Popular Games by Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts / Firebrand Games
- 15th Nov 2011 (NA)
- 18th Nov 2011 (UK/EU)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered Switch
Electronic Arts / Criterion Games
- 13th Nov 2020 (UK/EU)
- 13th Nov 2020 (NA)
Burnout Paradise Remastered Switch
Electronic Arts / Criterion Games
- 19th Jun 2020 (UK/EU)
- 19th Jun 2020 (NA)
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville Complete Edition Switch
- 19th Mar 2021 (UK/EU)
- 19th Mar 2021 (NA)
Reviews of Electronic Arts Games
Review MySims Cozy Bundle (Switch) - An Easygoing, Entertaining Pair Of Sims Spin-Offs
The Sim-ple life
Released in 2007 by EA Redwood Shores, MySims was an attempt to capitalise on the increasing popularity of Animal Crossing (the excellent Wild World had released two years prior). A chibi-styled spin-off from the main Sims franchise, this series skewed towards a younger audience and had players rejuvenate a community with friendship...
Review EA Sports FC 25 (Switch) - The New Best Football Game On Switch
We've been to Haaland back
If you've been following the history of the FIFA series on Switch, you'll know there was a massive plot twist last year. After delivering exactly the same FIFA game for six years in a row and getting progressively more frustrated Nintendo Life reviews in the process, EA finally stepped up its game with EA Sports FC 24 and...
Review EA Sports FC 24 (Switch) - The Best Football Game On Any Nintendo System, Finally
We Kanté believe they finally did it
Long-time Nintendo Life readers will be aware of the love-hate (mainly hate) relationship we’ve had with the FIFA series over the course of the Switch’s life. The first Switch entry, FIFA 18, was considered a positive start, even though it felt feature-light compared to other consoles and was clearly based...
Review It Takes Two (Switch) - Not Quite The Perfect Marriage, But A Satisfying Switch Port
Buckle my shoe
Marriage isn’t always perfect. Sometimes, as here, two presumably decent, hard-working parents, whose relationship you know nothing about and whom you can afford only the most general human empathy, find the joy of matrimony fades. So they must support their daughter as they carefully share their decision to separate. However, in It...
Review FIFA 22 (Switch) - Another Match Abandoned
Getting a new game? Neuer not
“Fool me once,” the famous phrase goes, “shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” With FIFA 22, EA is attempting to fool us thrice, and although we haven't been able to find any official ruling on what this means, we’ve come to the conclusion that it basically rolls back to “shame on you” again...
Review Lost In Random (Switch) - A Rich Audiovisual Treat With Inventive But Limited Combat
Finely diced
Lost in Random tells a story of two sisters, Even and Odd, who inhabit a fantastical storybook world of woollen chess pieces and steampunk teapots and the like. They’re separated by the Queen in accordance with a draconian tradition that sees children roll a dice on their twelfth birthday to determine their station for the rest of...
Latest Electronic Arts News
Friday25th Apr 2025
News Switch 2 "Code-In-A-Box" Physical Game Listing Spotted Online
Not again!
Switch 2 is giving developers another way to distribute their games physically, but this might not necessarily rule out the end of "code-in-a-box" releases. As highlighted on social media, a Split Fiction physical release for Switch 2 has popped up on sites like Best Buy, and attached to the EA and Hazelight game is a notice about it...
Wednesday16th Apr 2025
News Switch 2 Split Fiction Owners Can Apparently Use GameShare To Invite Nintendo Switch Players
No one gets left behind
EA's just confirmed the price of Split Fiction for Switch 2 and one other small but rather interesting detail has now been highlighted on social media about its use of the new GameShare feature. Not only will Switch 2 players be able to invite a player on the same platform to join them via wireless connection, but this...
Tuesday15th Apr 2025
News A New Turn-Based Tactics Star Wars Game Has Been Announced
A collab between former XCOM devs and Respawn
Star Wars will be getting a new single-player turn-based tactics game officially titled Star Wars Zero Company. Although a Nintendo release hasn't been mentioned, there's always a chance with the Switch 2 on the horizon. This new game is being developed by the independent studio Bit Reactor (partly made...
Thursday3rd Apr 2025
News EA Commits To Switch 2, Will Be Bringing EA Sports FC And Madden NFL To The System
Details thin on the ground, however
Once upon a time, Electronic Arts could make or break a system. Everyone remembers when the publisher declined to support the Dreamcast, an early sign that Sega's final console might not be the commercial smash-hit the company needed to fight Sony. In recent times, having EA on board hasn't been quite as...
