It’s the battle of the giants – or, in the minds of the hardcore gaming community, the battle of the ‘evil’ game developers. Giant gaming corporations Zynga and EA have been in an all-out war over the rights to some of the hottest social games of today, bidding multi-billion dollar sums for new mobile games [...]

We’ve been hearing conflicting reports about EA’s financial state recently. Some blogs, particularly those that seem to be part of a grassroots campaign to discredit EA as a publisher, are reporting that the company fired close to five-hundred employees recently. Others, particularly the bigger gaming blogs, are reporting that the supposed layoffs haven’t happened, or [...]

EA’s content delivery platform, Origin, has been pretty controversial in its short lifetime. Designed to act as an alternative to Valve’s Steam platform and marketplace, it’s been criticised by gamers for its restrictive DRM, its ‘anticompetitive’ marketing practices, and in some cases, just for existing as an EA product. The criticism is equal parts worthwhile [...]

While Mass Effect 3 had what can only be described as a rough period of fan reactions after it was first released, developer BioWare and publisher EA appear to be pulling all the stops to make sure the millions of gamers that purchased the game are happy with it. The latest step in their customer [...]

There’s been an interesting series going on at The Consumerist for the last few weeks, in which the consumer rights blog’s readers have been voting on what they see as the worst company in America. Included are the standard environmental violators and financial services corporations, but what may be a surprise is that none of [...]

Iceberg Interactive have released their latest strategy title Oil Rush onto EA’s Origin. This PC exclusive is a digital download priced at $15.99/€15.99. Oil Rush unfolds as a naval real time strategy game that takes place when the ice caps have melted, after the nuclear holocaust has taken its toll. The world has now gone [...]

EA’s announcement that SimCity will require Origin to function properly has resulted in a lot of very loudly voiced frustration from gamers. From claims that it’s an unnecessary and cumbersome piece of software to complaints that much of SimCity’s audience isn’t interested in other titles, it’s been a fairly rough ride for one of the [...]

Despite the occasional complaints about EA’s new Origin service, most customers have reported that it works smoothly and, unsurprisingly, much like Valve’s Steam counterpart. However, there’s been a fair amount of controversy over the fact that it’s been required for many of EA’s new titles, some of which require Origin to remain open at all [...]

Electronic Arts has announced the reboot for the SimCity franchise. The game that goes back to its progenitor name like so many before it will release in 2013. Developer Maxis would rather entice players with their skill than with visual appeal. That’s why they launched a trailer for their in-house Glassbox Engine, detailing what it [...]

A lot of people thought Battlefield 3 would be the “Call of Duty killer” that some folks have been waiting for.  While the game did see quite a bit of success, it still came far from taking down or even keeping pace with the latest entries in the Call of Duty franchise.  Modern Warfare 3 [...]