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...
NaturalMotion shows off a cool horse game for the iPad (video)
Game developer NaturalMotion showed off a cool, super-realistic horse simulation game on the iPad this week that wowed attendees at the Casual Connect game conference...
Hands-on with multiplayer Battlefield 3 on the PS 3
Battlefield 3 is one of the most-anticipated games of the year. The combat shooting video game isn’t coming out until Oct. 25, but Electronic...
Reflections on GamesBeat 2011 and the road ahead in mobile games
Our well-attended GamesBeat 2011 conference took place this week, and here’s what you missed. As I noted in a preview story on mobile games, the conference was...
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...
Electronic Arts borrows $550M in convertible loans to finance PopCap deal
Electronic Arts said today it has priced $550 million in convertible debt in a private placement. That means it is borrowing money in order to...
Electronic Arts buys PopCap for $750M
Supergiant video game publisher Electronic Arts has acquired casual game maker PopCap for $650 million in cash and $100 million in stock. The deal...
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...
Update: No deal: EA buys social gaming firm Ohai (exclusive)
Update: Ohai says the story is incorrect. Electronic Arts has purchased social gaming company Ohai, according to a source familiar with the matter. The...