All Posts Tagged With: "EA"

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And So It Begins: iPhone Game Development Ramps up

There have been rumblings about the potential of the iPhone as a videogame platform for quite awhile now. Today Apple showed off their software development kit (SDK) along with a few titles running on the tech. First off was Spore from EA, put together in only 2 weeks and not the gimped mobile version you [...]

March 6th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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Mass Effect PC Coming Soon To Europe

With the announcement of the release of Mass Effect for the PC in the U.S scheduled for May 6th, EA has told Eurogamer.net that the European PC version will soon be on it’s way. Fans can expect things like mapped controls to the keyboard and several hot-routes to map special abilities to. Also to the feature list is a quick-save [...]

February 27th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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New Franchises Coming and Innovation To Previous Ones says EA

EA Sports, a well-known publisher, has planned to launch five new sport franchises in the span of three years. Peter Moore, the president of EA, says that one of the new franchises coming during the fiscal year of 2009 (Apr. 1, 08 – Mar. 31, 09) will be geared towards the more casual gamer. Also [...]

February 14th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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EA Says 2008 and 09′ Will Be Huge

Publisher Electronic Arts has announced a slew of popular titles set to release sometime during 2008 and 2009. In a presentation for industry analysts, games such as Burnout and Skate were talked about. Both franchises will be returning sometime during the fiscal year of 2009. EA is confident that their new installment of Skate will be [...]

February 13th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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EA-Predictions For 2008

Electronic Arts has recently discussed it’s thoughts on how the the handheld and console wars are going to turn out. They are predicting that the Nintendo DS and Wii will continue to reign supreme but that the PS3 will overtake the Xbox 360 for second place. Courtesy of IGN, these are the numbers in millions [...]

February 4th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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Rock Band Confirmed for Wii

For a while now, it has been debated on whether or not the Wii would receive a version of Harmonix’s Rock Band. While Harmonix CEO, Alex Rigopulos, stated that “We will, at some time, bring Rock Band to every [important] platform,” there was never an official announcement of a Wii version. The 2007 holiday season [...]

January 31st, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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EA’s New Boxing Game : FaceBreaker

EA has announced that they will be developing a new boxing game by the name: FaceBreaker. In the past, EA has released Fight Night Round 3, but their new title will be taking more of a jaunty, animated approach.    Ouch!As you can guess from the title of the game, as a powerup, you will [...]

January 31st, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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New Fighter From Marvel and EA Gets Cancelled

After announcing a new fighting franchise just last summer, Marvel and EA decided to call it quits. EA was developing the first title for the franchise but that studio closed in November. Marvel has now stated that their deal with EA is no longer, and that the new fighting franchise is cancelled. Vice President of [...]

January 28th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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Rock Band Instruments – Costs and Dates

One small setback in buying Rock Band last holiday season was that there were no available standalone instruments. Even if all you wanted was the drums, you had to buy the whole set, which could cost you a pretty penny if you didn’t have friends to split the cost with. Now, with the recent announcement, [...]

January 27th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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Rumor: EA Wii Balance Board Project is Boogie 2

Ever since the Wii Balance Board was announced, there have been many ideas about how developers could use the technology to create new and innovative games. One of the more obvious genres that could use the Balance Board is the dancing genre. With the weight sensors on the board, users could potentially use the board [...]

January 24th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued