Posts Tagged ‘EA’

The Future Of Star Wars Games Is In The Hands Of EA

EA paving new ground in the Star Wars Universe.

This just in from a press release dated today (and posted below). EA is entering a multi-year, multi-title exclusive contract with Lucasfilm Ltd. and Disney Interactive to create future Star Wars games for a multitude of platforms. BURBANK & REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today [...]

Friday Free-For-All: From Baldur’s Gate to Beer

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Earlier this week, Games Industry International interviewed Dr. Greg Zeschuk, former BioWare co-owner. James Brightman, the author of the article, asked Dr. Greg a number of questions about his time at BioWare, the merger with Electronic Arts, and his departure from the company last year. They talked about how he went from making games to [...]

TORWars Podcast #141: EA’s Riccitiello Leaves And We Celebrate With Double XP

Star Wars if Lucas didn

Greetings TORWarriors and welcome to episode #141 of the TORWars podcast. It has been a big week in news and we wrap it up in a nice podcast package full of blue humor and fart jokes. Why keep you from the laughter and hilarity that you’ve come to expect from us? Here the show notes, [...]

TORWars Podcast #120: Exclusive PvP Interview With Senior Systems Designer, Rob Hinkle

Welcome to episode #120 of the TORWars podcast!  Today we bring you a very special BioWare guest to talk about all things PvP in Star Wars: The Old Republic.  Please welcome Senior Systems Designer, Rob Hinkle. Here’s all that we were able to get Rob to open up about: ● Ancient Hypergates ● Other Changes [...]

Want to Buy Electronic Arts?

Electronic Arts, the company that owns BioWare, may be in the early stages of looking for a buyer, according to a New York Post article. Sources are reporting that EA has been approached by two private equity firms about a potential sale. The recession and the rapid changes in technology and social media have hurt [...]

SWTOR Going Free-To-Play By Fall

That’s right, you read it correctly.  Star Wars: The Old Republic is going free-to-play.  Starting in fall there will be two ways to play.  Subscription and free-to-play.  Subscription is a “service designed for players who want unrestricted access to all the game features via ongoing subscription or by redeeming a Game Time Card. In addition [...]

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