Neowin News Feed for: Electronic arts

Need for Speed Rivals announced

John Callaham — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:24:49 +0100

Electronic Arts has announced plans to release Need for Speed Rivals, the latest game in the long running arcade racing series, which will be released for several platforms. Read more...

More game teases pop up ahead of next Xbox reveal Tuesday

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:28:01 +0100

A couple of other announcements have popped up on the Internet today that tease possible new games that could be revealed Tuesday at Microsoft's next Xbox reveal event. Read more...

EA confirms FIFA 14 to be shown during next Xbox reveal

John Callaham — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:58:35 +0100

Electronic Arts has confirmed it will show FIFA 14, the next version of its FIFA pro soccer game series, during Microsoft's next Xbox reveal event on Tuesday, May 21st. Read more...

Major publishers are quiet about their Nintendo Wii U plans

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:03:53 +0100

Electronics Arts has confirmed that the publisher is not currently developing any games for Nintendo's Wii U console, and other major publishers have not indicated they plan to release Wii U games. Read more...

Upcoming EA MOBA game, Dawngate, gets outed

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:25:33 +0100

A website for a previously unannounced Electronic Arts game, Dawngate, has been discovered, showing that the fantasy themed game is already taking signups for its beta test. Read more...

EA abandons Online Pass feature for future games

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:29:36 +0100

Electronic Arts has announced that it will no longer use the Online Pass feature for its future games after it said, "many players didn't respond to the format." Read more...

BioWare team members talk about possible Mass Effect spin-offs

John Callaham — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:46:53 +0100

Team members at developer BioWare are already thinking about possible new entries in the Mass Effect series that might feature some of the sci-fi RPGs other supporting characters. Read more...

EA to publish new Star Wars games from DICE, BioWare and Visceral

John Callaham — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:30:22 +0100

Electronic Arts has announced that it has signed a multi-year deal with Disney to develop and publish new games based on the Star Wars universe for core gaming audiences. Read more...

EA reveals The Sims 4 for PC and Mac in 2014

John Callaham — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:36:40 +0100

Electronic Arts has announced that The Sims 4, the latest game in the long running people simulation series, is in the works at its Maxis studio and will be released for the PC and Mac in 2014. Read more...

Rumor: Call of Duty creators' next game is 'next Xbox' exclusive

John Callaham — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:24:16 +0100

A new rumor claims that the first game from developer Respawn Entertainment, formed by the creators of the Call of Duty franchise, will be an exclusive for Microsoft's next Xbox console. Read more...

EA reveals layoffs; EA Partners division shutting down

John Callaham — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:24:20 +0100

Electronic Arts has announced that it has cut its "workforce in some locations", with rumors that hundreds of employees have been affected. The EA Partners division is reportedly closing as well. Read more...

EA shutting down three of its Facebook-based games

John Callaham — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:41:10 +0100

Electronic Arts has announced it will shut down three of its Facebook-based games, The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society, that were made by its Playfish studio. Read more...

EA games for Windows Phone sale for one week only

Steven Parker — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:33:56 +0000

Nine popular Xbox game titles are up for grabs courtesy of Electronic Arts for Windows Phone; and with a saving of up to 40 percent, you'd be mad to pass this up. Read more...

EA CEO resigns two weeks after bungled SimCity launch

John Callaham — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:02:06 +0000

Electronic Arts has announced, two weeks after the company's bungled launch of its SimCity revamp, that its CEO John Riccitiello will resign from the game publisher on March 30th. Read more...

EA: SimCity is "in many ways" an MMO game

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:41:00 +0000

EA Maxis General Manager Lucy Bradshaw seems to nix the idea that the developer will put in a single player experience in SimCity, saying, "In many ways, we built an MMO." Read more...

YouTube video shows hacked SimCity running offline

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:08:49 +0000

A video posted on YouTube allegedly shows that a person can play EA's recent game SimCity offline via a little hacking, despite claims from EA that the game needs online servers. Read more...

Is an offline mode truly possible for SimCity? Signs point to "Yes"

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:40:48 +0000

An unnamed source who claims to work at Maxis on SimCity has cast doubt on the developer's claims that putting in an offline mode for the new city simulation game is not possible. Read more...

EA still upgrading SimCity servers; no offline mode planned

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:18:20 +0000

Electronic Arts is still in the process of upgrading the servers to get its urban simulation game SimCity back to full operation, while also saying they have no plans to add an offline mode. Read more...

EA offers free game to frustrated SimCity owners

John Callaham — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:38:58 +0000

Electronic Arts has announced it will be sending SimCity owners a code to download a free game from its catalog as compensation for its continuing server issues with the city simulation game. Read more...

EA disabling some SimCity features to help fix server issues

John Callaham — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:16:45 +0000

Electronic Arts is temporarily disabling some "non-critical" gameplay features in SimCity in a new patch in an attempt to bring the online servers for the city simulation game back in full operation. Read more...