Wednesday19th Mar 2025
News Plants vs. Zombies Looks Set To Be Revived And 'Reloaded' On Switch
Ready those peashooters
Electronic Arts has already released multiple titles for Switch and it looks like the next one could be a Plants vs Zombies game. According to a new rating in Brazil, a game titled Plants vs Zombies Reloaded is on the way to the Switch and multiple other platforms in the future. Here's a quick look at the listing, courtesy...
Thursday6th Feb 2025
News EA Considering Apex Legends 2.0, But Battlefield 6 Is The Priority For Now
"There will be an even bigger, more meaningful update to that"
EA's focus this week has been the reveal of the new 'Battlefield Labs' in the leadup to the next major entry, but it's not forgotten about its other FPS hit Apex Legends. Unfortunately for EA, Respawn Entertainment's free-to-play shooter has experienced a bit of a slump in recent times,...
Wednesday5th Feb 2025
News EA: Switch 2 Could Help Games Like FC And Madden "Find Real Energy"
"It gives us the ability to access and acquire new players"
Since the Switch 2 reveal, multiple game companies have voiced support for the new system and now it's EA's turn. During the third-party giant's latest earnings call, EA's CEO Andrew Wilson mentioned how the Switch successor would be another way for EA to find and access new players, with...
Sunday2nd Feb 2025
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age (GBA)
Slim Pippins
My dear Bagginses and Boffins, Tooks and Brandybucks, Grubbs, Chubbs, Hornblowers, Bolgers, Bracegirdles and Proudfoots (Proudfeet!), welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we get all Middle Earthy, let's quickly recap what went down last time, eh? Two covers from the NSO newbie Super Ninja Boy went head-to-head in last...
Monday20th Jan 2025
Rumour Removed EA App Listings Suggest More MySims Revivals Might Be On The Horizon
Ready for action?
Last year, EA dropped the MySims Cozy Bundle on Switch and it was... fine. But, as anyone familiar with the Sims spin-off series will likely know, there's more to MySims than the original and its Kingdom sequel. Might these receive a revival one day, too? Uhh, maybe? Over the weekend, Reddit user OyeDiego took to the r/MySims...
Tuesday17th Dec 2024
News MySims Cozy Bundle Has Received A Switch Update, New Features Coming "Early Next Year"
Here's what you can expect
MySims made a surprise comeback on the Switch last month with EA's release of the 'Cozy Bundle' and the game is still receiving some post-launch support. In an official update, the development team revealed how it had been working on bug fixes and also implementing new features to the game including a "new teleport...
Sunday25th Aug 2024
Rumour More Evidence Of 'MySims' Switch Revival Surfaces Online
"The Switch port of MySims is real"
Earlier this week, a rumour popped up about The Sims spin-off 'MySims' possibly making a return, after listings for a Switch version of the game appeared on two European retail websites. It seems there's now mounting evidence of the game's return, with reports EA's official Switch webpage has now been updated...
Thursday18th Jul 2024
News EA Sports Reveals FC 25's New 5v5 'Rush' Mode In First Trailer
Kick off this September
EA Sports has revealed the first trailer for FC 25 and, expectedly, there's not a lot of gameplay on display. In fact, there's none. The reveal trailer is instead all about cinematics, showing some familiar football faces (we think) getting involved in the beautiful game while intense music swells behind. It's all very...
Sunday12th May 2024
News EA Apparently Exploring The Idea Of In-Game Ads In Traditional AAA Titles
"We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that"
Third-party video game giant Electronic Arts had its earnings call this week and CEO Andrew Wilson was asked about the possibility of "dynamic ad insertion across more traditional AAA games". The idea is supposedly already being explored, but it's "still early on that front" and the company will be...
Thursday29th Feb 2024
News Electronic Arts Cuts 5% Of Workforce, Closes Studio And Cancels Games
About 670 employees are believed to be impacted
The game industry layoffs continue with third-party publisher and developer Electronic Arts today revealing it's laying off 5% of its staff, which reportedly equates to about 670 employees. In a message to the team, Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson cited this as a response to the "accelerating...
Tuesday20th Feb 2024
News Nintendo's Next Switch Online Game Trial Is Now Available (North America)
Kick-off today
It's a new month and that means there's now a new Switch Online trial available to members of Nintendo's subscription service. This time around it's EA Sports FC 24 and it's accessible to subscribers from now until 26th February 2024 in North America. The same trial started in Europe last week and runs until 21st February 2024 in...
