Electronic Arts lays off 6 percent of staff after "strong" profits
Game Developer
MARCH 30, 2023
EA's layoffs are said to impact 6 percent of its staff, even as it continues to "operate from a position of strength."
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EA is diverting 100 percent of Immortals of Aveum net sales revenue to Ascendant Studios
Game Developer
MAY 16, 2024
With Immortals of Aveum hitting EA Play and Xbox Game Pass, Electronic Arts is passing all net sales revenue to its developer.
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Saudi Arabia increases stake in Electronic Arts
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 16, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has increased its stake in Electronic Arts. According to Seeking Alpha , a new filing published yesterday for the three months ended March 31, 2023 shows the fund purchased more shares in the FIFA publisher during Q4 2022.
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Obituary: Delphine Software founder Paul de Senneville died at age 89
Game Developer
JUNE 26, 2023
In his brief time with video games, de Senneville formed two game development studios and partnered with publishers such as Interlay and Electronic Arts.
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GDC 2024 Dial Up the Diegetics: Science and Technology
Game Developer
OCTOBER 22, 2024
This article explores how electronic and technical sounds can be used as sound sources for musical composition. Article based on the 2024 GDC lecture given by video game composer Winifred Phillips (latest: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord)
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EA rejection of Alice sequel marks end of American McGee’s game dev career
Game Developer
APRIL 10, 2023
With his Alice: Asylum pitch rejected by Electronic Arts, game designer American McGee is leaving the game industry entirely behind.
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Report: EA to sign $588 million licensing deal with the Premier League
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The deal will ensure EA has exclusive rights to the league's electronic game license.
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Skybound Entertainment Appoints Former Electronic Arts Executive Jeff Chaiken as SVP, Head of Corporate Development and Strategy
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Skybound is actively looking for acquisition targets
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Analysis • Sony moves away from customer electronics to become a media empire
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 6, 2023
For years I’ve characterized the Japanese powerhouse predominantly as a consumer electronics manufacturer. Sony will always keep a foot in electronics. Unlike Microsoft, which develops operating and application software, and Nintendo, which considers itself a toymaker, Sony has long focused on building high-quality media devices.
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[From the industry] Electronic Arts Opens Up 23 More Accessibility Patents for Wider Use and Open-Sources Photosensitivity Analysis Plugin
Game Development News
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Electronic Artsis continuing its efforts to ensure that video games can be enjoyed by as many people as possible by pledging 23 more patents to itsindustry-first accessibility patent pledge, an initiative that makes accessibility tools and technologies available to developers across the …
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EA raising price of EA Play subscription
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 10, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Electronic Arts is increasing the price for its EA Play subscription service, GamesIndustry.biz understands. The standard EA Play tier will increase from $4.99 / £3.99 per month to $5.99 / £5.99, with the annual fee rising from $29.99 / £19.99
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EA Sports College Football is now the US' best-selling sports game of all time | US Monthly Charts
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Electronic Arts' college football game is now the biggest selling sports video game in US history when it comes to dollar sales. Read more
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EA expands free library of accessibility patents to make more games inclusive
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Electronic Arts has added 23 new patents to its public library of free accessibility tools, including patents for photosensitivity analysis plugins, intelligent personalised speech recognition, and generating expressive speech audio from text data. Read more
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EA Sports FC, Madden have EA posting full-year growth despite sleepy Q4
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 7, 2024
Electronic Arts today released its earnings report for Q4 FY24 (the three months ended March 31, 2024), showing sales down during a quiet fourth quarter even as the bottom line improved year-over-year. Electronic Arts revenues and bookings were down in the fourth quarter, with some of the decline attributable to an empty release slate.
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EA cutting 5% of workforce
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Electronic Arts today announced that it is laying off approximately 5% of its employees as it leans in on the parts of the business it feels will be the most successful in the years to come.
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EA Sports FC 24 beats expectations, leads EA to Q3 growth
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 30, 2024
Electronic Arts released its earnings report for Q3 FY24 (the three months ended December 31, 2023), with the firm seeing modest top-line growth but a more considerable jump from the bottom line that was higher than the company's outlook range.
