Andrew Wilson, CEO of Electronic Arts.
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EA CEO sees strong momentum heading into holidays for Star Wars Battlefront

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Electronic Arts chief executive Andrew Wilson said that the video game publisher has “strong momentum” moving into the holiday season as it prepares to launch its big Star Wars Battlefront and Need for Speed titles in November.

EA has seen a turnaround in recent quarters, as have other video game companies that have invested heavily in next-generation consoles such as Activision Blizzard, Take-Two Interactive, and Square Enix. EA raised its full-year earnings and revenue outlook as a result of its more optimistic outlook.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.