EA taking down servers for more games
Electronic Arts is permanently pulling down server (and multiplayer) support for several games in March and April. Some are system specific, some are region specific, not many are really all that...
View ArticleBattlefield : Bad Company 2 latest EA title to offer free launch DLC for new...
Re-affirming their commitment to the DLC strategy used on Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2 and The Saboteur, EA has announced that BF : BC 2 will include launch day DLC (consisting of several new multiplayer...
View ArticleUbisoft DRM/Command & Conquer 4 Updates; Both online all the time
Since they sort of fit together in terms of what they do, it sort of makes sense to do a bit of an article mash-up. As has been reported here and approximately 7 billion other locations online,...
View ArticleEA planning further Bad Company 2 server maintenance, increased capacity...
Update : EA has indicated that the maintenance is done, and people may return to brutally slaughtering their ‘friends’. EA Maintenance has now completed. All new hardware is in place and ready to...
View ArticleClearing the air about Command & Conquer 4 DRM
Clearing the air not just for users, as it seems that perhaps the EA Command & Conquer Community Manager may be a bit confused about the issue as well. First thing to be clear about, Command &...
View ArticleEA to release paid DLC prior to releasing games UPDATE!
Update : EA has since clarified things at least a little bit, telling Kotaku : “EA SPORTS, EA Games and EA Play are each experimenting with download strategies that deliver fresh game content in...
View ArticleCommand & Conquer 4 server DRM causes problems for EA blogger
A lot of large publishers have so called first party bloggers in their employ. Basically, they hire people to go out amongst the great unwashed (otherwise known as…you know…US) and actually communicate...
View ArticleUbisoft considering EA-style DLC charges for used games
Ubisoft’s 2009 fiscal results landed yesterday, and they weren’t good. Despite Assassin’s Creed 2 selling 9 million copies across all platforms, the company still saw a drop of 18 percent in their...
View ArticleSims developer speaks up about piracy and DRM
Sims 3 : Ambitions producer Grant Rodiek recently sat down for an interview with Gamerzines. After a few paragraphs spent pimping the game’s new features and such, the discussion shifted to talking...
View ArticleEA CEO –‘the project is only half done when we ship it’
EA CEO John Riccitiello sat down with Industry Gamers and talked about E3, 3D Gaming and my pet peeve, the Online Pass. If you haven’t been paying attention the Online Pass means that if you buy a game...
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