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Disney reportedly looking to acquire major publisher like EA
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Disney is reportedly looking to acquire Electronic Arts or a company of a similar scale as a way back into games publishing. As reported by Bloomberg , some Disney executives have allegedly suggested that CEO Bob Iger could transform the company from a gaming licensee to publisher by acquiring EA.
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F1 developer Codemasters affected by layoffs
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Electronic Arts has implemented a round of layoffs at F1 developer Codemasters. IGN reported an unknown number of staff at the British-based studio have been made redundant following "small-scale organisational changes" made by EA. The company was behind the recent releases of F1 23 and EA Sports WRC. Read more
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EA shuts down Ridgeline Games
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Electronic Arts has announced the closure of Ridgeline Games, the studio working on a new single-player Battlefield campaign. As reported by IGN , the project is reportedly set to continue with "some" employees from Ridgeline set to join Ripple Effect – another Battlefield studio working on a different experience within the franchise.
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EA to sunset The Simpsons: Tapped Out
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Electronic Arts has announced it is shutting down The Simpsons: Tapped Out. Read more
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EA CEO Andrew Wilson earned $25.6 million in FY2024
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 18, 2024
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson's compensation increased 22% year-on-year to over $25.6 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. This included his base salary of $1.3 million, stock awards representing over $20 million, non-equity incentive plan compensation of $3.4
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Margot Robbie's production company to adapt The Sims movie
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 21, 2024
Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment will also produce, while The Sims publisher Electronic Arts is said to be involved "in a creative and producing capacity." As reported by The Hollywood Reporter , Loki director Kate Herron will helm the project, and will co-write the screenplay with Briony Redman. Read more
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Electronic Arts streamlines game patching with AWS
AWS Games
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Electronic Arts (EA) engages players around the globe in immersive games across PC, console, and mobile. This post was co-authored by Bryan Chiu, Site Reliability Engineer, EA.
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EA cutting "small number" of staff as it sunsets two mobile games
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Electronic Arts is set to lay off "a small number of staff" due to its decision to close two of its mobile titles: EA Sports MLB Tap Sports and F1 Mobile Racing.
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EA believes over 50% of its development processes will be "positively impacted" by gen AI
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 8, 2024
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson spoke of how generative AI could make its development process "more efficient" and help give developers "more power."
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Adam Boyes steps down as co-CEO of Iron Galaxy
GamesIndustry.biz
AUGUST 16, 2024
Boyes became CEO of the studio in June 2016 having previously held leadership roles at PlayStation, Capcom, Midway Games, and Electronic Arts. Boyes announced his departure in a blog post , in which he detailed that he'll be leaving his position by the end of the year. Read more
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EA adds further monetisation to EA Sports FC 25
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 18, 2024
Electronic Arts is adding another level of monetisation to its flagship football series with a new Premium Tier of in-game rewards in EA Sports FC 25. As reported by VG247 , the new tier is in addition to the usual free tier of card packs, players and cosmetics that players unlock as they complete challenges in the game.
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Taking one for the team you've been kicked out of | Last Week in Business
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 10, 2023
To remedy the situation, we're running an addendum today discussing a subject we couldn't squeeze into last week's column: a lawsuit filed against Electronic Arts by seven former BioWare Edmonton employees who said the severance they were offered fell far short of what they should have received. Read more
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EA, Miniclip, Jagex loot box ads broke UK advertising rules
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 20, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The UK's Advertising Standards Agency has warned Electronic Arts, Miniclip and Jagex not to violate rules around promoting titles with loot boxes after upholding complaints against three of their titles.
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EA Q1 results exceed its expectations despite 30% drop in income
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 31, 2024
Electronic Arts published its financials results for the first quarter of FY2025. Despite a decline across key metrics, the company said results were above its expectations, and is looking ahead to a promising Q2 following the successful release of EA Sports College Football 25, among others.
