Electronic Arts Swings to 3Q Loss

January 31, 2008 By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Business Writer Electronic Arts Swings to 3Q Loss (AP)

Two popular Electronic Arts games on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. EA is expected to release quarterly earnings after the market closes on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

(AP) -- Video-game software publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday it swung to a loss in the third quarter, hurt in part by the way it accounts for online-enabled games, but adjusted earnings met Wall Street's expectations.

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