Wednesday31st Jan 2024
News EA Can't Comment On Switch Successor But Admits Improved Platforms Are "Good" For Business
New hardware "is typically a plus"
Electronic Arts has shown ongoing support throughout the Switch generation, so what can we expect from the third-party video game giant when the next iteration of Nintendo hardware arrives? When asked about the expected launch of Nintendo's next system during an earnings call, Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson...
Tuesday30th Jan 2024
Random Sorry, The Sims 4 Isn't Actually Coming To Switch
EA responds to a recent discovery
Earlier before, fans of the long-running life simulation series The Sims got excited when a Nintendo Switch version of the fourth entry was seemingly discovered alongside other platforms in a Google search description. Unfortunately, there are "no plans" to release this title on the Switch. The official...
Friday8th Dec 2023
News Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Comes To Apex Legends Early Next Year
A surprise crossover
In yet another surprise collaboration announcement at this year's Game Awards, Apex Legends has announced a crossover with Square Enix's action role-playing game Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. It will be taking place next year in EA's battle royale shooter on 9th January 2024. Here's a first look: <related...
Friday27th Oct 2023
News Apex Legends Adds Cross-Progression In New Seasonal Update
Dropping 31st October
If you've been wanting to play EA's free-to-play battle royale Apex Legends on a certain platform but didn't want to abandon your progress on another platform, we've got some good news. EA and Respawn will be adding cross-progression to the game on 31st October in the latest seasonal update. Cross-progression will roll out...
Thursday26th Oct 2023
News EA Sports FC 24 Scores New Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Pitch notes
EA Sports FC 24 kicked off on Switch last month and, in a move that we still can't quite believe, it runs... well. Yes, after years of full-price legacy editions, the Switch finally has a good version of the yearly football (or soccer, if you want) game under its belt — albeit with a new name slapped on the cover. Now, the latest...
Sunday1st Oct 2023
Video EA Sports FC 24 Graphics Comparison Shows Off Switch Performance & Resolution
The Switch release is now running on Frostbite
Electronic Arts kicked off its new replacement series EA Sports FC 24 this week and the good news is it's finally delivered a solid experience on the Switch. It's all thanks to the much-needed Frostbite Engine upgrade which puts the Nintendo version of the game in line with other builds. While the...
Wednesday27th Sep 2023
News EA Sports FC 24 Switch Frame Rate & Resolution Revealed
The new game will drop the FPS from 60 to 30
It's already been mentioned how EA Sports FC 24 is "running great" on the Nintendo Switch, and now we've got a confirmation of the game's performance and resolution on the hybrid platform. EA Sports confirmed with IGN that the Switch
News EA's FIFA Series Delisted On All Digital Storefronts Including Switch eShop
The rebranded series EA Sports FC arrives later this week
With EA's rebranded football game set to arrive later this week, the company has reportedly delisted its entire FIFA library from all digital storefronts including the Switch eShop. As highlighted on social media, every FIFA game from 14 to 23 can no longer be purchased. However, FIFA 22 and...
Thursday24th Aug 2023
News EA Dev BioWare "Eliminating" Approximately 50 Jobs In Shift Towards More Agile & Focused Studio
"An extremely difficult day for everyone at BioWare"
The Electronic Arts developer BioWare - known for famous RPG series such as Baldur's Gate, STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect - has announced it is "eliminating approximately 50 roles" at the studio. In order to match the changing needs, it will shift towards a "more agile and...
Wednesday9th Aug 2023
News New EA Sports FC 24 Deep Dive Welcomes Women's Football To Ultimate Team
Also showcases Evolutions, PlayStyles, Items and more
Ultimate Team might have just been one of the most popular modes in the FIFA series, and it looks like EA is keen to carry that on in EA Sports FC 24 as it has today revealed some of the new features that we can expect from the upcoming title's team-builder mode. There are a couple of big...
Tuesday1st Aug 2023
News New EA Sports FC 24 Video Shows Off Player And Manager Career Modes
"Choose your path on the pitch or touchline"
EA Sports FC 24 was officially unveiled for the Switch and multiple other platforms in June, and for the first time on Switch, players can look forward to a whole range of new features. This includes Volta Football, Ultimate Team, player and manager career modes and even Joy-Con supported multiplayer...
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
Sunday8th Aug 2021
Memory Pak The Exquisite Weirdness Of The Sims: Bustin' Out
Ah, the 2000s
I've always loved house-building, life-simulating game The Sims. I was on the bandwagon from day one, ever since meeting the tutorial family, Bob and Betty Newbie, and finding out that they could make a baby by kissing back-and-forth for hours. Just like real life, of course. Life most people, I would spend hours and hours building...
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...
