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Apple prepares to reset bar in mobile apps
News Apple's new iPhone 3.0 operating system will allow application developers to charge for new services and merchandise within their applications.
Tags: Mac OS, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile applications, Apple Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Developer, game company, phone, Electronic Arts Inc.
Developers are Nokia's path to emerging markets
News Mobile maker is placing renewed focus on app creators, in hope that developer-centric strategy will drive its push into Asia's emerging markets, say top execs.
Tags: Mobile applications, Symbian, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Phone, cell phone, mobile, Mobile applications, Asia, India
S'pore digital media students get 'realism'
News The Creative School of Media & Education aims to support the country's bid to become a digital media hub by training students in a commercial production studio.
Tags: Digital media, Games, India, Electronic Arts Inc., career, China, R&D, talent, Africa, Web
Playdom exec: Social gaming to look 'a lot more like Hollywood'
News After raising US$43 million in venture funding and acquiring two smaller companies, it's no surprise that Playdom's days of running like a Web start-up are numbered.
Tags: Games, Networking technology, Facebook, Green Patch, CBS Interactive Inc., game company, entertainment, Electronic Arts Inc., valuation, Hollywood
A new set of rules for social games
News Playfish's US$300 million sale to Electronic Arts seems to spell good news for other makers of social-network games, but this is a fast-growing and messy niche filled with one plot twist after another.
Tags: Games, Gamer, Facebook, Offer, MySpace, Zynga, Playdom, Playfish, cell phone, advertisement
Offerpal revises terms amid continued scandal
News Under fire for running misleading ads on social networks, offers-and-surveys broker now says publishers can choose how "conservative" they want to be with ads.
Tags: Gamer, Games, Facebook, Social Networking, Media One, Offerpal, Survey, advertisement, network, Class Action
Microsoft: Major gamemakers developing for Natal
News Software maker says Activision, Capcom, Disney, EA, Konami, MTV, Namco Bandai, Sega, Square Enix, THQ, and Ubisoft are all working on games for the Xbox add-on.
Tags: Games, Game players, Product development and design, Electronic Arts Inc., Activision Inc., camera, Product development and design, game, Games, Game players
EA posts sizable loss, but touts big Sims 3 sales
News Video game giant's first-quarter broad results are not good. But the third full iteration of the Sims franchise got off to an impressive start.
Tags: Digital media, Video Game, Video, Sales, game company, Digital media, Electronic Arts Inc., computer game, PC, game
EA cutting 1,100 jobs
News In its Q3 earnings, the video game giant gave more information about layoffs it first announced in October. But instead of 10 percent, it's 11 percent.
Tags: Layoffs, Games, Microsoft Corp., Video Game, Workforce, Video, Video Game Industry, layoff, Electronic Arts Inc., job
EA to offer 'Spore' DRM-free
News It will be one of several titles distributed via Valve's Steam platform. The move is likely to win EA points with gamers.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Games, Video Game, Electronics, Gamer, FIFA, Electronic Arts Inc., digital-rights management, News.com, blog
EA boosts layoffs to 10 percent of workforce
News Electronic Arts announces plans to broaden the scope of its layoffs, to close or consolidate nine locations, and to reduce its product line.
Tags: Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Budgeting/cost control, HR policies and procedures, Workforce, Europe, Sales, British Columbia, layoff, Forecasting
EA-Playfish: Social gaming deals gain buzz
News Electronic Arts' acquisition underscores booming demand for online social games and may prompt rival game publishers to follow suit.
Tags: Game players, Games, Gamer, Facebook, Apple Inc., UbiSoft Entertainment, casual game, console game, Playfish, revenue
The video game sector is recession-proof?
News With strong sales in recent weeks, and a perceived truism that people want inexpensive entertainment in tough times, some think video games could stay strong.
Tags: Gamer, Sales/revenue, Video Game, Video, Stock, Sales, Video Game Industry, Van Baker, Electronic Arts Inc., NPD Group Inc.
Electronic Arts, Nintendo, Sega sue Yahoo over games
News Electronic Arts Inc, Nintendo Co and Sega Enterprises Ltd said they sued Yahoo! Inc over the sale of counterfeit video-game software and game devices sold through the No 1 Internet directory's Web site
