electronic arts
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Layoffs At EA Austin Following Split With FIFA
Electronic Arts is laying off a ton of customer service staff at its Austin office, according to internal emails viewed by Kotaku. One source familiar with the decision told Kotaku that as many as 100 employees could be affected, many of whom supported live operations on FIFA 22. Going forward, EA will instead seemingly outsource…
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How FIFA Went From EA’s Partner In Innovation To Just ‘The Four Letters On The Front Of The Box’
EA Sports and FIFA will part ways after almost 30 years of collaboration. This is surprising for a number of reasons, not least because it is such a large part of EA’s success: FIFA, a video game franchise using the world governing body of soccer’s official licence, is regularly played by 35 million people. 325…
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EA Is Once Again Making A Lord Of The Rings Video Game
I know licensing isn’t the sexiest topic, but when it comes to certain properties — like Star Wars and major sports — it plays a super important role in what games we get to play and who makes them. Which is my way of explaining why I’m writing about the surprise announcement that EA is…
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Battlefield 2042 Reportedly Heading To Game Pass, Just In Case Someone, Anyone, Would Like To Play It
Are Battlefield 2042 and FIFA 22 headed for Game Pass? Maybe. Probably. Over the weekend, social media got its jimmies properly rustled when word started going around that both Battlefield 2042 and FIFA 22 would arrive on Xbox Game Pass this week. As reported by NME, the rumour began following an update to the Microsoft…