Category Archives: EA Sports

20 May 2013 marked the 30th anniversary of the first games EA ever shipped. In a San Francisco warehouse back in 1983, all of the then EA employees, including programmers and the marketing department, all came together to pack the first five EA games to be released and ship them off to stores selling Commodore 64 games.
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EA Sports has released some videos showing off its new Ingnite Engine. Feast your eyes below. EA Sports announced a partnership today with Xbox One, but didn’t go into details on what it was – likely it has to do with exclusive content for its UFC, NBA Live, and Madden licenses. The firm announced today that FIFA 14 Ultimate Team would launch on Xbox One exclusively, so the partnerships is likely more incentives such as this; however, the games will also be released on PS4, but whether versions for Sony’s console will also contain exclusive content remains to be seen.

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Xbox One hand EA Sports have unveiled a new partnership moving forward on Microsoft’s new console, although what it entails remains to be seen.

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NBA Live 14 has been announced for next-generation consoles by Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen. The news was revealed as part of his talk during the Stifel Nicolaus 2013 Internet, Media and Communications Conference today. The game is set for release later this year, and may be part of the new Xbox console reveal today, if NBA Live tweets are any indication. NBA Live 13 was set to be the latest game in the series, slated for last fall, but was ultimately cancelled by EA with the promise the franchise would return in 2013. Thanks, Polygon.

Electronic Arts will reveal the first details of its Ultimate Fighting Championship game tomorrow, the same day when Microsoft’s holding its next-gen Xbox event, the company announced.

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The official Facebook page of EA Sports FIFA videogame series has posted a picture confirming that it’s going to show the next-generation of the popular sports game during tomorrow’s Xbox event where Microsoft is confirmed to reveal its next home console. VG247 will be covering it all live as it happens so be sure to bookmark this thread.

EA has announced the Madden 25 Anniversary Edition will come with a DirecTV and NFL Sunday Ticket.

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EA Sports’ popular Ultimate Team makes its way to NCAA Football this year, bringing a bevy of new content.

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Madden NFL 25 may not look all that different from its precursors, but EA Tiburon is hoping to switch gameplay up with new free running controls. In this latest developer diary, the team discuss how this applies to defensive play.

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EA, one of the most enthusiastic early adopters of the online pass system, has elected to abandon the scheme.

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EA Sports executive vice president Andrew Wilson has sold all his shares in Electronic Arts, according to a Form 4 filed with the SEC yesterday.

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EA Sports and football bigwigs FIFA have reached an agreement that sees their current video game licensing agreement renewed and extended through until 2022.

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Electronic Arts has announced its Q4 and fiscal year 2013 financials with the news Battlefield 3 Premium has over 3.5 million subscribers to-date, and generated over $120 million in revenue through the March quarter.

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FIFA 14 has been listed for an October release by retailer GAME. Is this a place-holder date or the real deal? Be the judge here.

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EA Tiburon is very proud of the new free running system in Madden NFL 25; this producer’s video shows off some of the new moves you’ll be able to employ.

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EA Sports has released a developer diary for NHL 14 showing off the game’s collision physics. Looks painful. NHL 14 is out September 10.

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This year’s Madden NFL, which also happens to be the very special 25th anniversary release, will not release on Wii U.

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EA has put the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series on hold as a cost-saving measure, according to anonymous sources.

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Officially, FIFA 14 has been announced for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but it looks to be headed to Vita as well.

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A district court has ruled EA Sports must face fraud claims suggesting the publisher failed to give the Madden NFL franchise’s original developer his fair share of profits.

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