EA’s ‘Need For Speed’ Franchise Passes 100M Unit Mark
The videogame franchise has generated more than $2.7 billion in sales over its 15-year history, says Electronic Arts. Via Reuters
View ArticleGameSupply: At EA, Digital Markets Bring New Risk Management Framework
Videogame developers have long been averse to working “under any regime,” notes Spencer Mott, Chief Information Security Officer of Electronic Arts. But with game publishers now reliant on a global...
View ArticleEA Unveils Plan To Charge Used Game Buyers For Downloadable Content
Beginning with the release of “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11” next month, EA Sports games for PS3 and Xbox 360 will include a single-use “online pass” for downloadable content and online services such as...
View ArticleEA: Digital Growth Will Offset Physical Game Sales Decline
Reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings yesterday afternoon, Electronic Arts reaffirmed its full-year outlook, saying that revenue from digital content will drive overall industry growth....
View ArticleEA: ‘Madden’ Game Sales Up 5%, Digital Revenues Surge
EA’s “Madden NFL 11” looks to be the top-selling game in North America for the month of August, with the publisher estimating sales to be up by approximately 5% year-over-year across all platforms for...
View Article‘Call of Duty’ Developer: Key To Discouraging Trade-Ins Is Keeping Fans Engaged
Major videogame publishers including EA and THQ have sought to mitigate the impact of previously-owned videogames on new release sales this year by making some titles’ online multiplayer modes...
View ArticleEA in Virtual Currency Deal With Facebook for Social Games
Electronic Arts says that a five-year virtual currency agreement with Facebook “will create a simplified, more accessible experience for people who play games and purchase virtual goods” on the social...
View ArticleEA: Downloads To Comprise 20 Percent of Game Sales
Electronic Arts is on track to sell $750 million worth of full-game downloads and other digital content this year, accounting for 20% of the company’s annual revenue, CFO Eric Brown said at a UBS...
View ArticleNPD Plans Greater Coverage of Digital Game Distribution: Report
Research firm NPD says it plans to publish monthly sales reports on the digital videogame businesses — from downloadable content to online subscriptions and social games — following complaints from...
View ArticleReport: EA in Talks To Purchase PopCap Games for $1 Billion
Video games giant EA is in negotiations to acquire casual games publisher PopCap Games for more than $1 billion, according to a TechCrunch report. The acquisition, TechCrunch writes, would serve to...
View ArticleEA: Publisher Reaching New Markets with Free-to-Play Games
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz (registration required), EA’s Frank Gibeau says that the publisher’s online free-to-play games group serves a user base of 17 million worldwide — including...
View ArticleEA Adds ‘Bejeweled,’ Other Digital Games with PopCap Deal
With EA’s planned acquisition of PopCap Games, the publisher gains casual titles such as Bejeweled, whose various versions sell a copy online every 4.3 seconds (according to a recent Wall Street...
View ArticleEA’s Origin To Offer Downloads From Other Game Publishers
Electronic Arts is stepping up its competition against Valve Software’s Steam in digital video game distribution, with the publisher announcing Oct. 27 that its direct-to-consumer Origin platform would...
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