Four page analysis by a game developer, Ernest Adams, who has worked for EA. The developer explores whether he should sell his ERTS stock earned through compensation. Adams reviews the history of the company and the changes over time.
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Digital game developer Electronic Arts (EA) announced its second move into Asia's online game market on Tuesday, by buying South Korean online game developer J2MSoft Inc.
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"Ahead of August NPD numbers, EA says Madden 09 generated $133.5 million in sales despite low preorders, thanks to new audiences and higher quality levels, and EA Sports boss Peter Moore tells Gamasutra that the way the game's outperformed films is good news for the entire industry."
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EA's gritty, nay, visceral take on free-to-play modern combat - Battlefield Heroes - was originally slated to appear over the Summer. The announcement of its delay came during EA's conference call yesterday, with the promised addition of new "social networking features" meaning it's being held back until the end of the year.
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Electronic Arts has announced the appointment of John Pleasants as the company's new chief operating officer and president of global publishing. He will report directly to CEO John Riccitello, and in his new role the exec will lead the charge in EA's global publishing, corporate communications and government affairs. He will also be getting his hands dirty helping manage EA's online, central development, and technology teams as well.
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Last week Electronic Arts made public an audacious bid to acquire Take-Two Interactive, which had been rejected. The move came several months after the announcement that Bioware and Pandemic would be acquired by EA. The publisher's CEO, John Riccitiello, is certainly ringing in the changes. Here, former GamesIndustry.biz editor Rob Fahey considers what we're seeing and what it means for the company that many gamers love to hate.
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If you were crisscrossing the innerweb tubes today and happened upon this announcement about Red Alert 3 and then saw this cover, you've probably been wondering if you'll have to learn Hungarian in order to read all the juicy details. Well, drop that Hungarian-to-English dictionary, C&C fans! PC Gamer's April 2008 cover story (hitting newsstands on March 4th) will dish tons of exclusive dirt on the next chapter in the Red Alert series...and do it all in English, to boot!
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No one has really stepped into the "public face" void filled by Moore's sudden departure over at Microsoft, but fortunately, Moore himself is still going to be very much a public face in gaming. Today the EA Sports president launched his very own blog over on EA Sports. Moore says he hopes to update it weekly with thoughts on sports, sports gaming and the gaming industry. http://www.easports.com/article.jsp?id=itg02%2F11
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Since making the transition to this round of consoles, EA Sports' Madden NFL football franchise hasn't always looked like a playoff contender. But last year's edition on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 definitely reminded us of the good ol' days, earning high review scores from this here website. So yeah, our expectations are high for the upcoming football season; and we hope a recent departure within EA won't affect how Madden NFL 09 turns out.
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PlayStation 2: $301m Xbox 360: $196m PC: $148m Nintendo Wii: $139m Nintendo DS: $122m PlayStation 3: $102m PSP: $74m Mobile: $38m Xbox: $3m Game Boy Advance: $2m GameCube: $1m
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