Neowin News Feed for: Arts

Google launches redesigned Arts & Culture app for Android, iOS coming soon

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:34:01 +0000

Google is releasing its revamped Arts & Culture app for Android, with an iOS version on the cards. The app comes with a new feature that creates art-inspired and AI-generated poems for the users. Read more...

Electronic Arts to Buy BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:09:18 +0000

Video game developer Electronic Arts Incorporated has announced plans to pay up to $775 million in cash and stock to acquire two software studios from Elevation Partners: BioWare Corporation and Pandemic Studios. Together, the studios... Read more...

Peter Moore Leaves Microsoft, Joins Electronic Arts

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:45:36 +0000

Peter Moore, the head of Microsoft's gaming business, is leaving to join game maker Electronic Arts. For the past four years Mr Moore has been the public face of Microsoft's Xbox and PC gaming business,... Read more...

Electronic Arts brings the SimCity Series to Nintendo DS

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:44:04 +0000

The fastest selling gaming system in the world, the Nintendo DS, is getting the best selling game in the world, the Sims series. After confirming at the beginning of February that the company is developing... Read more...

Electronic Arts hires former THQ executive

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:17:28 +0000

Electronic Arts has hired Philip Holt, formerly head of studio operations at THQ, to oversee the publisher's Florida subsidiary, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. Holt will take over as chief operating officer... Read more...

Interview with Electronic Arts VP Glenn Entis

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:16:45 +0000

Love them or hate them, it's hard to deny that Electronic Arts is one of the biggest players in the video games market today. With total revenues of 3 billion dollars last year, EA... Read more...

Electronic Arts Renews License With John Madden

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:16:33 +0000

Electronic Arts Inc. on Wednesday said it renewed a licensing agreement with TV football analyst John Madden to continue using his name, voice and likeness for its top-selling video football game. "Madden NFL 2006" is... Read more...

Lawyers chase Electronic Arts

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:57:35 +0000

Complaint filed in Federal District Court seeks to pin responsibility for last week's drop in share price on corporate officers. A Philadelphia law firm which makes claims of being "a driving force... Read more...

Oddworld's "Stranger" finds a home with Electronic Arts

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:30:53 +0000

EA confirms that it will publish the next Oddworld title; game is bound for PS2 and Xbox gamers sometime in 2005. Oddworld cofounder Lorne Lanning takes us behind the scenes. Quoted from GameSpot. ... Read more...

EMI Sues Electronic Arts Over Video Game Music

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:36:37 +0000

EMI Group Plc, one of the world's largest music companies, has filed a federal lawsuit against Electronic Arts Inc., the world's largest video game publisher, over claims of copyright infringement in EA's highly successful sports... Read more...

Electronic Arts to offer Godfather

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:57:17 +0000

Publisher confirms an adaptation of the classic Francis Ford Coppola films, and it will likely be M-rated. Hoping to cash in on the popularity of the crime genre, Electronic Arts is going... Read more...

Electronic Arts ranked as one of the UK's best employers

Marcel Klum — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 21:37:42 +0000

Electronic Arts has been named in the Sunday Times' annual survey of the best companies to work for in the UK, with the giant publisher being ranked 21st in the top 100 listing and described... Read more...

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Awards

Sat, 06 Mar 2004 15:55:36 +0000

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences today presented Achievement Awards in 36 categories. Publisher Activision and developer Infinity Ward's Call of Duty was honored as the overall Game of the Year. Electronic Arts topped... Read more...

Electronic Arts, Marvel Sign Game Development Deal

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 15:30:25 +0000

Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. on Thursday said it has signed a deal with comic book publisher Marvel Enterprises Inc. to develop a series of fighting games pitting newly developed EA characters against Marvel... Read more...

Sega in talks with Electronic Arts

Marcel Klum — Tue, 27 May 2003 20:10:45 +0000

Incoming Sega president Hisao Oguchi has confirmed that the company is in talks with Electronic Arts over a sales alliance in North America which would further the Japanese company's overseas ambitions. According to... Read more...

Electronic Arts disses Microsoft

Mon, 12 May 2003 22:20:26 +0000

Electronic Arts put Microsoft in the unfamiliar position of second fiddle after the video game publisher chose to make its online games available only on Sony consoles, according to a published report Monday. ... Read more...

Electronic Arts sees increased profit

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 00:37:56 +0000

No. 1 video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. posted a larger fiscal third-quarter profit on Wednesday, driven by sales of new games based on movie series like "James Bond" and "Harry Potter." Redwood... Read more...

Electronic Arts Names Former Amazon CFO as Its Own

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:16:30 +0000

Thanks neo1980 for sharing this with us. No. 1 independent video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. on Wednesday appointed Amazon.com Inc. former chief financial officer Warren Jenson as its own CFO, replacing long-time executive Stan... Read more...

Interview: Unreal 2 arts

Marcel Klum — Fri, 07 Dec 2001 09:48:21 +0000

Blue Monday has a nice interview with Kevin Johnstone graphics artist for Unreal2. "Unreal 2 is going to make your jaw drop. I've never been as excited about the possibilities of a game... Read more...

Electronic Arts Restarts 'Majestic' Online Game Restarts

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 22:11:25 +0000

Thanks to Scuba by email Update : to previously posted article Electronic Arts Restarts 'Majestic' Online Game Electronic Arts, the largest US videogame publisher, said on Tuesday that... Read more...

Electronic Arts suspends 'Majestic'

Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:40:57 +0000

Update : Following on from a post I made a week or two ago, I found the following story on msnbc. LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 — The publisher of the online role-playing... Read more...