Sims Social, sports games, and digital sales drive EA’s Q2 earnings
For Electronic Arts, success in its second quarter came from strategies both old and new. The company reported solid earnings based on strong sales...
Facebook changes how it tracks users, raising questions about true audience numbers (exclusive)
Zynga may be losing some ground after spending years completely dominating the Facebook social gaming market. Facebook today announced that it is changing the...
EA’s The Sims Social breezes past Zynga’s Farmville
Game publishing company Electronic Arts‘ newest social game, The Sims Social, has passed social gaming supergiant Zynga’s Farmville and now has 36 million monthly...
With EA’s The Sims Social, has Zynga met its match? (hands on)
The Sims, a life simulation game, is one of Electronic Arts’ most successful franchises. The company has sold more than 140 million copies of...
Lodsys targets Rovio, EA, Square Enix and more with amended patent lawsuit
Patent licensing company Lodsys fired a shot at some of the biggest game makers in the world with an amended patent lawsuit against Angry...
Why you nerds should stop hating sports games
Basketball game NBA 2k11 doesn’t start off with a title menu. It throws you straight into the classic 1991 championship game between the Chicago...
EA founder: we are in a dark age of video games (but Zynga is an exception)
Software licensing has hurt innovation in the video game industry — with social game maker Zynga being the exception to that rule — thanks...
EA’s next mobile lineup features multi-platform multiplayer mayhem (video)
The next version of Electronic Arts’ mobile Scrabble game will let players compete against each other across multiple devices and platforms — at the...
Rumor factory churns on: EA now potential buyer for casual game maker PopCap
Game publisher Electronic Arts is the latest rumored suitor looking to buy casual games maker PopCap for more than $1 billion, according to sources...
More Duke Nukem games coming despite recent game being awful
Take-Two will likely publish more Duke Nukem games despite its most recent title, Duke Nukem Forever, being one of the most disappointing games of...