Categories Posted inin Business Five bugs and jokes in The Sims that went on to become features — and two that did not Posted byby GamesBeat February 19, 2015 5 min The Sims team runs down the list of programming accidents that made it into the finished game -- and a couple of pretty funny goofs that didn't. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Following The Sims and Second Life, Rod Humble’s third act takes on religion … in a strategy game Posted byby GamesBeat February 18, 2015 5 min Humble thought he'd about done it all when it came to games, but playtesters of his newest religious strategy title took even him by surprise. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Your thirst for DLC, GTA Online, and Warcraft brought the digital gaming market to $1.1B in January Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 12, 2015 2 min Digital revenue on PC and console was up 18 percent in January year-over-year. Even Capcom benefited from this. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Porsche will let you race the new Cayman GT4 right now … in EA’s Real Racing 3 Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 5, 2015 2 min This is the first time an automobile manufacturer has revealed a new car in a mobile game. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business WooHoo! The Sims celebrates 15 years today Posted byby GamesBeat February 4, 2015 5 min Senior producer Lyndsay Pearson reflects on killing Sims and their pets. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business On The Sims’ 15th anniversary, one fan reflects on how it changed his life Posted byby GamesBeat February 4, 2015 5 min Bill Schloss says The Sims helped him decide whether to tell the Navy about his life as a gay man. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Space Ape aims to become one of the big hairy brutes of mobile gaming (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 2, 2015 19 min Space Ape has a chance to be one of the big players in mobile games. Will its next game do the trick? Continue Reading 19 min
Categories Posted inin Business Madden predicted the Super Bowl exactly Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 2, 2015 1 min New England won, and Madden knew it would happen. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Battlefield: Hardline open beta starts next week Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 29, 2015 1 min The test will last for five days on every major platform. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA stock price surges as Wall Street falls in love with its PS4, Xbox One sales and more Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 28, 2015 2 min EA is also quickly transitioning to digital and mobile. Continue Reading 2 min