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• News

• EA shutters Bright Light studio

  Posted Jan 05, 2012 9:45am PST

  EA has reportedly shut down the Guildford, UK-based Bright Light studio, resulting in staff relocations and layoffs. Some staff members have been...

• Peter Moore promoted to EA Chief Operating Officer

  Posted Aug 04, 2011 3:00pm PDT

  Peter Moore has had a rather illustrious career in video games so far. First, he was the former president and COO of Sega of America during the...

• PopCap to be acquired by EA

  Posted Jul 12, 2011 1:15pm PDT

  PopCap, makers of casual games like Plants vs. Zombies , Peggle , and Bejeweled , will be acquired by EA for $750 million. The announcement...

• Rumor: PopCap being acquired for $1 billion

  Posted Jun 22, 2011 5:15pm PDT

  Techcrunch reports that PopCap is in the process of be acquired and, according to "multiple sources," that the casual hit-maker could sell for...

• EA to acquire Real Racing, Flight Control dev Firemint

  Posted May 03, 2011 11:15am PDT

  EA announced today that it has entered an agreement to acquire Firemint, the developer behind casual hits like Real Racing and Flight Control ....

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• Chatty

• isildur21367: Posted Nov 16, 2010 10:58pm PST console games are fading. they arent going away but emphasis is shifting for the publishers. total console software sales this year will be -10%....
• Dr_Cube: Posted Nov 12, 2010 4:58am PST I don't think Kotick's leadership is responsible for this. Buying Blizzard was a smart move but Activision simply struck gold/oil with Infinity...
• AgentPothead: Posted Mar 14, 2010 5:06pm PDT Did you read the article? Just like low-quality LCD-based handheld games, the true successes of the App Store seem to be translations of...
• marmite: Posted Jan 16, 2010 11:53am PST That's just as much of a concern if they don't get bought. EA's current strategy is to move away from packaged goods and into online, subscription...
• rock elf: Posted Jan 07, 2010 12:30am PST The same day that EA killed Pandemic, they bought casual game dev Playfish. That could be taken as a sign of their intent to shift their focus away...
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