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Nexon fined $8.9m for misleading MapleStory players
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 4, 2024
As The Korea Economic Daily reported, this is the highest amount imposed for a company violating the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce in South Korea. Nexon has been fined ₩11.6 million ($8.9
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Playdemic founders' new studio ForthStar Games will "test and kill" to find its next Golf Clash
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 22, 2024
Their third studio, Golf Clash creator Playdemic, opened doors in 2010 and two years ago sold to Electronic Arts for a whopping $1.4 Shortly after, they formed Rockpool Games, made the J2ME edition of Worms, and sold the developer to Eidos/Square Enix in 2007. billion – one of the biggest UK games acquisitions to date. Read more
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What Is Electronic Design Automation? Understanding the Benefits and Evolution of EDA Tools
Perforce
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Understand what electronic design automation is, its benefits, and the importance of integrating EDA tools with IP lifecycle management.
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The voice actors' strike shows its claws | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 11, 2024
A picket was held at Electronic Arts' studio in Los Angeles this week – but arguably much more impactful, at least in terms of widespread attention for the strike, was the launch on Wednesday of the latest major update to the immensely successful Genshin Impact.
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EA's plan for exponential growth
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Electronic Arts is already one of the largest publishers in the world, but EA CEO Andrew Wilson believes the company still has the potential for start-up-like growth ahead of it.
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Why does EA's internal engine Frostbite have a public-facing brand?
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Electronic Arts today announced a rebranding for Frostbite, its internal game development engine. It's the first new logo for the tech in nearly a decade.
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SAG-AFTRA calls for a "video game strike", effective from tomorrow
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 25, 2024
The convenience bargaining group with whom SAG-AFTRA is negotiating includes Activision, Blindlight, Disney, Electronic Arts, Formosa Interactive, Insomnia, Llama Productions, Take 2 Productions, VoiceWorks Productions, and WB Games. Read more
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GamesIndustry.biz crowns 2023 Best Places To Work Awards Canada winners
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
The biggest winner of the project is Electronic Arts, with three teams accepting awards. The awards are built around the idea of making the games industry a better place to work, and the winners are ultimately decided by an in-depth survey of employees. Just shy of 50 Canadian games companies signed up to take part, with 15 winners in total.
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Fanatical Day of the Programmer GameDev Book Giveaway
Game From Scratch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2023
The job of a programmer is to bring electronics to life — without them you have … Fanatical Day of the Programmer GameDev Book Giveaway Read More The post Fanatical Day of the Programmer GameDev Book Giveaway appeared first on GameFromScratch.com. The Day of the Programmer as described by Fanatical: Hello World.
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Sports titles drive record quarter for EA
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Electronic Arts published its financial results for the second quarter of FY2025, and saw an increase in net bookings driven by its EA Sports portfolio. The company said the results exceeded the high end of its guidance range, resulting in a raised outlook for the full financial year. Read more
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EA reports 'softness' in European video game spend
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson says the publisher is seeing 'softness' in Europe when it comes to video games spend. Speaking to investors during the firm's financial call, Wilson says he is seeing overall growth for the market and that games with 'deep engagement' continue to perform strongly.
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EA Music and Berklee College of Music offering 'next-gen' scholarship
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox EA Music, the division of Electronic Arts that oversees all the music in its games, has partnered with Boston-based Berklee College of Music to offer a new scholarship to a future composer.
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Revealed: The 2023 GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards US winners
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The biggest winner of the project is Electronic Arts, with three teams accepting awards. The awards are all about making the games industry a better place to work, and the winners are ultimately decided by an in-depth survey of employees. Over 50 US companies signed up to take part, with 14 winners in total. Read more
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Summer Game Fest 2024 partner lineup revealed
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 17, 2024
As revealed on Thursday , 55 companies will be taking part in the two-hour showcase to be held on June 7, 2024, including Xbox and PlayStation, alongside publishers such as Epic Games, Electronic Arts, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Sega, WB Games, and Ubisoft.
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