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January 31, 2012 How accurate are Madden’s Super Bowl predictions?

While Electronic Arts has never let a good PR opportunity slip past, it might be a mistake to dismiss the company’s annual Super Bowl predictions. Gamasutra’s Chris Morris takes a look at Madden’s past results. While Electronic Arts has never let a good PR opportunity slip past, it might be a mistake to dismiss the company’s [...]

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January 10, 2012 EA sued for helicopter imagery in ‘Battlefield 3′

Hit military shooter Battlefield 3 is a very realistic game. Maybe too realistic. Electronic Arts has found itself in the midst of a legal battle with Bell Helicopter parent Textron over the game maker’s use of images of real world helicopters in the game. Read more at Yahoo! Games

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December 22, 2011 Court: Activision’s case against EA can go forward

EA received some holiday coal in its stocking Thursday when a California Superior Court judge rejected its argument that it should be excused from a $400 million contract-interference suit. Activision alleges EA illegally attempted to lure away Call of Duty creators and Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella. Activision is also suing the two [...]

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December 19, 2011 EA launches Star Wars: The Old Republic

When the clocks strike midnight, the rush will be on into EA’s newest massively multiplayer online game – and the only title around that has any chance of giving “World of Warcraft” any sort of competition. “Star Wars: The Old Republic,” made by the company’s Bioware Studios in conjunction with LucasArts lets players explore the [...]

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October 25, 2011 EA Takes to the ‘Battlefield’ Against Activision

There has never been a lot of love lost between Activision and Electronic Arts. The two video game publishers fight over just about everything. But with Tuesday’s launch of EA’s ”Battlefield 3,” the clash is taking on a particular sense of importance. At stake: The supremely profitable shooter genre – and possibly the fate of EA’s long-in-the-making turnaround. Read more [...]

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September 14, 2011 EA offering refunds on problematic Tiger Woods 12

While the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Tiger Woods 12: The Masters have been received fairly warmly, the PC version is in the rough. The thick stuff. Graphics are subpar. The features are lacking. And fans, who have been waiting for a new PC version of the game since 2008, are livid. Now it appears [...]

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September 9, 2011 EA And Activision: A Tale Of Two Social Media Strategies

Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris looks at two traditional publishers — Activision and EA — examining how the packaged game giants will square off in the emerging social media space. EA and Activision, despite their ongoing war of words, tend to swim in the same waters. Both like the military shooter genre. Both used to like the [...]

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August 2, 2011 EA Sports debuts ‘Season Ticket’ subscription plan

Fans of EA Sports games tend to be a dedicated lot, but now the publisher is launching a program that will help it find the most dedicated. The company’s just-unveiled Season Ticket program will give die-hard fans the chance to get a three-day head start on new versions of Madden, FIFA, Tiger Woods, NHL and [...]

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August 1, 2011 EA CEO pooh-poohs 3D

There might be a lot of executives touting the benefits of 3D gaming these days, but don’t expect Electronic Arts’ John Riccitiello to join the pep squad anytime soon. The CEO of the industry’s second largest publisher gave his take on the technology in a recent conference call with shareholders – and he was anything [...]

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May 6, 2011 Opinion: Why The Next 12 Months Could Make Or Break EA

As EA promises a more aggressive stance on talent acquisition, owned IP and digital models, Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris analyzes where the company could succeed, and where it might fail. Electronic Arts investors had a lot to cheer about Wednesday afternoon in the company’s earnings call. Not only were revenues and earnings per share higher than [...]

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