Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s newest trailer, like Obi-Wan, promises a larger world
Electronic Arts has enlisted the help of charming actor John Boyega to help explain to every Star Wars fan that Battlefront 2 is a much bigger...
NHL 18 is finally teaching me how to win
Sports simulation is a genre that I like in theory, but every time I pick up NHL or Madden, it’s like my knowledge of...
August 2017 NPD: Madden NFL 18 spikes the sales charts
Video game spending is down in the U.S. in August. The only exception to the downward trend is the accessories category, which is up...
American McGee tests the waters for third Alice game
American McGee is best known for his American McGee’s Alice video game, a nightmare version of Alice in Wonderland published in 2000. And now...
Why the Canadian government is OK with picking winners and losers among game startups
Canada has hit its stride in video games, with more than 20,400 direct and an additional 16,000 indirect jobs in the game industry. It...
The Sims 4 rains cats and dogs on November 10
The Sims 4 is getting more adorable. Electronic Arts announced today that the new Cats & Dogs expansion pack will be available for PC...
Carnegie Mellon’s ETC is like the Disneyland of video game schools
Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center became famous in part because of The Last Lecture. Computer scientist Randy Pausch and Donald Marinelli, a professor of drama,...
Electronic Arts is spending even more on ‘influencers’
Electronic Arts is planning its marketing budget around influencers as opposed to primarily television or other advertising channels. During a conference call with investors,...
EA’s boss isn’t bullish on mass-market VR
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said in an analyst call today that virtual reality is an “unbelievable innovation” but that it will take “a couple...
Electronic Arts’ digital sales jumped 23% over the last 12 months
Electronic Arts generated $3.147 billion in sales from digital channels alone over the last 12 months. That is up 23 percent year-over-year, and that...
