andrew wilson
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EA Cancels Respawn Star Wars Shooter Amid Mass Layoff
EA will lay off around 650 staff and is canning licensed titles to refocus on owned-and-operated breadwinners like EA FC.
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EA Roasted For Dunking On Single-Player Games After Everything It’s Done
It’s been a while since Electronic Arts was the video game villain of the moment, but on Thursday the FIFA publisher sucked up all the oxygen in the room thanks to a bad joke made even worse by the company’s cutthroat history. If there’s one mega gaming company out there who shouldn’t have been taking…
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Report: Private Equity Eyeing Ubisoft As The Next Big Gaming Acquisition
Private equity firms could be beginning to circle over Ubisoft, Bloomberg reported Friday. Talks are early, but include interest from firms like Blackstone Inc. and KKR & Co. Even if it’s not private equity, senior current and former Ubisoft developers Kotaku has spoken with in recent months believe the company will eventually sell to someone…
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EA Hires Call Of Duty Boss To Lead Battlefield Team
Electronic Arts has appointed Byron Beede as the new SVP and general manager of the Battlefield series. Beede previously spent nearly 20 years at Activision Blizzard, where he most recently worked as the executive vice president and general manager of the Call of Duty series.