Tag: EA
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Battlefield 1943 Review
If you’ve never played any of the PC Battlefield games from DICE (Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment), here’s the basics: Battlefield 1943 is a World War II-based shooter where you try to take out your enemies while capturing bases (control points), and defending those captured points from falling back into the enemies hands. Players can use…
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Battlefield 1943 is Now Available
Battlefield 1943 is a totally radical online FPS set during WWII’s Pacific campaign. You basically fight in various large battles during the war. Players can choose to fight on foot or in a number of different vehicles (planes, tanks, ships, etc). I used to play a lot of 1942…a lot. I might have to get…
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Burnout Paradise Big Surf Island
EA INVITES PLAYERS ON A BURNOUT VACATION TO BIG SURF ISLAND Extend Your Paradise on June 11 for £9.99 London, UK – June 8, 2009 – Criterion Games, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio today, has announced that the Burnout™ Paradise Big Surf Island expansion pack will be available to download on June 11…
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G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra Website
G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra is basically like the movie but a video game, I think. And now there’s an awesome EA website for the game, here. The only G.I. JOE action figure I remember owning is this girl with a hot pink shirt on. I think that’s really weird, it’s like buying 4-LOM…
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Godfather II DLC Announced
New maps…and guns. What more could you want in your downloadable content?
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EA Announces New Multiplayer Mode for The Godfather II
The new multiplayer mode actually seems kind of interesting….the strategic gameplay seems pretty awesome. Guildford, UK – March 13, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that a new multiplayer mode, called Don Control, will be coming to The Godfather® II game. This new mode will be available as a free downloadable* patch…
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EA at Comic Con
If you missed New York Comic Con, like I did, EA has a lot of nice info up at their website. They cover pretty much everything EA related from the show, there are a bunch of videos, interviews, and pictures (like spikey-head-I-have-no-idea-who-you-are guy, above). Games covered include Warhammer Age of Reckoning, Spore Galactic Adventures, Godfather…
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EA Announces Bad Company 2, Battlefield 1943
EA announced today that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be released for PC, Xbox 360, and the PS3 this winter, and Battlefield 1943 for PC, PSN and Xbox Live this summer. And they are going to be showing Battlefield 1943 at Comic Con this weekend, so now I like have to go, Liz. Because of…
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BattleForge Community Update 02/05/09
The Weekly Card Reveal Catches Fire The weekly card reveal returned with a sizzle, as we revealed two more cards from the Fire deck. Out of the flames come the Giant Slayer and the Fire Dragon. The Fire Dragon is a gnarly beast that rains fiery death from above. Requiring four orbs to summon, this…
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EA Loses $641M Last Quarter
Last quarter was not a good one for EA, they saw a $641 million in loss for the fiscal third quarter ending December 31. CEO John Riccitiello had this to say: “Our holiday quarter came in below our expectations and we have significantly reduced our financial outlook for fiscal 2009, a clear disappointment.” They also…
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Ludlum Partners With EA
Ludlum Entertainment has given EA worldwide license to create games based on the works of Robert Ludlum. Basically, all your favorite Bourne books/movies will be released by EA for at least the next few years. Also, the first game is already being developed by Starbreeze Studios, who also developed the Chronicles of Riddick game.
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Need for Speed Franchise Races Into New Genres
Apparently Need for Speed is going where it’s never gone before: action RPG. Wait, wait…I read the press release wrong. It’s actual racing into the genre of racing. Which isn’t a new genre for Need for Speed, at all. So, I guess really I’m just kind of confused and feel betrayed by the press release’s…