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EA’s MMA Gets It On With “Premier League” Strikeforce

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | EA Sports may not have the UFC licence, but it does have Strikeforce. The publisher of the very descriptively titled EA Sports MMA announced the mixed martial arts promoters as one of the game’s “premier” leagues. More »
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Mass Effect 2 Collector’s Edition Includes DVD, Book, Comic

12:30AM Brian Crecente | Electronic Arts plans to ship a “limited quantity” of Mass Effect 2 Collectors’ Editions when the space role-playing game hits the PC and Xbox 360 in late January. More »
Culture

Watch Me Dissect Swag While Being Repeatedly Rick-Rolled

7:00AM Brian Crecente | The folks at Electronic Arts are putting a lot of time into developing fun, sin-themed marketing for their upcoming release of Dante’s Inferno. More »
Media

Return Of Alice: The Creepy Trailer

2:00PM Brian Crecente | It’s hard not to get excited about the return of American McGee’s Alice. More »
News

Rock Band Live On ITunes

4:00AM Brian Crecente | All of those pretenders to the portable rhythm game throne better be ware, the official Rock Band game just hit iTunes. More »
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EA, Dawg Apparently Settling $25,000 Madden Lawsuit

9:30AM Owen Good | By the end of this month, Cleveland supafan John “Big Dawg” Thompson should resolve his civil suit against Electronic Arts, alleging the unauthorised use of his likeness in the publisher’s Madden NFL series. More »
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Mass Effect 2 Is NOT Coming To The PS3

8:00AM Owen Good | The BioWare community manager whose comments in Poland (pictured) led some to believe Mass Effect 2 would be coming to the PS3 has corrected his statements. Mass Effect 2 is still a PC and Xbox 360 release only. More »
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BioWare Announces Browser-Based Dragon Age Prequel

6:00AM Owen Good | Calling it “a collaboration between EA 2D, BioWare, and some of the hottest indie talent from the flash developer community,” BioWare has announced the browser-based Dragon Age: Journeys, which will serve as a prequel to the upcoming Dragon Age: Origins. More »
News

Two Years’ Worth Of Dragon Age DLC Is Planned

12:00PM Owen Good | Mark Darrah, the BioWare executive producer for Dragon Age: Origins, said the studio has a two-year plan for downloadable content for all versions of the game. More »
Rumours

Did EA Just Drop $250M On Social Gaming Dev Playfish?

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Electronic Arts may be expanding its empire with a big buyout of social games developer Playfish, the UK-headquartered company that makes games for Facebook, MySpace, iPhone and Android. Cost to EA is rumoured to be a quarter billion bucks. More »