Tagged: electronic arts

Lawsuit Central: Himmelfarb vs Spore

Lawsuit Central: Himmelfarb vs Spore

Sep 24th, 2008 11:55 AM by matt in DS, Industry News, PC

You didn’t think that will all this controversy over Spore that there wasn’t going to be a lawsuit did you? Good, because Alan Himmelfarb with KamberEdelson has filed a Class Action lawsuit against Electronic Arts over the DRM included with Spore. The suit, filed on Monday is on behalf of Melissa Thomas and “all consumers [...]

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Rock Band headed Down Under

Rock Band headed Down Under

Sep 22nd, 2008 7:54 PM by matt in Playstation, Wii, Xbox

Good news for all the Aussie gamers, the original Rock Band is heading to Australia on November 7th.
Rock Band will be released in Australia with multiple configurations. One will have the standard hardware – drums, guitar, microphone and retail with the software for $249.99 AUD. You can also get this bundle, minus the game for [...]

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Mirror’s Edge release date plus Pre-order bonus goodness

Mirror’s Edge release date plus Pre-order bonus goodness

Sep 18th, 2008 11:10 AM by matt in PC, Playstation, Xbox

Electronic Arts has finally given us a date the chew on for Mirrors Edge. Be expecting to run some roofs on both the Xbox and PS3 November 11th. You can also expect a demo before the November release on Xbox Live and the PSN.
For those planning on picking up a pre-order, after September 26th, you [...]

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Spore DRM fiasco continues…

Spore DRM fiasco continues…

Sep 12th, 2008 11:53 AM by matt in PC

You may be aware of the recent controversy over the DRM packaged with Spore. Now, users are reporting via the official Spore forums that they can only have one online account per copy. That means owners with families will have to by another copy or share one account.
Here is the post from user heints:
“The game [...]

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Warhammer Online is Gold

Warhammer Online is Gold

Aug 27th, 2008 3:42 PM by matt in PC

EA Mythic has finally announced that the finishing touches have been applied to Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and it is now Gold. WAR will hit stores on September 18 and have many subscription options. As the game release is quickly nearing, we will finally see if it has what it takes to woo some [...]

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Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Trailer

Aug 22nd, 2008 10:23 AM by matt in PC

This week we are all about trailers it seems, and I love it. Here is the cinematic trailer for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. Certainly more elaborate than the Lick King trailer we posted yesterday, but Blizzard already has a few subscribers.

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EA gets the ok to buyout Take-Two Interactive

Aug 20th, 2008 2:14 PM by matt in Industry News

Looks like it may happen after all, the Federal Trade Commission has given the ‘Ok’ for the buyout of Take-Two Interactive by Electronic Arts. The next step is for the two parties to settle on an agreement on how they wish to come together.
Take-Two Interactive owns Rockstar, 2K Games and 2K Sports. With the [...]

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Need for Speed Undercover coming in November

Need for Speed Undercover coming in November

Aug 19th, 2008 8:52 AM by Andrew in DS, Mobile, PC, PSP, Playstation, Wii, Xbox

EA has announced a the next chapter in the Need for Speed Series, Need for Speed Undercover. This installment will pit players as a driver who is recruited by the FBI to go undercover to help take down anĀ  international crime syndicate.
The game will be making a change from the last installment, Need for Speed [...]

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Burnout Paradise is coming to PSN, plus price reduction to $29.99

Burnout Paradise is coming to PSN, plus price reduction to $29.99

Aug 15th, 2008 8:09 AM by Andrew in Playstation, Xbox

Announced on the PS Blog yesterday night, Burnout Paradise will be coming to PSN this fall, and for a price of $29.99. Also all disc based versions, both PS3 and Xbox 360, are now available at the greatest hits/classics price of $29.99.
The PSN version will have all the content on disk plus all of the [...]

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EA misspells Brett Favre’s name in Madden 09

EA misspells Brett Favre’s name in Madden 09

Aug 13th, 2008 8:14 AM by matt in DS, PSP, Playstation, Wii, Xbox

Oops. Looks like EA has some issues with Brett Farve Favre’s name. A reader of Kotaku sent in a tip and a screenshot of how EA certainly did misspell Brett’s name. After all, sound it out right? I guess not.
Keep a look out for the patch notes on the next Madden 09 update. Do you [...]

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