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Electronic Arts
hideElectronic Arts (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS) is an international developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games. Originally, EA was a home computing game publisher. In the late 1980s, the company began developing games in-house and supported consoles by the early 1990s. EA later grew via acquisition of several successful developers. By the early 2000s, EA had become one of the world's largest third-party publishers. In May 2008, the company reported net annual revenue of US$4.02 billion in fiscal year 2008. Currently, EA's most successful products are sports games published under its EA Sports label, games based on popular movie licenses such as Harry Potter and games from long-running franchises like Need for Speed, Medal of Honor, The Sims, Battlefield and the later games in the Burnout and Command & Conquer series. They are also the distributors of the Rock Band series. EA reported a $1.08 billion loss for the financial year ending March 2009. Revenue for the same period was up to $4.2 billion, a 15 percent rise from the previous year’s $3.6 billion. [3]
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Low-cost online computer gaming surges in US
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US videogame lovers are adapting to tough economic times by turning to low-cost online play, according to figures released Friday by industry tracker comScore.
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(AP) -- There's nothing all that charming about Nintendo's latest gadget.
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Walk into almost any household that includes teenage boys and you'll find one or more video game consoles. Walk into that household past 10PM and you’re likely to find one or more teenage boys playing those ...
EA 1Q loss widens but results surpass expectations
Aug 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Lower revenue from packaged video games amid a seasonal slump for the industry gave Electronic Arts Inc. a larger net loss in its fiscal first quarter. But investors cheered as its adjusted results ...
Actor Ashton Kutcher, CNN in Twitter duel
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher has challenged CNN to an online duel.
EA posts 2Q loss, cutting 17 pct. of work force
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry.
Interactive game helps teach history to high-school kids
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Students who have trouble staying awake in history class now have a new way to learn about the Civil War and other topics: an interactive video game where they try to stop a band of evildoers from changing the past.
Will Wright to leave Electronic Arts
Apr 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Will Wright, the video game designer behind such hits as "The Sims" and "Spore," is leaving game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. after 12 years.
'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history.
Activision sues to stop Jack Black game
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Activision is suing to stop the release of the Jack Black video game "Brutal Legend."
A virtual football? Put away the china
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The last time we chatted, I wrote that somewhere in Nintendo's lair of mass mind control, "evil" scientists were patenting a game controller based on horse riding. It would look sort of like one of those bouncy balls we ...
Bands catching rhythm of music videogames
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Videogames are getting their groove on with a collection of new music titles, as bands including the legendary Beatles are won over to a new platform for selling their songs.
Electronic Arts stages fake protest of game at E3
Jun 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Electronic Arts has been playing games with attendees of the nation's biggest video-game trade show.
