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Road to Redemption? EA Eliminates Unpopular Online Pass Program

Posted 05/16/2013 at 12:55pm | by Paul Lilly

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You can almost hear a golf clap erupting from GameStop stores.

It's no secret game publishers loathe the second-hand sales market, prompting many of them to have a love-hate relationship with GameStop, the world's most popular used games retailer. But is GameStop really the frenemy that some publishers view it as? Perhaps not. Electronic Arts (EA) has come to the conclusion that its Online Pass program isn't worth pissing off its customers and has decided to reverse course, a move that's perhaps indicative that EA wasn't losing as much money to used game sales as it thought it was.

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The Sims 4 Ships to PC in 2014

Posted 05/06/2013 at 11:49am | by Paul Lilly

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The next Sims title is currently in development

Maxis and Electronics Arts today confirmed that they've begun work on The Sims 4 at The Sims Studio. If all goes to plan, the next major installment in the highly popular Sims franchise will launch to PC and Mac systems sometime in 2014, though it's unknown if the Maxis and EA are targeting an early, mid, or late year release. What we do know is that there will be new and intuitive tools to play with, along with the ability to share items with friends.

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Electronic Arts Announces Another Round of Layoffs

Posted 04/26/2013 at 6:32am | by Pulkit Chandna

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Actual count not confirmed, but could be as high as 10 percent of the publisher’s global workforce

Close on the heels of significant layoffs at its Montreal game studio, Electronic Arts once again wielded the axe on Thursday. Although EA was quick to confirm reports of the layoffs, their number remains a point of contention, with wildly different figures being thrown around in absence of an official announcement in this regard.

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Electronic Arts Trims Staff in "Streamlining" Effort

Posted 04/12/2013 at 9:46am | by Paul Lilly

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Rough times continue for EA.

Games publisher Electronic Arts has started handing out pink slips in another round of job cuts. It's unclear how many people EA plans to let go, though it appears most of the layoffs are being focused on the publisher's Montreal-based mobile development studio, which had been rumored to be in the process of shutting down. EA said it doesn't plan to close the studio, though it did confirm the layoffs.

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EA Defends Its Imminent Victory as “The Worst Company in America”

Posted 04/07/2013 at 10:55am | by Justin Kerr

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Winning

Sometimes even when you win you lose.

EA is on the verge of winning another award, but in this case we are using the term “winning” in the loosest possible sense. Each year The Consumerist asks the Internet at large to rate the worst companies in America, and EA appears poised to win for a second year in a row. Only in Charlie Sheen’s world could this even remotely be considered “winning” however, and as a result Chief Operating Office Peter Moore is stepping forward to offer his defense.

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EA Boss John Riccitiello Resigns Following SimCity Debacle

Posted 03/19/2013 at 9:17am | by Paul Lilly

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Disappointing financial results prompted John Riccitiello to step down as EA's chief.

The well documented issue with EA's SimCity launch may not have directly led to John Riccitiello's decision to resign from his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the software publisher he's served for the past six years, but perhaps it hints at deeper problems, not the least of which is EA's view on Digital Rights Management. Since taking over as head of the company, EA's stock has fallen more than 60 percent.

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EA "Sincerely" Apologizes for SimCity Fiasco, Offers One of Eight Games for Free

Posted 03/18/2013 at 11:56am | by Paul Lilly

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Dead Space is among the titles SimCity gamers can choose to download for free.

Electronic Arts (EA) screwed up the launch of SimCity in a big way, and the company knows it. Well, sort of. It's not as though EA had an epiphany that overly restrictive Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes, such as requiring an always-on Internet connection, potentially cause more problems than they solve, and for that it should feel ashamed. But the games publisher is willing to admit that it was woefully unprepared on the server side to enforce its draconian DRM measure, and for that, it's throwing free games at disgruntled customers to compensate.

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EA Patches SimCity and Throws Free Games at Disgruntled Customers

Posted 03/10/2013 at 1:52pm | by Justin Kerr

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SimCity

EA’s public relations team plays Spincity all weekend long.

SimCity made our list of “most anticipated games of 2013”, and with good reason. This PC reboot was not only long overdue, but the franchise itself is an all-time classic. We were confident Maxis was the studio to deliver a proper sequel, but the studio’s choice of an always online DRM solution has proven to be a complete disaster. Maximum PC online managing editor Jimmy Thang has criticized EA’s handling of the situation, and the company’s PR department has been pulling overtime trying to repair the games reputation.

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Column: EA Should Feel Ashamed About SimCity's DRM

Posted 03/08/2013 at 6:03pm | by Jimmy Thang

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disaster NOT averted

EA's SimCity DRM is bad and they should feel bad

Some people believe piracy has no negative effect on sales. I am not one of those people. So I sympathize with EA's desire to combat piracy with SimCity. However, I do not believe that requiring users to always be connected to EA's servers to be the best solution to the problem, especially when those servers come crashing down and prevent honest customers from playing legitimate copies of their game.

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Madden NFL 13 Predicts Ravens Over 49ers in Super Bowl

Posted 01/30/2013 at 12:53pm | by Paul Lilly

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EA's Madden NFL franchise has correctly picked the Super Bowl winner seven out of the past nine times.

We don't buy into the notion that video games lead to violence, but saying the Baltimore Ravens will beat the San Francisco 49ers in the the Super Bowl? Well, in Silicon Valley, those are fighting words. Be that as it may, EA's Madden NFL 13 game, powered by an Xbox 360 console, predicted the Ravens will emerge victorious over the 49ers in a thrilling 27-24 contest, proving that they were a team of destiny.

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You can almost hear a golf clap erupting from GameStop stores.

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Dead Space is among the titles SimCity gamers can choose to download for free.

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