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EA joins the fight to fix video games’ perception problem
“It’s not about games, there’s a perception issue. We can be a part of that solution, and we’re ready to do that.”…
Minecraft Title Update 8 is all about fixes, nixes Ender Dragon till TU9
Minecraft on Xbox 360 gets a host of fixes in Title Update 8 today, but no Ender Dragon as Play XBLA previously…
Warcraft movie to be helmed by Source Code director Duncan Jones
The film adaptation of Blizzard’s Warcraft universe, simply titled Warcraft, is moving ahead with director Duncan Jones, The Hollywood Reporter says. Jones,…
Dust 514 Hands-On Preview: A Giant Leap Forward For Free-To-Play Shooters
When you’re doing something as revolutionary as CCP is with Dust 514, it can be easy to focus on the bigger aspects…
Riccitiello: We were ‘horrified’ by Newtown, studies don’t link video games to gun violence
EA CEO John Riccitiello said EA didn’t see any impact on sales of shooters following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary…
Report: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance VR missions, side character DLC inbound
Platinum Games will support Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance with downloadable VR missions. Japanese mag Dengeki PlayStation (via Siliconera) published the news, noting…
Torture scene removed from Splinter Cell: Blacklist, no one ‘loved’ it
The E3 2012 demo for Splinter Cell: Blacklist introduced a savage, player-controlled torture scene, asking players to press and hold a button…
EA struggles to keep up with declining console game sales
A big hit from lower-than-expected sales of Medal of Honor Warfighter — along with overall softness of the retail market — forced…
EA: Medal of Honor is ‘out of rotation’ following poor Warfighter scores
The Medal of Honor series is now “out of rotation,” EA announced during its third quarter financial call. Following Medal of Honor:…
Fuse delayed to second quarter of 2013
During EA’s fiscal third quarter earnings call, CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed that Insomniac’s PS3 and Xbox shooter, Fuse, has been delayed. “We’ve…
Jason Rohrer Reveals The Castle Doctrine, Part 1
Indie dev Jason Rohrer, creator of Passage, Sleep Is Death, Inside A Star-Filled Sky, The Diamond Trust of London and the near-mythical…
US Senator calls video games "a bigger problem than guns"
An actual US senator claimed that video games are a bigger problem than guns earlier today on MSNBC (via DailyKOS).When host Chuck…
Flashback Due For An HD Remake In Flashback Origins?
Brace yourselves, cyberpunk fans. Flashback, the badass adventure game platformer from 1992, may be getting the HD remake treatment in something called…
Gunslugs rampages through Ouya, gets caught on film
OrangePixel’s Pascal Bestebroer developed Gunslugs with the Ouya in mind, adding a deep co-op experience that he thought would shine on a…
EA: Dead Space 3, Crysis 3 pre-sales tracking ahead of previous installments
EA had some good news today about upcoming games Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3, announcing pre-orders for both games are trending…
FIFA 13 sold 12 million in 2012, revenue up from FIFA 12
FIFA 13 sold through 12 million units through the third fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2012, an increase of 23 percent over…
Battlefield 3 Premium hits 2.9 million subscribers, earns $108 million for EA
As part of its fiscal third quarter earnings release (PDF), EA has revealed that the Battlefield 3 Premium service has garnered a…
EA dishonorably discharges Medal of Honor
The publisher saw a soft holiday quarter, thanks in part to MoH……