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EA CEO John Riccitiello Steps Down [Updated]
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SimCity Buyers Get Free Copy Of One Of Eight PC Games
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The Smartest & Dumbest Things Activision Did In 2012
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The Smartest & Dumbest Things EA Did In 2012
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Coders Discover 20-Minute Offline Timeout In SimCity
Last week, two of our writers played SimCity and deliberately turned off their Internet connections, both finding their games continued normally and then abruptly ended after 20 minutes. Someone now has posted what appears to be code for the game that orders a shutdown after a disconnection exactly that long. That allegation further punctures the talking point that SimCity is necessarily an online game, or would take a great deal of work to make it so.
If SimCity Were A Noir Film
With SimCity slowly stabilising, more and more user-created content surfaces — which means we finally get to have some peace. YouTube user Calvin Chan put up this melancholic, noir-themed (the music from L.A. Noire fits right in) montage of his city at night.
The SimCity Disaster Continues: EA Disables Features To Get Servers Working
Hey, remember when video games came out and then you could actually play them? As we enter day 3 of the SimCity launch debacle, EA has decided to turn off “a few non-critical gameplay features” in order to let people play on the servers, which have been broken since the game launched on Monday night.
Yep, SimCity Still Isn’t Working
See that image? If you try to play SimCity on the US servers right now, you probably will. It’s a little different from the image we saw last night, and the server issues we saw all throughout yesterday, but the problem remains the same: people who bought SimCity can’t play it.
EA Exec Accuses Website Of Making Up Dead Space Cancellation Story
One of EA’s top executives says website VideoGamer fabricated news yesterday when it reported that Dead Space 4 was no more. The VideoGamer report, which cited an anonymous source, said that “EA has ceased development on Dead Space 4 and effectively axed the series following lower than anticipated sales of Dead Space 3.” Updated with VideoGamer statement.
Rumours Of Dead Space’s Demise Are False, Says Studio
A report earlier this morning, citing unidentified sources, suggested that Electronic Arts had terminated its Dead Space franchise — including work on an unannounced Dead Space 4 — in light of poor sales of Dead Space 3. The game’s studio says the rumours are false, and EA itself disputes the portrayal of Dead Space as a troubled brand.
EA Is Hosting A Conference Next Week To Talk About Gay Rights And Gaming
While Electronic Arts certainly doesn’t have the best reputation among hardcore gamers, they do have a good track record for supporting gay rights. And next week, the giant video game publisher is holding a conference to talk about all sorts of LGBT issues.
The Most Hilarious Sports Game Glitches, Now In Motion
The constant progression of annual sport titles has another advantage besides the games getting more and more realistic every year. It creates moments where the players go nuts — suddenly, our ordinary game turns itself into Dragon Ball Z or Super Smash TV. We selected below a few of these from the last few years’ FIFA, NHL and NBA titles.
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