Electronic Arts News Articles
Wednesday19th Jul 2023
News EA Sports FC 24 Apparently "Running Great" On Switch, Will Include "All The Modes"
But cross-play won't be in the Nintendo version
EA last week gave Nintendo Switch fans a first look at its new series EA Sports FC 24, due out this September. If you're still curious to know exactly how the game plays on Nintendo's aging hybrid hardware, according to EA's VP executive producer John Shepherd, it's "running great". He mentioned this...
Friday14th Jul 2023
News EA Sports FC 24 Switch Gameplay Trailer Revealed, Frostbite Engine Confirmed
Goodbye legacy edition
After a teaser earlier this week, Electronic Arts has now shared a first look at EA Sports FC 24 running on Nintendo Switch. Players can look forward to Volta Football, Ultimate Team (now including women's football), player and manager career modes, Joy-Con multiplayer and it's all powered by EA's Frostbite Engine. The game...
Wednesday21st Jun 2023
News EA Splits "EA Entertainment" And "EA Sports" In Massive Company Restructure
"This evolution of our company continues"
Industry juggernaut Electronic Arts has today announced a huge restructuring that splits its studios into two major organisations - EA Entertainment and EA Sports. As explained by CEO Andrew Wilson, this "evolution" allows the company to give studio leaders more power, including "creative ownership and...
Friday7th Apr 2023
News FIFA Replacement 'EA Sports FC' Officially Unveiled
More details coming this July
As you might recall, there's been a huge shake-up in the world of the video game football - with Electronic Arts dropping the FIFA brand in favour of 'EA Sports FC'. The third-party video game giant has now officially unveiled its new brand image, inviting players to "join the club this July" with a first proper look...
Tuesday21st Mar 2023
News Battle Royale Hit Apex Legends Hopes To Stick Around For 10 To 15 Years "Or More"
"We're in this for the long haul"
The online free-to-play battle royale Apex Legends has been going since 2019 and was only released on the Switch in 2021, but the general aim is to keep the franchise around for a very long time. In an interview with our friends at GamesIndustry.biz, the game's director Steven Ferreira mentioned how the team was in...
Thursday2nd Feb 2023
News EA Has Reportedly Cancelled Its Single-Player Apex Legends Game
Was codenamed Titanfall Legends
Back in July last year, it was discovered EA and Respawn Entertainment were working on a brand new single-player adventure set in the Apex Legends Universe. In a new development, Electronic Arts has reportedly cancelled the project, codenamed Titanfall Legends. "Three people familiar with the matter" have apparently...
Tuesday1st Nov 2022
News EA Announces "Long-Term" Marvel Deal For Consoles And PC
First title will be a single player Iron Man game
Electronic Arts has officially announced a new long-term "multi-title collaboration" with the comic juggernaut Marvel to develop at least three brand new action adventure games for both console and PC. The exact platforms have not been confirmed yet. These games will come with their "own original...
Thursday15th Sep 2022
News It Takes Two Switch Physical Version Appears To Require A Download
Make some space
One rumoured game that did end up getting announced at the latest Nintendo Direct was the EA Originals title It Takes Two. This award-winning co-op platform adventure takes two friends on a crazy adventure across a huge variety of gameplay challenges. You can also invite a buddy to join you with the free Friend's Pass trial...
Friday26th Aug 2022
News CNBC Sources State Amazon Is Not Planning To Buy EA
Update: USA Today's FTW responds
Update #2 [Fri 26th Aug, 2022 19:00 BST]: FTW has now updated its original story, stating that "unnamed and unvetted sources" were cited in the reporting on this rumour. Here is the editorial statement in full: "Earlier today, GLHF — a gaming/e-sports outlet and content partner of For The Win — ran a version...
Sunday10th Jul 2022
News Respawn Working On Single-Player FPS Set In Apex Legends Universe
The battle royale could be expanding...
Respawn Entertainment's free-to-play battle royale Apex Legends doesn't always get as much credit in certain corners of the internet, but it's actually generated more than $2 billion in earnings since its arrival in 2019. With this in mind, Respawn appears to be developing a new solo first-person shooter...
