John Riccitiello Archives - Page 12 of 15

Harvard’s ‘wise men’ tell Silicon Valley: Our country is losing its competitiveness

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 11, 2012
4 min

An all-star panel, with Electronic Arts' CEO John Riccitiello and entrepreneurship professor William Sahlman, said the U.S. is falling behind in economic competitiveness.

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The DeanBeat: Being a tortoise isn’t so bad, but the water is choppy, EA’s top game studio boss says

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 31, 2012
5 min

Zynga was the hare. EA was the tortoise. Do we know who won the race?

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The DeanBeat: What’s next for Zynga as its ‘happily ever after’ fairy tale ends?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 17, 2012
5 min

Zynga had a bad quarter, but this does not mean that social gaming is completely and utterly collapsing.

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Despite Star Wars slowdown, analysts aren’t in despair over EA’s performance

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 1, 2012
3 min

Electronic Arts‘ flagship online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, isn’t doing so well, but the big video game publisher is so well diversified...

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3 min

EA hits on earnings but misses on revenue target for June quarter

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 31, 2012
3 min

Electronic Arts reported its first fiscal quarter earnings today, hitting its target but falling short on revenue. The maker of video games such as Madden...

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3 min

EA hires new CFO as it prepares to announce earnings

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 31, 2012
2 min

EA appoints Blake Jorgensen as chief financial officer. It's a critical time for the company to produce returns for shareholders.

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2 min

EA attempts to calm nervous investors during its annual stockholder meeting

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 26, 2012
1 min

Electronic Art's stock has been in decline since the Battlefield 3 and The Sims 3 publisher warned investors of a tough upcoming quarter. Now EA is attempting to calm panicking stockholders.

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The EA-Activision legal feud takes unexpected twists

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 18, 2012
3 min

The lawsuit over the breakup of Infinity Ward and Activision Blizzard has been a proxy war between two industry giants. But this week, the legal case...

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3 min

The DeanBeat: A tale of two industry giants

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 11, 2012
6 min

The rivalry between Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts came into focus this week as both companies reported their quarterly results, revealing their latest thinking...

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6 min

The Sims Social on life support? EA says no way

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2012
2 min

Electronic Arts came out swinging against what it calls a "misinformed" article in Business Insider, which said that EA's The Sims Social game is on "life support."

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