peter moore
PlayStation

EA Sports Subscription Gets Diehard Fans In The Game Early

EA Sports will offer an annual subscription for hardcore sports gamers, which includes a three-day, pre-release full-play preview of five of the label’s most popular titles, and a 20 per cent discount on their paid downloadable content catalogue. EA Sports’ “Season Ticket” begins Aug. 27 with Madden NFL 12, and it will cost $US25.

June 19, 2011
In Real Life

Sports At E3: A Postgame Report

Gameplay impressions are difficult to form under the lights, sights and cacophony of E3 in full swing, where you never have enough time to see all of what you want, and there’s always an appointment five minutes from now. It’s even more difficult to get a good read on a sports game.

June 18, 2011
In Real Life

The Top Talent Departs As Madden Nears Its Release

The executive producer of Madden NFL quietly stepped down this week after less than a year on the job. He is the third senior-level Madden developer to leave the title in the past two months. But Phil Frazier and his former bosses say it is an amicable separation, one that won’t affect the video game whose annual release is treated as a national celebration.

June 16, 2011
PlayStation

No Harm, No Foul In PSN Outage, Says EA Sports

EA Sports president Peter Moore brushed off the suggestion that the PlayStation Network outage did particular damage to his label, which has in the past two years seen significant revenue growth through its downloadable content, especially in its popular Ultimate Team offerings.

June 12, 2011
News

Facing The Lockout, Madden And NFL Fans Seek A Common Refuge

At E3 this week, the sight I was least prepared for was that of Ray Lewis in full Baltimore Ravens uniform: eye-black, skullcap, gloves, wristbands, everything. This was an appearance for Madden NFL 12 but to him, it didn’t look like it was for show. Lewis looked ready to play right there, ready to go in the two seconds it would have taken to strap on his helmet, clenched by the facemask in his left fist.

May 26, 2011
In Real Life

South Park Shreds EA Sports And Peter Moore

South Park never goes harder than when it goes after hypocrisy, and tonight, its allegorical tale involved the NCAA and the obscene profits reaped from what is essentially free labour. Yet EA Sports—and, of all people, its president, Peter Moore—ended up getting it the worst.

April 8, 2011
News

EA Sports’ ‘Persistent’ Player Profile Means No More Starting From Scratch Each Year

Each year the new title comes out, sports gamers must re-enter their preferences, their profiles, must re-create themselves in singleplayer careers, must restart dynasties and franchises and online franchises. Remarks by EA Sports’ president hints that their titles may soon put all of that under a persistent experience, imported from a previous version into new releases.

April 1, 2011
News

EA Sports Boss Says Michael Vick ‘Has Served His Time’

Michael Vick, who returned to the NFL in 2009 after a two-year prison sentence for running a dogfighting ring, was the second-biggest winner (by percentage) in the first round of EA Sports’ fan-voted playoff for the Madden NFL 12 cover.

January 16, 2011
News

Boxing Is The Past; Long Live Boxing

Two years ago, EA Sports president Peter Moore called boxing “the past of fighting.” Mixed martial arts was the future, with his company hard at work on that game. Thursday, Moore wrote, “let me be clear, boxing’s not dead.”

October 16, 2010
News

EA Sports Chief Sees FIFA Evolving Beyond Discs

Peter Moore, the president of EA Sports, predicts a future in which the standout FIFA series transitions from annual disc-based releases to a more persistent online game.

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