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FIFA 13 has brought in $70m in revenue from digital sales over the past three months, according to EA. The firm included the figure in its Q1 FY2014 financial report earlier today, noting that the $70m is derived on a non-GAAP basis. The total amounted to a 92 per cent …
Read More »EA Sports and Manchester City renew gaming partnership
Manchester City has announced that it has renewed its deal with EA Sports to see the publisher remain in place as its official gaming partner. The three-year extension was announced today on Man City’s Hong Kong pre-season tour. It sees FIFA demo pods remain at the Etihad Stadium Family Stand …
Read More »NCAA ends college football partnership with EA
The NCAA has chosen not to renew its college football franchise contract with EA Sports, the organization has announced. The agreement comes to an end in June of 2014, meaning the recently launched NCAA Football 14 marks the final release of the partnership. "The NCAA has never licensed the use …
Read More »EA Sports’ Andrew Wilson on coming back to Wii U, giving up on Facebook and not ‘messing up’ PS4 or Xbox One
It’s a clich to liken EA Sports to a real sports team. But it’s easy to see why we do. And it’s not just because their studio has a gym, football pitch and basketball court. Nor is it because many of its staff look more like professional athletes than your …
Read More »Read our big interview with EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson in the latest MCV
This week’s issue of MCV features our big interview with the head of EA Sports, Andrew Wilson. Who tells MCV why the firm must not mess up the next generation. There’s plenty more. Xbox 360 overtakes Wii. HMV has a new-look games team. We chat to Xbox and GAME on …
Read More »EA Sports: ‘We must not screw up our next-gen titles’
The boss of EA Sports has warned his teams not to ‘screw up’ its next gen games. EVP Andrew Wilson is wary of the impact new technology can have on the sports genre, describing new consoles as an ‘inflection point’. Our first objective for the next generation is not to …
Read More »EA Sports: Online pass was impeding our games
EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson says that the firm ditched online pass because it damaged the games. Speaking to MCV at E3 last week, the label VP said that forcing gamers to put codes in to access content had become too big an impact for fans. And he denied that …
Read More »EA: UFC goes next gen in 2014
The UFC series will return next year as a PS4 and Xbox One title. Titled EA Sports UFC, this will be the first entry in the series since Electronic Arts took over the licence from THQ last year. As was announced at the Xbox One reveal two weeks ago, the …
Read More »E3 2013: EA enters octagon with UFC
EA's new sports franchise fired up with Ignite Engine.
Read More »E3 2013: EA Sports puts emphasis on movement
EA's Madden, Fifa, and UFC are focusing on smarter, more dynamic animations
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