VentureBeat:
We’ve been a little behind with roundup lately. Our apologies. Here’s the latest action:Barnes & Noble Nook sold out — The bookseller’s entry into the eBook reader market is under way. The B&N Nook is out of stockk on the com (Read More)
Blue's News:
Electronic Arts announces the Team Racing pack, the first downloadable content for Need for Speed SHIFT, the latest installment in the racing series. The DLC is due on December 1, and while the press... (Read More)
Shacknews Games:
Explaining that "Sims fans around the world build their own stories and machinima and are acting out their own vampire love stories all over the Web," Electronic Arts has produced one of its own: "LOVE TRIANGLE UNDER THE SIMS (Read More)
VentureBeat:
We’ve got some great momentum for VentureBeat’s upcoming DiscoveryBeat event, which will attack the problem of how to get attention for an app in the midst of a lot of noise.One of our newest speakers is Randy Breen, chief op (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
The explosive growth of the Facebook games business has left a small number of companies with a lot of cash.Zynga has raised $54 million. Playdom has raised $43 million and Playfish now has the resources of a billion dollar p (Read More)
Shacknews Games:
Once again, Electronic Arts has exploited Christians to help promote its upcoming video game adaptation of Dante's Inferno.The official website for Mass: We Pray now unsurprisingly reveals the Church-centric mini-game compil (Read More)
Mashable!:
Oops, they did it again: popular Facebook games maker Zynga last month trademarked the name FishVille and promptly launched the game by that name less than a month later. This time Games.com reports it could be pets the socia (Read More)
The Latest Video Game News from 1UP:
The release of Dragon Age: Origins downloadable content is continuing at a rapid pace. Electronic Arts and BioWare have just announced Return to Ostagar, the third set of DLC to arrive since the game's release earlie (Read More)
Kotaku:
With a title like Turbo, says filmmaker Jarrett Conway, it's simple to put across that the movie is either about arcade-style fighting or cars. Here, Turbo is about kicking, not cars. Simple, right? Sure. But, getting the fil (Read More)
VentureBeat:
NeoEdge has gone through some big changes in the in-game advertising market, which has been battered by the recession and disruptions in casual game sales.Today, the company is announcing that is merging with casual game deve (Read More)
Blue's News:
The Decline and Legacy of EALA on GameReplays.org gives a brief history of Electronic Arts Los Angeles' Real-Time Strategy team, who face an uncertain future amid cuts at EA as the work on completing... (Read More)
CNET News.com:
Electronic Arts shuts Pandemic Studios facility, bought in 2007 as part of an $860 million deal. Shutdown follows announced cost cuts and layoffs for struggling EA. (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Game startup Gravity Bear is unveiling its first original game for Facebook today. Battle Punks is a “3-D social game” that will debut this holiday season.The game is set in a variety of fantasy locations, combining in-depth (Read More)
The Latest Video Game News from 1UP:
Electronic Arts might be closing studios and laying off large numbers of employees, but they've still got enough cash to open a fitness store or two. Witness their two new EA Sports Active stores, which opened Novemb (Read More)
Computer And Video Games:
'Core IP team' at Saboteur, Mercenaries house moved to EA LA. Earlier reports that Mercenaries and Saboteur developer, Pandemic is to close its doors have been confirmed, after an internal Electronic Arts memo leaked onto the (Read More)
Blue's News:
Gamasutra has further details on the now confirmed closure of Pandemic Studios based on getting to see an internal Electronic arts memo on the topic. They report Pandemic founders Josh Resnick,... (Read More)
Blue's News:
Pandemic's Drew Marlowe tweets a confirmation of the earlier rumor that Pandemic Studios has been closed by Electronic Arts (thanks Shacknews). This inspires Infinity Ward's Mikey Neumann to tweet: "W... (Read More)
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Electronic Arts announced today that it is closing Pandemic Studios, developers of such co-op titles like Mercenaries 2 and Lord of the Rings: Conquest. With the closure comes around 200 layoffs as well as Pandemic founders (Read More)
Shacknews Games:
Update 2: Studio owner Electronic Arts has chimed in, explaining that "a core team of Pandemic developers will move to EALA" and continue the Pandemic brand.Update: "It's official, pandemic is shut down as of today," reads a (Read More)