Electronic Arts News

Ea has announced that more than 1500 staff will be made redundant by April 2010.

Investors lit up shares of Priceline.com Inc. Monday evening after the online travel-services provider posted quarterly results as well as an earnings forecast that surpassed Wall Street's projections.

Electronic Arts Inc. today announced it has acquired Playfisha , a leading creator of social network games.

Electronic Arts said Monday its loss widened in the latest quarter in what's been a difficult year for the company and the broader video game industry.

EA Acquires Playfish For Up To $400 Million Nov. 9, 2009, 9:51 AM 898 Electronic Arts has acquired Facebook games-maker Playfish for up to $400 Million.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Monday's session are those of Electronic Arts, Fluor, McDermott, and MBIA.

Free trials are a great way for you to try out an MMO and decide if you want to pay for it every month.

Mythic Entertainment announced today that players can try Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning for free as long as they want up to level 10.

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio , today announced the upcoming Battlefield: Bad CompanyTM 2 multiplayer beta exclusively on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system.

Video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings Thursday.

Electronic Arts Inc. today announced that the award-winning Need for Speed NITRO is in stores across North America and will hit store shelves in Europe on November 6. Developed specifically for the Wii and Nintendo DS, Need for Speed NITRO brings an unrivaled sense of speed to the streets as players evade cops and take down competitors to become ...

Did Zynga Just Blow Up Rival Playfish's $400 Million Sale? Nov. 3, 2009, 10:21 AM 836 Social games maker Zynga may have just torpedoed rival Playfish's $400 Million sale to Electronic Arts.

Fight Night Round 4 Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that it will be releasing a new Downloadable Content pack for Fight Night Round 4 in early December for both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The DLC pack retails for 800 MS Points and $9.99 on Xbox LIVETM Marketplace and the PlayStation Network, respectively.

Social gaming firm Playfish has been the subject of several acquisition rumours recently - in particular, that Electronic Arts has already agreed to buy the social-gaming company for $250 million via Alley Insider ) and, in another, that Playfish is just playing the field in search of an even bigger sale price .

Admittedly, the range of games available for the Mac is few and far between. Mythic Entertainment is giving us lonely Mac-using gamers an opportunity to join the PC gamers in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning , which was just announced to have been released for the Mac.

Brian Rogers , CIO of T. Rowe Price, manager of its Equity Income Fund, has seen his fund recovering from deep loss in 2008.

Apple Inc. is opening its free iPhone and iPod Touch applications to micro-transactions, a move expected to create a bonanza for a wide variety of companies, notably those selling "virtual goods" and games.

Electronic Arts Inc. will release its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 after the close of market on Monday, November 9, 2009.

In bringing "Rock Band" to the iPhone and iPod touch, Electronic Arts has taken a game designed to be played on big, specialized controllers in a spacious living room setting, and shrunk it down to a 3.5-inch touchscreen.