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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in EA, Lucasarts, MMO, PC, Rumour | No Comments »
According to this recent job ad from LucasArts, the company is looking for Q&A testers to "test MMO games for bugs". That's 'games' plural. EA chief John Riccitiello recently confirmed that ... Read more..Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in E3 2008, EA, Trade | No Comments »
Speaking to MTV at E3, EA boss John Riccitiello said that he believes EA has the best content plan of any games publisher. Well he would, wouldn't he? What we’ve been ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Casual, E3 2008, EA, PS3, Puzzler, Wii, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Speaking to MTV at E3, EA boss John Riccitiello said that it's likely we're going to see Steven Spielberg puzzler Boom Blox migrating from Wii in time. “We haven’t made announcements ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, PC, PS3, Strategy, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Speaking in an investor conference yesterday, EA boss John Riccitiello said that a sequel to The Godfather will ship either at the end of this year or the beginning of ... Read more..Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in DS, Development, EA, Financials, Wii | No Comments »
Speaking in EA's first quarter earnings call last night, company boss John Riccitiello confirmed that the firm has more than 40 games in development for Wii and DS. The exec said ... Read more..Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in DS, Development, EA, Wii | 3 Comments »
Speaking to The San Jose Mercury News, EA head John Riccitiello has said that not heavily backing Wii at the start of this consoles generation was a mistake, but that ... Read more..Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in E3 2008, EA, Take-Two, Trade | 2 Comments »
Seems like not a day goes by without an article about Take-Two and EA sitting in a tree. But even amidst all of the commentary, in an interview with VentureBeat, ... Read more..Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in E3 2008, EA, Trade | 1 Comment »
Speaking to VentureBeat at E3 last week, EA head John Riccitiello was blunt about how the investment community is clueless about his well documented drive for higher review scores. "I don’t ... Read more..Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in E3 2008, EA | 11 Comments »
Speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle, EA CEO John Riccitiello has slammed this year's E3, saying he hates it in its current form. "I hate E3 like this," he said. "Either ... Read more..Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in EA, MMO, RPG | 3 Comments »
EA boss John Riccitiello confirmed at E3 today that BioWare's working on a new Knights of the old Republic game with an MMO "component" to it. The project has been heavily ... Read more..Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Casual, E3 2008, EA, Wii | 2 Comments »
In an interview with MTV, EA CEO John Riccitiello said that Spielberg's Boom Blox was a "hit title" and he'd love to see a sequel. When asked about Boom Blox's relatively ... Read more..Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, E3 2008, EA, Trade | No Comments »
PR BS, meet John Riccitiello. In an interview with Kotaku, he didn’t flex his company’s bulging numbers or trash talk its competition. When asked about Activision Blizzard, he stated plainly: "They ... Read more..Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in EA, Trade | No Comments »
EA boss John Riccitiello has admitted in an Edge article that EA didn't manage the last console transition well, saying the company failed to innovate. You might want to check the ... Read more..Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in EA, MMO, PC | No Comments »
According to this TVG report, EA's John Riccitiello said at the William Blair & Company Growth Stock Conference in Chicago this week that BioWare's MMO would release in fiscal "2010/11". The ... Read more..Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in EA, PC, RPG | 1 Comment »
According to this Strategy Informer story, EA boss John Riccitiello has told the William Blair & Company's 28th Annual Growth Stock Conference that upcoming BioWare RPG Dragon Age is cash ... Read more..Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in EA, Journalism | 15 Comments »
Someone had to say it. EA CEO John Riccitiello has claimed some games get 100 percent reviews despite the fact people don't play them properly, a factor the publisher doesn't ... Read more..Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Action, EA | No Comments »
Talking at a session with investors at the William Blair & Company's 28th Annual Growth Stock Conference, EA CEO John Riccitiello said that EA's Redwood Shores studio is at work ... Read more..Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, America, EA, MMO, PC, Trade | No Comments »
EA boss John Riccitiello, speaking at the William Blair & Company's investor conference in the US today, has admitted that the publisher doesn't expect Warhammer Online to hit World of ... Read more..Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Casual, EA, Puzzler, Wii | 4 Comments »
Speaking at the fun-sounding William Blair & Company's 28th Annual Growth Stock Conference, EA boss John Riccitiello has said that he's happy with the performance of Spielberg Wii game Boom ... Read more..Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in EA, Trade | No Comments »
EA CEO John Riccitiello has disclosed that he spent $967,000 on EA stock this week. The 20,000 shares were bought at a per-share average of $48.37. According to filings, he now ... Read more..Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Rockstar boss Sam Houser has called EA CEO John Riccitiello "the real deal" and said he "sees some appeal in an EA alliance", according ... Read more..Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, Movies, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Speaking at EA's Redwood Shores HQ, company CEO John Riccitiello has said that GTA will be the most successful game of this year and possibly the current generation of consoles. The ... Read more..Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Mike Hickey, analyst for Janco Partners, believes that EA CEO John Riccitiello overstepped the mark in a New York Times interview yesterday, in which he described EA as a "white ... Read more..Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 2 Comments »
EA CEO John Riccitiello has issued a stark warning to Take-Two investors a day after making a $2 billion tender bid for the publisher, saying that the affect on Take-Two's ... Read more..Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Posted in 2K, Activision Blizzard, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, That was the news, Trade | No Comments »
Last week was a big one for news - including the end of Phil Harrison's 15-year career at Sony and first details of CMP's intentions to make GDC an invite-only ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Here. The script's just the speech part of the beginning of the call, so the questions at the end aren't detailed. You'll be able to hear the rest, should you ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 2 Comments »
Suddenly that EA offer doesn't sound so hot. On the back of John Riccitiello making public EA's intentions to buy Take-Two, the target's share price has rocketed almost 50 percent ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two | No Comments »
EA CEO John Riccitiello, speaking in a conference call, has just said that the timing of acquisition activity towards Take-Two was specifically designed not to "screw with GTA". He said earlier ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
EA has dismissed a question in an ongoing conference call as to whether or not their are "runners up" to Take-Two in the quest for acquisition. "Our focus is on Take-Two, ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
In an ongoing conference call, EA CEO John Riccitiello has just said that, "We expect the development of GTA is essentially complete," explaining that the company's move on Take-Two's business ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
EA CEO John Riccitiello has just said that the main reason EA is interested in buying Take-Two is to take control of GTA developer Rockstar. "We see them as the asset, ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
Here. It's got an open letter from EA CEO John Riccitiello, the original press release that went live last night, details of the 1pm GMT conference call and a FAQ ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | No Comments »
EA CEO John Riccitiello has said he doesn't see any takeover of Take-Two happening before GTA IV hits worldwide on April 29, and has called out Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick's ... Read more..Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in EA, Take-Two | 5 Comments »
Take-Two has knocked back a $2 billion bid from EA. EA's now made the offer public as a hostile move. From a letter sent from EA CEO John Riccitiello to ... Read more..Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, GDC 2008, PS3, Shooter, Trade, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Speaking here, Pandemic president Josh Resnick has said that owner EA's plan to target quality titles is in force, and was the reason behind the delay of Mercenaries 2. "I went ... Read more..Saturday, February 9th, 2008 Posted in DICE Summit 2008, Development, EA, Trade | 2 Comments »
Speaking at DICE, which finished yesterday in Las Vages, EA boss John Riccitiello has shouldered blame for failing to maintain the creative dominance of several large studios acquired by the ... 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..
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