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EA’s Star Wars Game Scores 1.7 Million Subscribers in First Month

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 1 at 1:38 pm PT

The results are in, and it appears that both Star Wars and Battlefield 3 helped Electronic Arts beat expectations for the final three months of the year.

Electronic Arts Pressured to Outperform in Soft Videogame Market

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 1 at 12:32 pm PT

Electronic Arts will be under pressure to report strong financial results this afternoon after the industry experienced a disappointing holiday period.

Super Bowl Predictions: How EA Uses Madden to Guess the Final Score

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 30 at 10:53 am PT

Electronic Arts is using artificial intelligence and real-life data to predict that the New York Giants will defeat the New England Patriots by a field goal on Sunday.

Ex-PopCap Developer Looking for New Ways to Monetize Mobile Games

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 25 at 9:00 am PT

One of PopCap’s lead developers is starting a company that has come up with a new way to make money using incentives in free mobile apps.

A Pair of New Social Games: Google+ Captures Pirates, Facebook Takes EA’s Risk

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 11 at 12:41 pm PT

Google is launching a new social game today on Google+, and Electronic Arts rolled out a new title on Facebook that represents a follow-up to its big hit The Sims Social.

Zynga’s Stock Nosedives, Falling Nine Percent to Hit New Low

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 9 at 9:15 pm PT

Zynga’s shares continued a downward spiral for a third straight day, sinking more than nine percent to hit an all-time low.

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Seismic Games Raises $2 Million to Develop Social Games

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 4 at 6:00 am PT

Los Angeles, Calif.-based Seismic Games has raised $2 million in a first round, ahead of its first social game launch coming later this quarter. The round was led by DFJ Frontier and venture capitalist Tom Matlack. The management team includes CEO Greg Borrud, who previously co-founded Pandemic Studios, which was sold to Electronic Arts in 2007 for $860 million.

Americans Played Anything but Social Games During the Holidays

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 3 at 7:30 am PT

The number of people playing games on Facebook tanked last week, as some game makers were unable to capitalize on people’s downtime during the holidays.

PopCap Says Making Bejeweled Free Will Lead to a New High Score (Video)

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 23, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

PopCap has set the ambitious goal of getting half a billion people to play Bejeweled, its 11-year-old puzzle game.

Digital Game Revenue Wasn’t Enough to Offset Broader Industry Declines in Q3

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 20, 2011 at 5:37 pm PT

Revenue from mobile and social games, among other categories, is growing, but not at a fast enough clip to offset the declines witnessed in the traditional games market.