EA Sports highlighted a longstanding issue with its games Friday night, posting steps it intends to take to eliminate racist, xenophobic, homophobic and sexist behaviors from their online components. “We’re constantly taking action to maintain a culture of inclusion,” read a statement released on Twitter. “Toxic behavior changes and evolves rapidly and we recognize that
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Madden won’t be the only show in town anymore, but it will remain the headliner in video-game football for years to come. NFL owners approved an extension of the league’s current rights deal with EA on Thursday, keeping the company as the sole producer of simulation-based NFL games through the 2025 season and potentially 2026
While The Sims 4 got off to a rocky start, it has ultimately proved to be a success for EA. New expansions and DLC continue to release for the game, and EA revealed in their Q3 2019 financial results that The Sims 4 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One has finally surpassed 20 million unique
In the midst of a variety of layoffs that have transpired in the gaming industry over the past few weeks, a larger discussion on the value of executives has started to take shape. Now, according to one new report, both CEOs at Electronic Arts and Activision are listed as some of the most overpaid in
Q3 2018 was a fairly quiet and disappointing quarter for EA. While Apex Legends and Anthem are set to make Q4 more profitable for them, late 2018 housed quite a few lackluster launches for EA. The most notable disappointment was Battlefield 5, with EA blaming its performance on a late release date and the lack
EA reported their Q3 financial results today and with it came a ton of news on both upcoming and previously released titles. While Apex Legends, a team-based battle royale game set in the Titanfall universe, was only briefly brought up in the official report as CEO Andrew Wilson said he was “very excited about Apex
EA’s CEO Andrew Wilson has released a statement regarding the recent tragedy in Jacksonville, Florida where a gunman took the lives of Taylor Robertson and Elijah Clayton at a Madden NFL 19 tournament. Andrew Wilson announced that the future Madden qualifier competitions have been cancelled as they review security for the events for both competitors
During Electronic Arts’ financial conference call for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson responded to a question concerning the fact that a few regulatory bodies in Europe classified loot boxes in some games, including FIFA 18, as gambling. Wilson mentioned that the publisher is working with all of the
During Electronic Arts’ quarterly earnings conference call, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson talked more about the situation of Anthem’s development at BioWare. Wilson mentioned that Anthem is “tracking well” on its development milestones, and and the publisher is “really confident” about the ship date. We also hear that the new release window isn’t considered a
During Electronic Arts’ quarterly earnings conference call, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson and Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen talked about Star Wars Battlefront II, microtransactions, loot boxes, and the plans going forward. Wilson explained that Electronic Arts remains committed to the Star Wars franchise, as they think that Star Wars Battlefront II at its very