The wisecracking foursome of Bad Company will return in future Battlefield games, Polygon reports. DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson said that the games are a welcome respite from the serious military action of the mainline battlefield series. “My feeling is that I would love to do it. For me, when …
Read More »EA Sports wont release a college football game in 2014
Electronic Arts won’t release a college football game in 2014, for the first time in more than 20 years. EA Sports’ Cam Weber, its GM of American Football, wrote on the company’s news blog that ongoing litigation and related changes in business relationships led to the decision. “We have been …
Read More »Peggle 2 and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare first on Xbox One
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and Peggle 2 are coming first to Xbox One, and the latter is a launch title. PopCap Games announced a multi-game deal with Microsoft at the latter’s Gamescom conference earlier today. Garden Warfare’s unique class-based, third-person shooting will support 24-person multiplayer, as well as four-player …
Read More »Origin exploit lets attackers launch malicious code
Take heed before you click that shady hyperlink–security researchers have found an exploit in Origin’s remote-launching capabilities which would let attackers to run malicious code on user’s systems. The presentation last week, reported by Ars Technica, illustrated how Origin’s uniform resource identifiers can be exploited. “[A]n attacker can craft a …
Read More »Zynga and EA settle plagiarism battle out of court
Zynga and Electronic Arts have settled their mud slinging legal battles about whose social games ripped off whose, Gamasutra reports. Both EA’s initial claim that Zynga took a bit too much inspiration from The Sims Social in making The Ville, and Zynga’s countersuit that EA used anti-competitive employment practices against …
Read More »Medal of Honor: Warfighter weakens EAs fiscal expectations
Medal of Honor: Warfighter will sell under Electronic Arts’ expectations, the publisher announced yesterday in its financial earnings report. The military FPS shipped to a poor critical reception, weakening the company’s outlook for its next quarter. EA’s financial results for its second quarter 2013 ended September 30 were largely powered …
Read More »SimCity reboot confirmed for 2013
The rumors were true. Tonight, EA officially announced a reboot of Sim City, due out on PC In 2013. Lucy Bradshaw, senior VP of Maxis, took the stage at a pre-GDC event to reveal the game, and to out the first details. Every time you place a building you plop …
Read More »SSX: Wingsuit Race trailer finally makes good on Deadly Descents initial promise
EA’s been working overtime making sure you know how far SSX has come since that initial trailer. While the project famously started life as a grim ‘n’ gritty reboot, subsequent glimpses are far more in keeping with the series’ outlandishly fun pedigree. Now the company’s revealed what looks like one …
Read More »Battlefield 3s newest Back to Karkand DLC trailer showcases classic Gulf of Oman map
After four weeks straight of new games, it may seem like ages ago when Battlefield 3 hit stores in late October. But even if you somehow got your fill of the addictive multiplayer and adequate single player, EA isn’t done with the game by a long shot. The first round …
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