Categories Posted inin Business EA’s CEO makes a passionate response on game violence controversy question Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 30, 2013 2 min John Riccitiello says video games can still be part of the solution when it comes to violent crime. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Dishonorable discharge? EA removing Medal of Honor from release rotation Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 30, 2013 2 min Electronic Arts doesn't have plans for any new Medal of Honor games at this point. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Electronic Arts delays Insomniac’s Fuse beyond April Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 30, 2013 1 min The new third-person shooter from Insomniac gets delayed into the spring. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Origin has 39 million users (and 4 other surprising numbers about EA) Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 30, 2013 2 min FIFA and Battlefield 3 make all of the money for the third-party publisher. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA narrowly beats expectations for holiday game sales Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 30, 2013 3 min EA turns out decent results in a tough quarter. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA DICE is porting Frostbite engine to Mac (Update) Posted byby GamesBeat January 29, 2013 1 min How does Battlefield and Dragon Age for Mac sound? Count on it, because DICE is working to port the Frostbite game engine to OS X. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Battlefield 3 servers down today Posted byby GamesBeat January 28, 2013 1 min Battlefield 3 down for planned server migration tonight. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Newzoo warns of a gap between investor thinking and game-market opportunities Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 28, 2013 3 min Investors are worried about the U.S. retail game market. But overall game-industry sales are at $68 billion, growing 7 percent a year. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA’s Origin service for Mac goes into alpha — coming in February [update] Posted byby GamesBeat January 25, 2013 1 min Valve's Steam service and the Mac App Store must be trembling in fear right now. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012 Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 25, 2013 7 min The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped. Continue Reading 7 min