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Madden NFL 19 is the first EA football game on PC

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EA, ESPN, and NFL team up on Madden Bowl esports docuseries

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 3, 2019
2 min

Electronic Arts, the NFL, and ESPN are collaborating on a four-week documentary series that spotlights the world’s best Madden NFL players. The “Road to...

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2 min

Electronic Arts cuts jobs in its marketing department.

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Electronic Arts lays off 350 people — the most under CEO Andrew Wilson

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 26, 2019
3 min

Electronic Arts is cutting 350 non-development jobs across its business. These layoffs are hitting marketing and analysis departments, according to a source familiar with...

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3 min

Velan Studios founders Guha Bala, left, and Karthik Bala.

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EA signs publishing deal with Skylanders veterans at Velan Studios

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 25, 2019
2 min

Electronic Arts has signed a deal to publish the first game from Velan Studios, an independent game developer started by gaming veterans Guha and...

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2 min

Battlefield V's Firestorm is going to lead into a number of other changes coming to DICE's WWII shooter.

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Battlefield V’s roadmap promises content through the fall

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 22, 2019
2 min

Battlefield V’s Firestorm battle royale mode debuts Monday, March 25. But that’s only the next step in developer DICE’s plans for the future. The...

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2 min

Tractor or helicopter? You know which one you have to choose.

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Battlefield battle royale trailer’s real star is a tractor

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 21, 2019
2 min

DICE finally showed off real gameplay from its upcoming battle royale mode Firestorm. The studio released a trailer this morning that touches on many...

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2 min

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, and Kim Libreri, CTO.

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Epic CEO on 250 million Fortnite players, digital humans, and $100 million dev fund

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 20, 2019
16 min

Epic Games dumped a bunch of news about the state of the Unreal Engine at its keynote talk at the Game Developers Conference today....

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16 min

Octane, a new character in Apex Legends.

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Apex Legends’ Season 1 Battle Pass launches March 19

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 18, 2019
2 min

Six weeks after its surprise debut, Apex Legends is getting its first premium progression pass. Respawn Entertainment announced today that it is launching the...

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2 min

EA's esports broadcast studio is at its headquarters in Redwood City.

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EA creates high-end competitive gaming broadcast studio

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 15, 2019
2 min

Electronic Arts is unveiling a state-of-the-art competitive gaming studio that will serve as its flagship location for esports broadcasts. The EA Broadcast Center at...