Categories Posted inin Business EA names new chief of BioWare label (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 10, 2013 1 min Former head of Major League Gaming now runs BioWare label. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Plants vs Zombies 2 reaches 16M downloads in five days Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 20, 2013 2 min It's EA's most successful mobile game launch in history.. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business It’s about time: Plants vs. Zombies 2 is here, and it’s damn good (review) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 13, 2013 11 min Fans of the last game will find plenty to get obsessed with in the new version where the zombies try even harder to eat your brainz. Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Business Frank Gibeau on EA’s digital ecosystems, Star Wars games, and Titanfall (interview part two) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 24, 2013 11 min Check out part two of our interview with EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, and find out more about the software giant's approach to making blockbusters. Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Business Jury sides with Madden programmer in EA lawsuit Posted byby GamesBeat July 24, 2013 1 min A California jury awarded Madden designer Robin Antonick an estimated $11 million in his lawsuit against publisher Electronic Arts. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA says 76 percent of its revenue comes from digital publishing Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 23, 2013 3 min But the company still reports a loss for the first fiscal quarter. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: My favorite games of E3 2013 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 21, 2013 8 min Many companies held back original properties for the next generation of consoles -- and are now showing them off. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business The best technology demos of E3 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 17, 2013 7 min Virtual reality might well make a comeback in games, based on the reception for Oculus VR. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business How EA’s DICE will become more than the ‘Battlefield studio’ (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 14, 2013 10 min Karl Magnus-Troedsson pulls back the curtain on EA DICE's big games at E3. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA exec Frank Gibeau: ‘We make the ammunition in the hardware wars’ Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 12, 2013 2 min But EA won't bet on one over the other, beyond "tactical exclusives." Continue Reading 2 min