …

Milestone reached within five months, according to company executive Peter Moore

More than five million gamers use EA’s online download platform Origin every day, says the publisher’s COO Peter Moore. The former EA Sports boss told Screen Play about the service after being heckled at the EB Games Expo in Australia last weekend by one member of the audience. We’re only …

Publisher insists UK 'remains a vital game development center for EA'

EA has confirmed that BioWare’s next sci-fi RPG will continue the publisher’s one-time code strategy. Anyone that purchases a new copy of Mass Effect 3 will find an Online Pass code, which grants access to the newly-announced Galaxy At War multiplayer mode. Those who buy a second-hand copy will have …

Separate source claims Frontier had partnered with Codemasters and EA for the project

Develop explores PopCap's European HQ in Dublin following EA's dramatic buyout of the company

When multiplayer modes are confirmed by a company like BioWare, you know it’s not going to be a standard deathmatch or tacked on co-op. Sure enough, the long-rumoured Mass Effect 3 multiplayer modes offer a different spin on four-player co-op thanks to the developer’s new Galaxy At War system, which …

'Floating core players' becoming a key battleground across the social network

EA founder and former Apple director pays tribute