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Electronic Arts announced Wednesday that it will cut 5% of its workforce, part of a plan that includes reducing office space and ending work on some video games, CNBC reported. EA employed 13,400 workers as of the end of March 2023, according to its most recent annual filing with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission in May. That means the
Several gaming companies have halted sales of their games in Russia and Belarus. Those decisions could be in response to tweets posted by Ukranian Vice Prime Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Federov, who requested that gaming companies to leave the Russian market, and to block the participation of Russian and Belorussian teams and games in esports. Microsoft posted information titled
EA has introduced Premier. It is the newest tier of Origin Access subscriptions, and is “coming soon”. There are differences between Basic and Premier. Premier is a new membership tier that gives you access to the latest and greatest EA games before anyone else. You get access to the full game – yours to play whenever you want, for as
Electronic Arts (EA) unveiled a Battlefield V trailer that included some women soldiers, and a cover for the game that features a woman soldier. It wasn't long before some disgruntled men took to Twitter to complain that women shouldn't be in Battlefield V. EA Chief Creative Officer Patrick Soderlund has responded to the backlash. Gamasutra interviewed Patrick Soderlund, who said
Electronic Arts (EA) announced an agreement to acquire Respawn Entertainment, a leading independent game development studio and creators of AAA shooter and action games including critically-acclaimed Titanfall franchise. EA states that Respawn brings to EA the proven leadership and studio talent behind Titanfall and Titanfall 2, two of the most highly-rated shooter titles in the last five years. The acquisition
In a blog post titled “An Update on the Visceral Star Wars Project”, EA announced that their Visceral studio will close. This change, obviously, has an impact on the Star Wars game that the studio was working on. Our Visceral studio has been developing an action-adventure title set in the Star Wars universe. In its current form, it was shaping
Electronic Arts (EA) is offering video game players the ability to play some of EA's games, for free, between now and June 18, 2017. They are doing this in response to the support for Play to Give, which focuses on the importance of inclusion (and raises money for charities). EA explains it this way: All of you – our many millions of