Tag: EA

The Pittsburgh Steelers have won another Super Bowl! Well, virtually, anyway. The folks at Electronic Arts (EA) simulated Sunday's big game with the help of video game 'Madden 09,' and the Steel Curtain came out on top of the Arizona Cardinals, according to Joystiq. We didn't care at first either, but once we took a closer look at EA's proficiency at prophecy, we weren't nearly as ...

Fans of the classic computer game 'SimCity' will be pleased to know that EA has now introduced an iPhone-compatible version, we learned from VentureBeat. The review of this version, which is essentially 'SimCity 3000' and will soon be available for a mere $9.99, is glowing, with an exception made for the slow loading time. EA assured the reviewer, though, that this kink would be worked out by ...

The Wii Fit might have some competition brewing, if Men's Fitness magazine is a publication worthy of the public's trust, that is. The details are vague, to say the very least but, here's what we "know": Dave Kushner, executive producer at EA Sports, told the magazine that the company is planning an 'unnamed fitness game' with a 'new peripheral' which will connect the Wiimote to the player's ...

EA's 'Spore,' the latest from 'Sims' creator Will Wright, was hailed by critics as being revolutionary when it was announced -- back in 2005. Since then, it's been delayed and delayed some more, but somehow the hype just continued to grow and grow. The game is now released on the PC and Mac platforms, receiving some mediocre scores from game reviewers who can't quite find a point to it all. More ...

It's Madden day, the most anticipated day of the year for many gaming sports fans, when the latest installment of the hugely popular NFL game is released for just about every gaming platform out there -- even the aged PlayStation 2. With publisher EA's lock on the NFL license, it's basically the only game in town, and with no competition, it gets only incrementally better and better every year. ...

Kellan Lutz, object of adolescent girls' desire and actor in multiple teen moo-vies, is about to get some street cred. The 19-year-old North Dakota native can be seen on the awesome HBO miniseries 'Generation Kill,' the latest project by the creators of our longtime addiction 'The Wire.' Boy's been busy breaking the hearts of middle American youths and shooting the CW's new 90210, but he still ...

'Scrabulous' was easily one of the most popular Facebook apps on the planet, letting friends play quick word games against each other a turn at a time. Hasbro, owners of the 'Scrabble' brand, naturally didn't like that and, as soon as they got their own Facebook version of the game rolling, promptly sued the makers of 'Scrabulous' and had Facebook remove the game. A day later, hackers have shut ...

In what we're sure is a subtle way to try and connect younger voters, the McCain campaign has been using a chunk of music composed by Christopher Lennertz for 'Medal of Honor: European Assault' in a commercial. Lennertz is unhappy about it's use, however, as he is an Obama booster. Unfortunately for Lennertz, the rights to the music belong to the game's publisher EA, and not the composer. ...

For years now, Electronic Arts has been the global powerhouse in the video game industry thanks to multi-million dollar franchises like 'Madden' and 'The Sims.' Now, though, it's about to be relegated to second place thanks to a new, multi-billion dollar deal that would merge two powerhouse game publishers: Activision and Vivendi Games, creating the largest publisher of video games in the ...

Now that we live in a world dominated by licensing divisions, nothing is ever freaking sacred. So it's no surprise that MTV and EA will be joining forces with Rhino Entertainment to bring the Grateful Dead to the upcoming megahit video game, 'Rock Band.' The game is essentially a four-person, multiplayer version of the karaoke-esque 'Guitar Hero' that incorporates all the traditional ...

Yes, EA has been churning out new Sims games since Day Two of the franchise, and no, they've never made one quite like this. On its surface, the most obvious point of reference for EA's new Wii-exclusive title is 'Animal Crossing': The player is able to create his or her own character and home, and furnish them accordingly. Although the character creation is relatively simplified versus other ...

E3, once known as the biggest gaming conference in the world, has kicked off in LA, and we're there. As we sit down to watch Microsoft unveil its plans for the Xbox 360 and PC gaming for the next year, we have a few questions about the state of gaming. What should you look out for? What do we expect to hit and miss? Can Sony dig itself out of a seemingly shallow grave? Return of the Music ...

Video game super studio Electronic Arts has announced a partnership with director Steven Spielberg to produce three future games, all of them shrouded in secrecy. What many people don't know is that this isn't the first time the two have joined forces. Back in 1995, Spielberg launched Dreamworks Interactive, which went on to conceptualize and develop 1999's 'Medal of Honor' for EA, a game too ...

As a general rule, you don't want to insult the product you're trying to sell ... but don't try to tell that to John Riccitiello, CEO of video game factory Electronic Arts. Riccitiello is quoted in the Wall Street Journal as saying that most video games are boring and that companies need to do more to appeal to the casual gamer. "We're boring people to death and making games that are harder and ...

Today, while disappointing investors with less than stellar fourth-quarter financial results, gaming juggernaut Electronic Arts revealed that it has four new games for the iPod in the works. EA has previously released 'Sudoku,' 'Tetris,' 'Mini Golf,' 'Mahjong' and 'Royal Solitaire' on iTunes, each available for $4.99. All we know at this time is that one of the games will be 'Sims Bowling.' No ...