EA rebrands its subscription game services as EA Play
Electronic Arts rebranded its subscription game services — EA Access and Origin Access — under the EA Play brand name. The big video game...
EA tackles the challenge of adjusting to a new normal
The coronavirus pandemic has been going on so long that it has begun to feel normal (though no less unsettling and scary) for many...
Madden NFL 21’s The Yard mode seems like it’s missing, well, the yard
This year, the long-running Madden NFL sim series is adding The Yard, a mode that replicates the sort of ball we played on our...
The DeanBeat: What we’ve learned about pandemic gaming
The second-quarter earnings results from major game companies over the past two weeks have taught us more about how gamers are responding to the...
The DeanBeat: Did gaming peak in Q2? Nope. Maybe it just got started.
The NBA is back. So is Major League Baseball, sort of. Other sports may find their way back as well. As these demands on...
Tens of millions of new players dove into EA games during the pandemic
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said in an earnings call with analysts today that tens of millions of new players have joined the company’s...
The Sims 4 hits 30 million players with massive pandemic bump
Electronic Arts announced today during its latest earnings report that The Sims 4 has reached 30 million players. The Sims 4 launched back in...
EA reports strong June quarter with revenue up 21% to $1.46 billion
Electronic Arts reported financial results today that beat Wall Street’s expectations with revenue growing 21% to $1.46 billion for the first fiscal quarter ended...
EA Mobile reels in Jeff Karp from Big Fish Games
Jeff Karp, the president of mobile game maker Big Fish Games, has resigned from that post to become the head of Electronic Arts’ mobile...
The Sims will get its own reality TV show on TBS
Electronic Arts said The Sims will get its own reality TV show, dubbed The Sims Spark’d, on the TBS television channel in a partnership...