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Today Electronic Arts has confirmed (via Facebook) that it will be showing off Fifa 14, at the Xbox Reveal tomorrow at 6pm BST. Electronic Arts confirmed development of next-gen takes on Madden, FIFA, and its other sports properties, but stopped short of specifying when we’d see them firsthand.

We recently had the opportunity to sit down again with Insomniac Games CEO and founder Ted Price to talk about their forthcoming game Fuse due for release in a few weeks.

From today, new EA releases won’t require you to own an online pass in order to access all of their multiplayer content. EA senior director of corporate communications John Reseburg confirmed the news to VentureBeat via e-mail. “Yes, we’re discontinuing Online Pass. None of our new EA titles will include that feature,” he wrote. Online [...]

EA is to open a new LA studio which will house a new section of Battlefield developer DICE. According to a report on the Wall Street Journal begins, “Electronic Arts, fresh off announcing it cut 10 percent of its workforce to trim costs, is investing in a new Los Angeles studio for its Stockholm-based DICE [...]

Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox could come with launch titles from EA and Forza developer Turn 10 Studios, the company has hinted. The platform holder is encouraging its Twitter followers to tweet @EA, @Xbox, @PlayXBLA and @Turn10 in order to win entrance to its briefing at E3 this year. The competition is due to end on 20th May, [...]

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Get ready for The Sims 3 Dragon Valley, the newest digital world to join The Sims 3 franchise. In The Sims 3 Dragon Valley, life is full of mystical surprises. A whole new environment awaits players to explore, including new locations, architecture, and of course, pet dragons! These different coloured dragons are used to boost [...]

No Star Wars games will be released during the current financial year, Electronic Arts has confirmed. During a recent investors’ call, the company said that it would release 11 major titles on PC and consoles in fiscal year ’14 (April 2013 to March 2014). What you mean No Star Wars Games This Year ……. Upcoming [...]

Electronic Arts has registered the domains for Battlefield 13 all the way through to Battlefield 20. What this means is that EA now owns Battlefield.com, Battlefield2.com – Battlefield9.com as well as Battlefield13.com – Battlefield20.com. Interestingly Battlefield10.com – Battlefield12.com are owned by other parties. This is no doubt just to protect the companies interests. We’re pretty [...]

Electronic Arts has extended its FIFA football licence until December 31, 2022, it has been revealed. The extension gives EA Sports exclusive rights to develop games using the FIFA brand. The video game giant also has exclusive access to FIFA events such as the World Cup and FIFA Interactive Cup. Speaking about the licence extension, [...]

If you want to play Fuse early then there is a demo you can get access to today on your Xbox 360.

The new update seem to keep coming for SimCity and now Maxis will release yet another, this time entitled ‘Update 3.0,’ which is due sometime this week. The update seems to focus on traffic mostly, which is just as well because this was certainly an issue which needed looking at. Here’s the details. SimCity Patch 3.0 – [...]