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

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.
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Kabam Acquires Top LucasArts Game Makers to Help Build Hardcore Social Games

Kabam, known for developing hardcore social games such as The Godfather and Kingdoms of Camelot, has acquired a company with deep roots in the console game space.
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Still Looking for Gift Ideas? Wal-Mart Recommends a Box for Men.

Don’t know what to get your loved one? Wal-Mart has made a list of recommendations based on people’s interests on their Facebook pages. At the very top: A keepsake box for men.
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Call of Duty Grosses More Than $775 Million in Five Days to Destroy All Records

Activision’s latest Call of Duty title has shattered all previous entertainment records, grossing more than $775 million in its first five days of sales.
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Viral Video: Floppy Disk Drives Conduct “Star Wars” Symphony

It does not get any better than this: A pair of floppy disk drives playing the “Imperial March” from the classic movie “Star Wars.” Amirite?

How Does Steve Jobs’ iSpaceship Match Up Against Hollywood’s Spaceships?

Giant — and a little bit eerie — new images of Apple’s proposed Cupertino campus. And, because we can: Spaceships from three of the best space movies of all time.
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Voices

Happy Father’s Day, Darth!

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Who Needs War? Sparks Will Fly in EA’s New Sims Game for Facebook.

Who needs Battlefield 3 when you can begin World War 3 among your friends? The Sims on Facebook, coming soon, will let you flirt, marry and even take showers with your best friends.
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Can Electronic Arts Really Become A Digital Gaming Powerhouse?

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello talked a big game Wednesday, telling analysts on its year-end conference call that the 29-year-old company is well on its way to a major transformation. But the big question is whether EA can turn the ship around when there are 8,000 employees on it who are used to doing business the old way.

Lucasfilm's Data Center, and an Encounter With the Real Death Star (Video)

Yes, the Death Star is real. Luckily it looks nothing like the floating space station of the Star Wars movies. It also no longer runs. But you can find it inside the data center at Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light and Magic.

CES: Steve Ballmer Keynote

Darth Droid Meets iPhonie-Wan

BoomTown Talks to a Puppet