Thursday, October 15, 2009
Is EA Going to Buy Zynga or Playfish in Social Gaming Bid?
In recent weeks we’ve been hearing rumors about gaming giant EA looking to acquire social gaming companies–specifically Zynga and Playfish.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Electronic Arts: Widespread Downgrades; Is It a Target?
Is Electronic Arts producing games that people just don’t want to play? Because they’re sure not buying them. Countless analysts are downgrading the stock–and while many are convinced the slowdown is just EA’s problem and not prevalent in the industry, skeptics attribute most of it to the economy. Which all begs the question: Is the company vulnerable to a takeover?
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
So Much for Being Recession-Proof, Electronic Arts Warns
A little bit of vulnerability surfaced in the videogame industry today. Electronic Arts, admitting that its holiday game lineup isn’t selling as well as hoped, warned that its revenue and earnings would be below guidance for the March 2009 fiscal year.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
EA Plays the Microsoft Game
If Electronic Arts’ unsolicited bid for Take-Two Interactive sounds a lot like Microsoft’s unsolicited play for Yahoo–complete with both EA and Microsoft ultimately walking away–think again.
It’s only a little bit surprising that EA walked, mostly because Take-Two was in a far stronger negotiating position than Yahoo.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Did Amazon Delete Spore Reviews? [Updated]
Want to know how not to respond to criticism? By deleting it. Yet it appears that’s what Amazon has done. Earlier this week we wrote about the controversy of EA’s decision to put cumbersome DRM on the highly anticipated video game, Spore. The response was that thousands of people started posting one star reviews of Spore, noting the problems with the DRM.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Gamers Fight Back Against Lackluster Spore Gameplay, Bad DRM
Spore, after more than 10 years of development time, is finally available for the PC and Mac. The game comes from the mind of the talented Will Wright, the man who gave us The Sims and the original SimCity titles.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
A Sneak Peek at Spore, EA’s Ultra-Web 2.0 Game
I finally understand why Spore has been delayed for so long. Originally expected for a 2007 release, the simulated evolution game from Electronic Arts studio Maxis was suddenly withheld, much to EA’s chagrin. Maxis head Will Wright explained the delay, saying that the company wanted to make the follow-up to its wildly successful Sims franchise more accessible. That turns out to be an understatement, as I found out this week at an advance press peek hosted at Maxis’ Emeryville, Calif., office.
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