Tag archive: Arts

Electronic Arts and Sweden's Digital Illusions announced today that Battlefield 2: Modern Combat has shipped for Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming platform. The new version of the game for the Xbox 360 features all the content from the original Xbox release, plus three new maps and four new vehicles from the “Warsome Booster Pack” released in December 2005. The single-player version of the game offers a… Read More

Electronic Arts, Twentieth Century Fox Television, and Gracie Films have announced an long-term deal which grants EA rights to develop multiple videogame titles based on the long-running animated television series The Simpsons. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed, no dates have been laid out for Simpsons games, and no indication of the duration of the agreement has been released. Electronic Arts said the first game would be… Read More

“Electronic Arts is to buy 20 percent of French publisher Ubisoft, the Wall Street Journal has confirmed this morning, at a reported cost of between $85 million and $100 million. The deal is subject to approval by US regulators, and has pointed towards further consolidation in the games publishing market. EA has had an aggressive year in terms of acquisition, the latest recipient of which was British developer Criterion… Read More