Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 3, 2012 at 9:52 am PT
The game business is booming. But the industry’s traditional leader has stumbled. It’s going to get its mojo back, says CEO John Riccitiello.
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Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 21, 2012 at 3:10 pm PT
King.com,
one of the fastest-growing social games companies on Facebook, has opened a new game studio in London that will be led by Electronics Arts and Playfish veteran Catharina Lavers Mallet. While an executive producer at EA, Lavers Mallet worked on major titles like The Sims Social. The London studio is expected to hire about 40 employees and to work with the company’s headquarters there in addition to other offices in Hamburg, Stockholm, Milan, Romania, Malta and San Francisco.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12, 2012 at 2:47 pm PT
Zynga has hired away Barry Cottle, the EVP of Electronic Arts’ interactive division, marking the third high-profile steal it has made from the rival videogame maker over the past year.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 1, 2011 at 5:33 pm PT
Electronic Arts has acquired a small social games company, KlickNation, in its ongoing quest to challenge Zynga as the dominant game maker on Facebook.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 10, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
After taking five months off from releasing any games, Playdom has a dozen new releases in the pipeline, some of which will finally leverage Disney’s big brand names.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 7, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
Zynga easily tops the social games charts, but Electronic Arts is slowly creeping up behind the highflier with a combination of acquisitions and launching games based on well-known brands.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 18, 2011 at 9:05 am PT
The game, which launches today, promises to change your social life forever, but it’s also hoping to wreak havoc on Zynga’s dominance in the space.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 5, 2011 at 8:49 am PT
Electronic Arts has reorganized its management team to take into account its acquisition of PopCap, once it’s complete, and the departure of COO John Schappert, who left in April to fill the same role at Zynga.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 26, 2011 at 5:05 pm PT
As part of Electronic Arts’ first-quarter earnings report today, it shed some light on the company’s social games business, which is both up and down at the same time.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 7, 2011 at 11:27 am PT
Freemium is one of those made-up terms that might be here to stay.