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• EA's attempt to explain the rocky Battlefield 4 launch wasn't good enough

  Battlefield 4’s launch issues were a cause of great frustration and dismay for fans of EA’s series at release and beyond. Company CEO Andrew Wilson recently called the situation “unacceptable” and offered an explanation. VG247’s Dave Cook reckons his rationale is weak.

• EA boss admits that Battlefield 4's launch situation was "unacceptable"

  Battlefield 4’s shaky launch was well documented by the gaming press and gamers alike, and now, some eight months after it launched, EA boss Andrew Wilson has deemed it “unacceptable.”

• EA CEO Wilson wants company to go bigger on eSports

  EA CEO Andrew Wilson has championed the continued rise of eSports, and has stressed his interest in the competitive circuit, stating, “it’s something that you’re going to see more of from us.”

• EA to approach Star Wars games similar to how Warner Bros. approached Batman Arkham, says EA CEO

  EA CEO Andrew Wilson said that the firm is looking at what Warner Bros. did with Batman Arkham series and applying it to the upcoming Star Wars games.

• EA CEO Wilson sees formats & business models as distractions, urges industry to focus on making great games

  EA CEO Andrew Wilson has stressed the value of making great games in a new interview, stating that any good game can succeed regardless of format and business model, and that this should provide the core of any project. He’s called on the industry to stop getting distracted away from this key aim.

• EA CEO considers VR headsets a "fourth modality" in gaming

  EA CEO Andrew Wilson has said before the company decides to create titles for virtual reality headsets it will need to study how the tech is being used by consumers in gaming.

• PS4, Xbox One will soon face "fairly stiff competition" from new devices, says EA CEO

  EA CEO Andrew Wilson gives Microsoft and Sony just a few years grace before companies like Apple and Google make serious bids for living room dominance.

• NBA Live 14 hasn't "gotten the kind of early feedback we had hoped for," improvements on the way - EA

  NBA Live 14 hasn’t “gotten the kind of early feedback we had hoped for,” EA CEO Andrew Wilson said, adding that the development is “accelerating a number of game updates” to address issues such as improvements to the gameplay controls tutorial and more.

• EA "doesn't want to be viewed as the worst company in America"

  Speaking to Kotaku, Electronic Arts’ new CEO Andrew Wilson spoke about why he thinks the company has won Consumerist’s “Worst Company in America” poll two years running and what he intends to do to fix that. In the interview he highlights annual sequelization as one of the potential problems, as well as establishing a “culture […]

• EA Q2: Titanfall not coming to PS4, EA expects 10 million PS4 and Xbox One sales this FY

  EA exceeded financial expectations during the quarter ending September 30, largely thanks to ongoing success in non-traditional digital realms.

• EA cuts executive chairman Larry Probst's annual salary now that he's no longer acting CEO

  On October 1, EA filed a Form 8-K with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, noting a change in Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. Basically, what this means, is that EA has cut the salary of executive chairman Larry Probst from $1.03 million to $515,000 annualized, minus applicable deductions.

• "Quality innovation at the core game level" must be EA's first priority - Wilson

  Making better games must be the first thing EA focuses on, according to brand new CEO Andrew Wilson.

• EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson named as EA's new Chief Executive Officer

  EA’s Board of Directors has announced Andrew Wilson as its new CEO, filling the vacancy left by John Riccitiello.

• Ignite Engine lets EA Sports 'invest and innovate' on a single code base

  The real value of Ignite Engine isn’t its next-gen grunt but the fact that all of EA Sports’ development teams are working on it together.

• NCAA decides not to renew EA Sports contract

  The NCAA has announced it will not enter a new contract with the EA Sports NCAA Football video game series.

• EA's Wilson on returning to Wii U: 'we’d never count Nintendo out'

  EA has stopped publishing games on Wii U for the time being, and in a new interview, EA Sports head Andrew Wilson has suggested that the company hasn’t turned its back on Nintendo’s console entirely.

• Origin to be “re-established as a service," says Wilson

  EA Sports EVP Andrew Wilson said the firm is looking to “re-establish Origin as a service,” instead of a means to “drive transactions” from its 40 million customers.

• EA's Online Pass damaged its games and impeded the consumer, says Wilson

  EA Sports EVP Andrew Wilson said the Online Pass system it had in place damaged its games, and impacted fans in a negative manner.

• FIFA 14: next-gen build not hitting PC as users have low-spec machines

  FIFA 14 is heading to PC this year, but it won’t be powered by EA’s next-gen Ignite Engine. The reason, the publisher says, is that too many people still have low-spec rigs that can’t handle the PS4 and Xbox One version of the game.