Electronic Arts just wrapped up their fiscal 3Q 2010 earnings conference call. Quite a few games were mentioned during the call and within the accompanying press release, some that were previously announced through other channels and some that weren’t. Somewhat troubling for EA is that other than Crysis 2 and the new mixed martial arts …
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Caveat Emptor: EA’s Dante’s Inferno Super Bowl Commercial
So EA made its pitch to millions of Super Bowl watchers yesterday by airing its commercial for Dante’s Inferno. Leading up to the Big Game, people made some fuss over how CBS forced a last-minute change in the slogan (from “Go To Hell” to a more wholesome “Hell Awaits”), but I think another set of words displayed at the end of the ad …
Go Figure: Other Ways To Spend EA’s Super Bowl Ad Money
Electronic Arts is spending big bucks on Super Bowl XLIV, reportedly to air a commercial for their new action game Dante’s Inferno. It’s a risky gamble for EA, one that’s probably not going to pay off considering CBS is charging $2.6 million for a 30-second spot. In gamer terms, here’s what else $2.6 million can buy:
– 200,000,000 …
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Demo Drops On Xbox 360 – Go Get It
This morning EA’s DICE studio released a Xbox 260 demo of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which is sure to make first-person shooter connoisseurs very, very happy. It doesn’t offer much–you’ll only get to play the online multiplayer map called Port Valdez–but it’s enough to give you a sense of just how much havoc you’ll be able to cause …
EA’s Mass Effect 2 DLC Plans: A Subtle Salvo Against the Used Game Market?
With one week to go until Mass Effect 2 comes out, developer Bioware has finally handed out some meaty details on their downloadable content plans.
The good news: free DLC will be available on January 26th and include a few new missions, one of which will introduce Zaeed, a ruthless merc (pictured above right) who becomes a member of …
Sex and ‘The Saboteur’: Dev Talks Nudity in New Game
Will sex sell a video game?
Electronic Arts sure hopes so. There was a bit of controversy last week when it was discovered that those who purchase The Saboteur, a third-person, open-world title set in World War II, will receive a code that allows for the girls of the game’s Belle de Nuit, a Parisian strip club, to be completely …
EA Confirms Dead Space 2, Its Dismemberment Plan
Alien dismemberment rules. So that’s why we’re glad that Electronic Arts has finally officially announced Dead Space 2.
The sequel to last year’s critically-acclaimed, third-person survival horror game will feature the same protagonist, Isaac Clarke, as he wields “new tools to gruesomely slice and dismember” the creepy, Thing-like …
Electronic Arts Plans to Release Fewer Games
Electronic Arts, the publisher of successful video game franchises like Madden NFL and The Sims, will release fewer titles in the years ahead, says CEO John Riccitiello.
Speaking at the Reuters Global Media Summit in New York today, Riccitiello said that the company currently publishes more than 50 titles and plans to reduce that …
BioWare Details PC Requirements and Something About DRM
Mass Effect 2 ships on January 26, 2010, and late last night BioWare announced the system requirements for those of you who game on the PC. DRM will be the same as on Dragon Age: Origins; if that’s something that matters to you.
Digital Rights Management (DRM) – The boxed/retail PC version of Mass Effect 2 will use only a basic
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Left 4 Dead 2 Review
When Left 4 Dead 2 was announced earlier this year, I didn’t want to like it. Why? Because I loved the first game so much.
And I wasn’t the only one: When the game was announced at the annual E3 video game conference in June, it already had its fair share of skeptics. In fact, calling some of these people skeptics would be the nice …