Electronic Arts

Notes From a n00b at E3: A Sensory Overload of Fun and Games (But Mostly Just Games)

Eric Johnson in Media on June 12 at 4:00 am PT

Sound and fury, signifying something to the people this expo is really for: The gamer faithful.

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Software Developers Trim Costs on New Games

Ian Sherr, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 10 at 3:22 pm PT

A new generation of videogame consoles from Microsoft Corp. and Sony Corp. promise innovation on several fronts, including higher-fidelity visuals. But one thing they aren’t expected to bring is increased cost to software developers.

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EA Opening New Los Angeles Game Studio

Jens Hansegard and Johannes Ledel, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 15 at 4:45 am PT

Electronic Arts Inc., fresh off announcing it cut 10 percent of its workforce to trim costs, is investing in a new Los Angeles studio for its Stockholm-based DICE game developer with the goal of poaching talent from rivals like Activision Blizzard Inc.

EA Reboot Cost 900 Jobs

John Paczkowski in News on May 9 at 11:25 am PT

Reason for leaving last job: “Hard but essential changes.”

EA Shares Rise Despite Earnings Miss

Mike Isaac in General on May 7 at 1:26 pm PT

A nice move in shares for the gaming giant, which recently struck a major deal with Disney.

Disney’s Star Wars Games Solution: Electronic Arts

Mike Isaac in Media on May 6 at 1:29 pm PT

May the force be with them.

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PopCap’s Bejeweled Executive Producer Leaves for Indie-Focused Studio

Eric Johnson in News on March 21 at 6:30 am PT

Add one more name to that list of ex-EA folks now at mobile indie game publisher Tilting Point: Giordano “Gio” Contestabile, who until recently supervised the Bejeweled franchise at EA subsidiary PopCap Games. Contestabile joined PopCap in 2007, right before free-to-play games went wild on mobile. Before producing the hit puzzle series Bejeweled, he managed the business end of PopCap’s mobile games, including Plants vs. Zombies. As Tilting Point’s new VP of product management and revenue, Contestabile joins fellow EA vets Tom Frisina, Dan Sherman, Steve Coallier and Jim Hsu.

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EA CEO John Riccitiello Is Resigning: Here’s His Farewell Letter

Matthew Lynley, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 18 at 2:03 pm PT

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello said today he is stepping down at the end of the month, ending a difficult six-year reign that has seen the company’s stock fall more than 60 percent in that time.