Wednesday8th Jun 2022
News EA Has "Some Surprises" You Apparently Won't Want To Miss
Stay tuned
Electronic Arts, one of the game publishers partnered with Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest event, has shared an interesting message on social media ahead of the opening showcase on 9th June. In the tweet, EA says it has "some surprises" that fans of the company - known for series like Need for Speed and Battlefield - apparently won't...
Sunday22nd May 2022
News EA Reportedly Pursuing Sale Or Merger
Has apparently spoken to Comcast, Disney, Apple and Amazon
Microsoft's recent acquisitions of video game companies like Bethesda and Activision Blizzard has sent the entire industry into a frenzy - with companies like Sony pulling out its wallet to acquire the Halo and Destiny developer Bungie. Now, in the latest development, a report by news...
Thursday12th May 2022
News EA's Live Service Battle Royale Game Has Now Generated $2 Billion In Earnings
"Full games" can't compete
If you had any doubts about the live service model in video games, you might want to check out EA's latest earnings report. The third-party video game giant responsible for series like Battlefield, The Sims and Need for Speed has revealed Respawn Entertainment's battle roya
Wednesday11th May 2022
News FIFA Will Work With Other Developers To Launch Brand New Football Games
So long, Electronic Arts
One headline sending shockwaves through the video game industry (and football world) today is EA's split with FIFA. As we've already heard, Electronic Arts will be dropping the FIFA branding from its name in favour of 'EA Sports FC'. It's touted as the "future of interactive football", but it seems FIFA could have other...
Tuesday10th May 2022
News EA Has Renewed Its Partnership With Middle-Earth Enterprises
It's already working on a Lord of the Rings mobile game
Electronic Arts is known for creating blockbuster games based on series like Star Wars, but it's also worked with plenty of other famous IPs in the past. One, Nintendo gamers from the 2000s might recall, is Middle-Earth's The Lord of the Rings series. Now, many years later, the games giant has...
Wednesday16th Mar 2022
News EA Play Live Is Reportedly Skipping 2022
Will reveal more about new games "when the time is right"
The third-party video game giant Electronic Arts - known for franchises like Battlefield, Need for Speed and FIFA - will apparently be skipping its annual 'EA Play Live' event this year. In a statement provided to IGN, an EA representative said the company would reveal its next projects when...
Thursday24th Feb 2022
News EA's CEO Seems Pretty Chill About Losing The FIFA Licence
"What we get from FIFA... is the four letters on the front of the box"
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson has reportedly told staff that he feels the publisher might actually be better off losing the FIFA licence. EA and FIFA have been partners for 30 years, but that relationship is in jeopardy as the pair cannot seem to agree on renewing the...
Thursday20th Jan 2022
News First Activision, Now EA? FIFA Publisher Is Tipped For Takeover
The Financial Times thinks EA is a target
Microsoft has just splashed $70 billion to buy Activision Blizzard following its 2020 acquisition of Bethesda, which seems to suggest that we're entering a period of serious consolidation, the likes of which haven't been seen since the '90s. Given this backdrop,
Friday10th Dec 2021
News The Game Awards GOTY For 2021 Is 'It Takes Two' By Hazelight Studios
Metroid Dread takes out best action adventure game
The Game Awards has just wrapped up for another year and the winner is 'It Takes Two' developed by Hazelight Studios and published by EA. It also took out the best family and multiplayer awards. The GOTY award was presented by Naughty Dog's president Neil Druckmann and accepted by the game's...
Tuesday24th Aug 2021
News Apex Legends' Ping System Now 'Patent-Free' As EA Announces Accessibility Pledge
Free access to five patents now available to encourage "innovation"
Electronic Arts has announced a Patent Pledge that gives its competitors completely free access to its current accessibility-related technology and innovations without the threat of legal action. Which is nice! The publisher hopes that the pledge, which it says is the first of its...
