Electronic Arts Inc.

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Electronic Arts hooks Playfish

AFP Global Edition 12 days ago

US videogame publisher Electronic Arts announced on Monday it has acquired London-based social network game maker Playfish in a deal that could be worth up to 400 million dollars. EA said it had bought Playfish, which makes games for Facebook, MySpace and ...

Earnings Preview: Electronic Arts

AP News 15 days ago

Electronic Arts 2nd-quarter results could outpace expectations even amid industry slump Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal second quarter, which ended in September, on Monday after the market closes. The following is a summary of key developments ...

TIME TO BUY HQ?

BusinessWeek 16 days ago

TIME TO BUY HQ? Many investors have given up on real estate. But one group has been on the prowl for property: corporations. Fully 10% of commercial real estate transactions in 2009's first half were corporations acquiring office buildings, sometimes the very ...

Apple's booming App Store tops 100,000 programs

AFP Global Edition 17 days ago

Apple on Wednesday announced that outside developers have crammed the virtual shelves of its App Store with more than 100,000 mini-programs for iPhones and iPod Touch devices. "The App Store, now with over 100,000 applications available, is clearly a major differentiator for ...

Playfish sees social games as industry driver

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 18 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - The video games sector has yet to gain from a downturn where consumers stay home to play, but social games creator Playfish says the industry is just beginning a new growth spurt. The company that invented Pet Society, Restaurant ...

Crucial holiday season arrives for video game industry

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 24 days ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The holiday season is crunch time for video game publishers, who are pinning their hopes on a slew of big releases to make up for lackluster sales this year. Price cuts from home console makers Nintendo Co, Microsoft ...

As recession bites, video gamers turn to downloads

Reuters Life! Online Report 38 days ago

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters Life!) - As the recession takes a bite out of video games sales in the stores, consumers are opting to download more games to save money while keeping themselves entertained. Video game sales slid 14 percent in the ...

Dante's Inferno videogame taking players to Hell

AFP Global Edition 41 days ago

US videogame titan Electronic Arts (EA) said Friday that an acclaimed Hollywood screenwriter has tackled the story line for a videogame taking players into Dante's Inferno. Visceral Games, the EA studio behind the "Dead Space" franchise, is having Will Rokos craft a ...

'Rock Band' videogame heading for iPhone

AFP Global Edition 43 days ago

Music videogame star "Rock Band" will soon be touring with Apple's globally popular iPhones. US videogame titan Electronic Arts (EA) on Friday was inviting "Rock Band" lovers to take their acts on the road with a version of the title expected to ...

Basketball games duke it out in decisive Game 7

AP News 45 days ago

Review: It's a decisive Game 7 for basketball titles `NBA 2K10,' `NBA Live 10' A premiere NBA Finals matchup features basketball's two best teams going at each other shot-for-shot, rebound-for-rebound in an all-out quest for dominance. That's what we finally have with ...

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