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...
Nanigans raises $3M for Facebook ad platform
Nanigans said it has raised $3 million in a first round of funding for its Facebook advertising platform. Boston-based Nanigans has created a real-time...
EA hands out early sports game access to ‘Season Ticket’ buyers
Game publisher Electronic Arts today unveiled the “EA Sports Season Ticket” program, a yearly subscription that gives gamers early access to sports titles and...
Viewsonic and Nvidia push new generation of 3D monitors
Monitor maker ViewSonic and graphics company Nvidia are teaming up to provide a new generation of 3D monitors targeted at game and movie fans...
Why game developers hate the Facebook-Zynga marriage, and how Google+ can benefit
Facebook game developers were furious when they found out about the tight relationship between Facebook and Zynga. If Google properly channels that anger, it...
EA chief: Stereoscopic 3D gaming is a dud so far
TV and monitor makers would love to sell more 3D displays. But Electronic Arts isn’t going to help them. At EA’s annual meeting today,...
EA continues to drive world crazy with vague comments on Star Wars: The Old Republic
Analysts, gamers and investors want to know more details about Star Wars: The Old Republic, the big online game coming from Electronic Arts. But the...
EA chief vows to keep up with big changes in the video game industry
Electronic Arts chief executive John Riccitiello said in a conference call today that the video game industry has fundamentally changed as gamers embrace new...
EA expands its guidance for digital game revenue this year
Electronic Arts reported strong gains for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30 as both digital and packaged-good games saw good results. EA beat...
Venture capitalist Tim Chang describes the white-hot landscape of game investments
The emerging landscape of games is attracting a lot of money, thanks in part to excitement about Zynga’s upcoming initial public offering and some...