Stories about: Electronic Arts

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    Why developers like SharePoint 2010 17/11/2009 22:07:00

    SharePoint 2010, the newly announced upgrade to Microsoft's popular Web and collaboration platform, is receiving a thumbs-up from developers pleased with the product's capabilities, including its use of Visual Studio as a tool for building SharePoint applications.
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    Command & Conquer: Red Alert (iPhone app) 12/11/2009 14:20:00

    Command & Conquer: Red Alert was originally released in 1996 for PCs. Now, however, Electronic Arts has brought it to the small screen, releasing a version of the real time strategy (RTS) game for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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    EA acquires casual gaming pro Playfish for $300 million 10/11/2009 08:57:00

    EA formally announced the acquisition of social games developer Playfish today for an estimated $300 million, with another $100 million incentive promised if the London-based startup meets certain expectations before 2012.
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    New Spore game lands on Facebook 06/11/2009 10:51:00

    Continuing its efforts to adapt to the changing face of the online game world and recast itself as a thoroughly modern games publisher with initiatives in the mobile, web, and social network gaming domains, Electronic Arts today announced its first major Facebook title. Spore Islands invites Facebook users to create a creature and compete against their online friends in a "survival of the fittest" game of exploration and domination.
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    Command & Conquer: Red Alert available now on iPhone 03/11/2009 09:11:00

    Electronic Arts has been teasing the existence of its iPhone port of the classic real time strategy game Command & Conquer: Red Alert for a while now, but the game finally arrived in the app store yesterday for the premium price of US$9.99.
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    Need for Speed franchise has sold 100 million copies 23/10/2009 03:38:00

    Electronic Arts proudly announces that its 15 year-old racing franchise has now sold over 100 million units across 15 different titles.
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    Need for Speed franchise has sold 100 million copies 22/10/2009 10:46:00

    The very first Need for Speed game was released in 1994 for the 3DO game console and completely changed gamers' expectations for racing games thanks to its impressive visuals and licensed cars. Since then, there have been a further 14 iterations of the franchise across 14 different game platforms which all combined have now sold a staggering 100 million units. This figure is based on internal EA data, not independently audited sales data.
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    Rock Band available now on iPhone 20/10/2009 09:57:00

    With some considerable fanfare, Electronic Arts and Harmonix released the latest version of Rock Band (iTunes link) today -- it's now a US$9.99 iPhone app with in-game song purchasing enabled.
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    Mass Effect 2 releasing on Jan 26 in US 17/10/2009 09:20:00

    As if the mass exodus of delayed games into the early months of 2010 hadn't created enough of a clutter in the new year, EA has planted one of its most anticipated titles in the first month of next year, setting a January 26 US release date for the highly-anticipated Mass Effect 2.
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    Ballmer: Windows 7 worth the investment 30/09/2009 05:51:00

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer put on his sales hat Tuesday and made a case for why businesses should upgrade to Windows 7, despite an economy in which many IT budgets have been frozen or are lower than in years past.
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    Gaming consoles gear up for the Holidays 26/09/2009 03:18:00

    The Holidays are just around the corner, and gaming console makers hope to make 2009 a record-setting year. The Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii have all dropped their prices in recent weeks. There are also new motion-control innovations in the pipeline from Sony and Microsoft, and Nintendo hopes its Wii will hang on with the revival of its most popular video game hero.
 
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