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EA Labels President: DRM ‘Failed, Dead-End Strategy’, SimCity ‘Plays Like MMO’
At GDC, GamesIndustry.biz had the opportunity to talk to EA Labels president Frank Gibeau about SimCity and its always-online requirement, which caused a considerable amount of grief to many players at the game’s launch. Gibeau acknowledged this but insisted that what SimCity had wasn’t DRM.
Battlefield 3 Sells 15 Million, Prompts EA To Give More Games The ‘Premium’ Treatment
Battlefield 3 has been a huge success for EA and the recently launched “premium” service looks like it’ll be a big success as well. So much so that EA Label’s President Frank Gibeau thinks it’s time to bring the idea to other franchises.
EA President Says R18+ Rating “Is Needed” In Australia [Updated]
With the R18+ issue on the agenda at today’s Attorneys-General meeting, it’s timely to hear a senior executive from one of the industry’s biggest players speak out in favour of classification overhaul.
EA To “Revitalise” Medal Of Honor, Other “Blockbusters”
Electronic Arts will be revealing its plans to “revitalise” its more successful franchises — specifically the Medal of Honor series — in the coming months, EA Games label president Frank Gibeau said today.
EA “Launched Too Many New IPs” In 2008
Last year, EA tried something new: they released a number of titles based off brand new intellectual property. Perhaps, in hindsight, too many.
