Madden NFL creative director Rex Dickson leaves EA after 6 years
Madden NFL creative director Rex Dickson has left Electronic Arts after six years in the position. In a post on Twitter, Dickson said he...
EA CTO Ken Moss leads 1,000 engineers building the tech for future games
When Ken Moss interviewed at Electronic Arts for the chief technology officer, he talked to 14 people. They were nervous about bringing in someone...
Xbox One is blazing a trail for multi-generational backward compatibility
Backward compatibility is not new. ColecoVision’s 1982 Expansion Module 1 and Sega’s 1989 Power Base Converter set the stage for new consoles to play...
EA Mobile senior vice president Mike Verdu resigns
Electronic Arts senior vice president Mike Verdu has resigned from the company, GamesBeat has learned. That’s a significant departure for one of the world’s...
Jade Raymond and Ken Moss of EA to speak about the future of games and tech at GamesBeat Summit
We’re getting a double-dose of Electronic Arts’ top leaders as our latest speakers for GamesBeat 2018, which will examine the future triple-A games and...
EA and Maxis launch The Sims Mobile to close the gap with PC version
Electronic Arts and its Maxis division announced the worldwide launch of The Sims Mobile, the latest in a series of games that lets you...
EA CEO — Star Wars: Battlefront II is a ‘learning opportunity
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson described the company’s missteps in monetization for Star Wars: Battlefront II as a “learning opportunity” in a conference call...
The Sims 4’s Cats & Dogs is 2014 game’s most popular expansion
The Sims 4 launched more than three years ago, but it’s still attracting new players. In Electronic Arts’s report for its third quarter ending...
EA is weathering Star Wars: Battlefront II selling only 9 million copies
Electronic Arts reported financials for its fiscal third quarter ended December 31 that were slightly below what analysts expected, as its marquee game, Star...
Madden NFL esports to be broadcast by ESPN and Disney XD
Electronic Arts said that ESPN, Disney XD, and the NFL will team up to show live exclusive broadcasts of the Madden NFL 18 Club...