Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - first details, shots, more
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Microsoft Gamer's Day - everything so far
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Development, Trade, UK | No Comments »
Bradley Crooks, formerly of EA, is to take the top job at Kuju's London studio, the developer has confirmed. “Bradley brings a broad range of skills and experience to Kuju so ... Read more..Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Development, EA, Europe, Spain | 1 Comment »
We love Spain. So does EA. According to this, the publisher's opened a massive testing centre in Madrid that will employ between 200 and 400 people from 20 European countries. "We ... Read more..Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in EA, Financials | 1 Comment »
Wedbush Morgan's man in the spotlight Michael Pachter has said that EA's decision to defer guidance for fiscal 2009 until May in its recent financial statement is a "mistake". "We believe ... Read more..Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Canada, Development, Internet | No Comments »
This Canadian newspaper report warns that the British Columbian games development industry is being damaged by (considerable) tax breaks offered in Quebec to companies that set up development studios there. ... Read more..Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in Charts, UK | No Comments »
Burnout Paradise is top of the UK all-format charts for the second week, according to this, despite a 13 percent drop in sales. Wii Play's sales have soared thanks to ... Read more..Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in EA, Racing | No Comments »
Following Thursday's news that EA was shutting down the online portion of the Burnout Paradise demo to create a better service for those who've bought the full game, the publisher ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in DS, EA, Sports, Wii | No Comments »
So says this. The upcoming EA football game was announced yesterday, but EG's just confirmed with EA that Nintendo platforms aren't going to get a look-in. No reason's been given ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in EA, Financials | No Comments »
Still want more EA financial stuff? Can't be bothered to listen to the conference call in the webcast? Hunger for more on what happened in the company's third quarter? Haven't ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in EA, Financials | No Comments »
Don't bother dragging yourself round the internet looking for news on the EA investor call yesterday: we've done it for you. See below for everything unveiled in the chat with ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in EA, Financials, PC, Shooter, Valve | 2 Comments »
According to this, EA is planning to split out the Orange Box's games for separate PC release. The company revealed the plans in an investor call following the release of ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in EA, Financials | No Comments »
Among the ton of info to come out of yesterday's EA investor call following the release of the company's third quarter financials, was first mention of a new Lord of ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in EA, Financials, Rhythm action | No Comments »
Rock Band hardware complaints are in the "single digits", EA CEO John Riccitiello claimed in yesterday's company investor conference call following the release of third quarter financials. His comment was ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in EA, Financials, PC, RPG | 1 Comment »
In yesterday's investor conference call following the release of EA's third quarter results, the company confirmed it is to publish Bioware's long in development fantasy RPG Dragon Age. A tentative ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Development, Financials, PS3 | No Comments »
EA CEO John Riccitiello admitted that the company's PS3 development had "not quite" caught up with Xbox 360 progress in yesterday's investor conference call following the release of the company's ... Read more..Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in EA, Financials, Strategy | No Comments »
In the conference call following yesterday's announcement of EA's financials for the quarter ending December 31, company CEO John Riccitiello said he was confident Will Wright's PC game Spore would ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Action, Financials, Shooter | No Comments »
In EA's third quarter financial statement, just released, the company said it expected Battlefield: Bad Company and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames to ship in fiscal 2009. EA's financial year ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Financials | No Comments »
EA has issued financials for its third quarter - ending December 31 - showing a $33 million loss despite record revenues of $1.502 billion, up 17 percent on the same ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Sports | No Comments »
UEFA Euro 2008, the tournament version of EA's monster soccer franchise FIFA, will ship in the US on May 20 and in Europe on April 11. The real-life UEFA Cup ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Trade | No Comments »
According to this, David Gardner, formally an EA mega-boss, is now the CEO of Infogrames, Atari's parent company. Gardner left EA last year after 25 years with the company to ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in MMO | No Comments »
EA's signed a deal with GigaMedia to handle Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. According to this press release, a date for the game is ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Sports | 1 Comment »
EA's made a first showing of "lighthearted" boxing game Facebreaker, in development for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii at EA Canada. See screens here. "Arcade boxing takes me back to my ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Action | No Comments »
This says that Prima, them what does the guides, is to release a 112-page graphic novel based on EA's dual-player action title, Army of Two. The book's story will a ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Financials | No Comments »
Analysts are expecting EA to come close to guidance for its third quarter when the company announces figures tomorrow, showing around 90 cents profit per share, slightly down from the ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Trade | No Comments »
EA (ERTS) shares rose 4 percent this morning after Bear Stearns analyst Ed Urban upgraded the stock from "peer perform" to "out perform", following a 26 point slide since December ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Shooter | 1 Comment »
This looks pretty cool, and certainly better than the rendered trailer doing the rounds yesterday. You'll find six minutes of proper Tiberium gameplay here. The C&C FPS spin-off is shown ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Rhythm action | No Comments »
Cool. Rock Band's US DLC goes all heavy in March, with news of downloadable tracks from Iron Maiden, Nine Inch Nails, Black Sabbath and Metallica. EA still hasn't announced a ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Trade | 1 Comment »
IGA will sell in-game advertising for EA's Burnout Paradise, including campaigns from Burger king, Diesel, Gillette, CompUSA.com, Sling Media, Vizio, JL Audio and others on billboards, retail stores, radio stations ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Rhythm action | No Comments »
Funny. EA's just released a $50 standalone microphone for Rock Band in the US, and may have unwittingly given the game away as to a Wii version. As seen in ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Sports | No Comments »
We've no idea how much he was paid, but it sounds as though FC Barcelona legend Ronaldinho was more than happy to lend his considerable talents to last year's Spanish ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Fighter | No Comments »
EA and Marvel have confirmed that the companies will no longer be co-working on fighting games following the closure of EA Chicago, the developer of upcoming projects based on the ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Journalism | 2 Comments »
Entertainment Consumer Association president Hal Halpin has contacted Fox regarding the now painfully protracted situation over comments Cooper Lawrence made on the Network about Mass Effect's sexual content. Lawrence has ... Read more..
