When PGA Tour Executive Producer Brent Nielsen told us his game uses the same engine that runs games like Battlefield 4 and the upcoming Battlefield Hardline, it didn’t make a lot of sense at first. When you look at EA’s library of sports titles, it’s easy to see right away how golf sticks out as being a bit different from the others. Whether it’s football or mixed martial arts, many...
Titanfall is just over a week away. It’s so close we can almost taste it, because that’s what you do with video games. New images and details are leaking out to the Internet constantly for us to gobble up. Two sets of images leaked over the weekend – screenshots of various locations in the game and top-down layouts of each map. Careful study of the images could result in spoilers, so...
EA’s had as tough a year as Microsoft, it seems. It had some huge releases last year, and it looks like they couldn’t get some of the biggest ones right. Last spring EA had SimCity and in the fall it was Battlefield 4. Both should have been easy home runs for the huge developer, but for some reason it just couldn’t handle the pressure. SimCity‘s trouble was a combination of two...
When people think of losing entire days to Sid Meier games, they usually think of the many iterations of Civilization. For me, though, the purest form of drug to bear the legendary designer’s name was Sid Meier’s SimGolf. More than once I saw a sun set and rise again with SimGolf. I’ve been thinking about what it was about SimGolf that put its hooks so far under my skin. Golf is...
EA has undergone some major changes in recent weeks, following massive layoffs and the resigning of former CEO John Riccitiello. To shake up the company even further, EA has announced it has appointed former New York Times Vice President of the Digital Products and Services Denise F. Warren to its board of directors. Warren will be replacing former director Gregory Maffei, who opted...
Here is a gaming fad that quickly gained prominence and died just as swiftly. EA was one of the biggest supporters of Online Passes during the inception of the idea, but now it is also one of the first companies to back off from the scheme. EA senior director of corporate communications John Reseburg confirmed with GamesBeat that "None of [their] new EA titles will include that feature...
Valve's Co-Founder Gabe Newell spoke with both PC Gamer and Develop Magazine during gamescom in Cologne, Germany about EA's decision to pull its games from Steam and EA's digital marketplace, Origin. As Newell told PC Gamer, he actually downloaded and registered for Origin in order to give it a try before gamescom. And, in Newell's usual polite form, the developer didn't slam the...
Eric Hirshberg, Activision Publishing CEO, gave a keynote address during gamescom in Cologne, Germany. In it, the head of one of the worlds largest publishing companies reacted to the mudslinging coming from Electronic Arts towards Call of Duty on behalf of Battlefield 3. Hirshberg noted when John Riccietello, EA head, said that he'd like to see Call of Duty "rot from the core." The...
I’m sure you’re familiar with Zynga thanks to its plethora of popular Facebook games — that seem to spam my news feed on a regular basis, requesting my help in Mafia Wars or FarmVille — which have also made their way to the Android and iOS platforms. The company recently made a bid for PopCap, the developers behind games like Bejeweled and Chuzzle, but lost out to the might of Electonic...
Electronic Arts has officially launched their newest digital edition of money earning plans for their core gaming audience: EA Sports Season Ticket. For $24.99 a year, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners will be able to land early, discounted and premium content for five of EA’s banner sports titles. Madden, NHL, Tiger Woods, FIFA, and NCAA Football are the five series eligible for the...