Friday20th Aug 2021
News Digital Foundry Weighs In With First Impressions Of Crysis 3 On Switch
Switch Mode Engaged
Following on from the recent announcement that the Crysis Remastered Trilogy is making its way to Switch this Autumn, Digital Foundry has gone hands-on with the third entry in the series to take a look at just how the upcoming port holds up on Nintendo's hybrid console. We've certainly got high hopes
Friday30th Jul 2021
News Respawn's F2P Shooter Apex Legends Gets A New Character On 3rd August
Update: Here's some Seer gameplay
Update: Here's some Seer gameplay: Update [Tue 27th Jul, 2021 06:00 BST]: As promised, Respawn Entertainment has now released a new gameplay trailer Apex Legends new character and update. Take a look in the video below: Original article [Sun 25th Jul, 2021 04:45 BST]: Apart from the Lost in Random
Sunday11th Jul 2021
News EA Is Bringing Another Legacy Edition Of FIFA To Nintendo Switch
Kick-off this October
Ahead of the England v Italy Euro final today, EA has dropped its official reveal trailer for FIFA 22. The cover star this year will be PSG player Kylian Mbappé and the game launches on 1st October this year. While there's no mention of a Nintendo Switch release in the main trailer, an official press release has confirmed...
Saturday3rd Jul 2021
News BioWare Had Plans For A First-Person Mass Effect Game On Nintendo DS
But cartridge costs and sales forecasts got in the way
In 2012, Electronic Arts released BioWare's third entry in the Mass Effect series on the Wii U. While we've not seen Commander Shepard appear on a Nintendo platform since then, there were apparently plans prior to this for a spin-off on the Nintendo DS. Ex-BioWare producer, Mark Darrah,...
Tuesday22nd Jun 2021
Rumour EA Is Planning On Reviving An "Established IP"
Official reveal expected next month
Over the past few days, there's been a rumour circulating about how EA has plans to announce a new game based on an "established IP" at its upcoming live event next month. After the combined efforts of insiders and a number of websites, it seems the revival has been narrowed down to the sci-fi horror series, Dead...
Friday11th Jun 2021
News Electronic Arts Hit By Cyber Attack, Hackers Take Source Code And Tools
And claim to have stolen 780GB of data
It seems another high-profile video game company has been hacked. This time it is the third-party giant Electronic Arts. The data breach was originally reported on by VICE Motherboard, which reveals hackers have stolen "a wealth of game source code and related tools" for the Frostbite engine (known for...
Thursday20th May 2021
News EA Insists It Won't Turn Codemasters Into "Another Electronic Arts Studio"
Will be similar to how it works with Respawn Entertainment
Back in February this year, EA announced it had acquired the British racing specialist, Codemasters. The deal was valued at $1.2 billion and adds IP such as Formula 1, DIRT, Project CARS and GRID to the EA family. Naturally, some fans are concerned about the future of the company und
Saturday15th May 2021
News Knockout City Goes Live On Switch Next Week With A Ten-Day Free Trial
A special launch promotion
EA has announced it will offer a 10-day free trial for Velan Studios' upcoming release Knockout City when it arrives on Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms on 21st May. This is the "full game" - allowing you to try out everything. "Remind your friends to set their alarm clocks for noon UTC on May 21 so the...
Wednesday12th May 2021
News EA Play Live Returns Later This Year On July 22nd
"Save the date"
2021 sure is going fast, and now that it's May, it means E3 is just around the corner. The main all-digital event is scheduled to take place between 12th-15th of June, but not every publisher and developer is necessarily participating in the main show. One company that will be doing its own thing again is Electronic Arts. This year...
Thursday6th May 2021
News EA Has Acquired The Super Mega Baseball Developer Metalhead Software
Fan favourite franchise joins the EA Sports line-up
Third-party video game giant EA - known for blockbuster AAA series such as Battlefield, Need for Speed and the Mass Effect series - has bolstered its sports line-up, with the acquisition of the Canada-based developer Metalhead Software. This is the same studio behind the Super Mega Baseball series...
