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Dead Space may live on, but Visceral is working on a different ‘passion’ project

VIDEO: One-of-a-kind 900 horsepower Ford Mustang to be featured in ‘Need for Speed’ movie

Ford is showcasing a one-of-a-kind Ford Mustang at the Electronic Arts Expo to be featured in the 2014 “Need for Speed” film. Still, whether the new high-stakes film can live up to the thrill of past movies featuring the Mustang remains to be seen.
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Electronic Arts unveils its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One army with 11 games

Electronic Arts was focused on one thing at E3 2013: Next-gen consoles. The company didn't mention any of its mobile, social, or free-to-play PC titles, opting only for Xbox One and PS4.

Finding your way in ‘Fuse’: A guide to surviving Insomniac’s co-op fragfest

EA begins to undo Online Pass as Xbox 360 DLC goes free

‘Crysis 3’ books June 4 trip to ‘The Lost Island’ multiplayer DLC

EA eliminates Online Pass from future games, citing customer feedback

Battlefield dev DICE expands to Los Angeles for EA’s Star Wars game

‘The Sims’ creator Will Wright calls ‘SimCity’ launch debacle ‘inexcusable’

Maxis founder and SimCity creator Will Wright spoke recently about EA's "inexcusable" SimCity launch disaster and the state of the game industry.

Five corners of the Star Wars universe that you didn’t know about

Here are some Expanded Universe locations that we'd like to see visited in Electronic Arts' newly confirmed slate of Star Wars video games.

Rumor: ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 15’ canceled as EA redefines its sports games

2014 will be a strange year for gaming and not just because of the new consoles. Rumor is that EA has canceled Tiger Woods PGA Tour 15, one of its annual sports games.

Electronic Arts reportedly shutting down its EA Partners label

Electronic Arts has yet to formally confirm anything, but multiple unnamed sources confirm that the publisher will shut down its EA Partners label.

Facebook claims that just because EA is running, gaming isn’t dead on the social network

Facebook insists that its network is still a booming market for game makers despite Electronic Arts' big closures. What's the truth? It depends on your perspective.

EA swallows a $300 mill pill and backs away from Facebook

Not even four years after EA acquired Playfish for $300 million, it's shutting down all of Playfish's Facebook games, including SimCity Social.

Microtransactions seemingly worse than mortgage fraud as EA is named Worst Company in America (again)

People really didn't like that SimCity launch it seems. EA was named the Worst Company in America for the second year in a row, beating out Bank of America.

EA returns to defend its title as the “Worst Company in America”

Electronic Arts has ticked off customers with botched releases like SimCity and a growing reliance on microtransaction based games, but is it really the worst company in America?

EA’s Origin leaves 10 million customers vulnerable to hacking

Two researchers with a security company found that the EA Origin opens downloaded video games can be easily manipulated to launch malicious apps on users' PCs.

Electronic Arts boss John Riccitiello resigns after six years of declines

Electronic Arts value has crumbled over the past six years due to changes in a voltile market, but investors blame CEO John Riccitiello, who will step down on March 30.

Disgruntled SimCity players may find the game they’re looking for in classrooms

SimCityEDU is a website tool and community for teachers using the new SimCity as part of their course work, and the tool may support different versions of the new game.

American McGee looks to free Alice from EA to crowd-funding ‘Alice 3’

American McGee is drumming up interest in a sequel to Alice ahead of GDC, and wants to get the rights to the series from EA before crowd-funding Alice 3.

There is a way to play SimCity offline and to increase city size, sort of

Want to expand your city and play by yourself, far from the internet? Don't go back to SimCity 4 if you don't want to, just fire up the new SimCity's debug mode.

SimCity’s launch debacle highlights EA’s bigger problem: Its own business practices

Electronic Arts, Maxis, and Origin have a much bigger problem than overloaded SimCity servers. They are crippled by outmoded ideas about how to do business.

‘SimCity’ review: This reboot isn’t for loners

So about our SimCity review… [UPDATED]

We're going to hold off on posting a review of EA and Maxis' just-released SimCity until lingering network connectivity and server issues can be worked out.

Digital Blend: Angry Birds are set free on iOS and Planescape crushes it on Kickstarter

EA says that all future games will have microtransactions (but not really)

Microtransation heavy games like Real Racing 3 and Dead Space 3 represent all of EA's future titles according to CFO Blake Jorgensen. But maybe not. He's not sure.

We bid adieu to BioWare San Francisco, as EA shuts down the Dragon Age: Legends studio

As a result of EA's investment in new games like Dragon Age 3: Inquisition, smaller studios like Dragon Age: Legends developer BioWare San Francisco are getting the axe.

Crytek explains why Crysis 3 on the Wii U had to die

Unlike Dead Space 3 and others, Crytek's Crysis 3 was actually up and running on Wii U, but EA killed it off.

Mastering the multiplayer in Crysis 3

Crysis 3 Review

Crysis 3 review: Crytek’s shooter is an expertly made toy soldier with no soul

As satisfying as it is to play through Crysis 3's dystopian shoot outs, it's hard not to wish it were something more. Crysis 3 gives you plenty to do, but never a good reason why.

Rock Band goes on farewell tour before it stops releasing new songs in April 2013

Rock Band creator Harmonix announced that come April 2nd, it will stop releasing new downloadable content for its music games, ending 275 weeks of regular updates.

Fuse preview: The creator of Ratchet & Clank is a square peg trying to prove it can fit in a round hole

The game formerly known as Overstrike is just weeks away from release, so how is Insomniac's first multiplatform game Fuse shaping up?

Can EA’s Origin succeed on Mac where Steam hasn’t?

Electronic Arts' Origin hasn't grown to a point where it can challenge Valve's Steam. Will that change now that Origin's available on Mac desk and laptops?

Dead Space 3 glitch lets players collect all the items they want free of microtransactions

Intrepid Dead Space 3 players have already found a glitch in the game that allows them to work around the many real-money transactions required to buy parts for weapons.