Post Tagged with: "EA"

Hands-On Preview: Henry Hatsworth, Holy Awesome

Since when is tea time synonymous with piloting a giant robot? Only since my most highly anticipated DS game since Contact, Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (working title). You may recognize the “Untitled” EA project from the Into the Pixel exhibit at E3. In this platformer/puzzle-gaming hybrid, the top screen is where you’ll run, [...]

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EA Studio Showcase 2008 Press Conference

No doubt you’ve already read the big news about EA Partners making friends with Grasshopper Manufacture, Inc. and Epic Games, but that same press conference featured some other interesting bits as well.

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EA: Will Wright’s Spore Goes Gold

We all know the story of how many days it took God to make this and that, but what we don’t know is how  long EA kept Big G at bay before the process actually started. Well, the delays attached to Spore are officially a thing of the past, and the product, which at one [...]

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EA Inks Deal With Grasshopper Manufacture

Three years ago, if someone were to tell me that Electronic Arts would be publishing a game by Grasshopper Manufacture, the renegade development team that created some of the weirdest and most unconventional games I’ve ever played, I’d have slapped them silly. But it’s happening, as EA has just announced a deal with Grasshopper to [...]

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Marcus 09? EA Publishing New Epic Games IP

Electronic Arts has just signed a deal to publish an all-new IP from Epic Games, the creators of the Gears of War and Unreal series. The new IP is currently being developed by Epic’s People Can Fly studio in Poland, the team behind Painkiller and the Gears of War PC port.

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EA’s Celebrity Sports Showdown Gives Me The Chance to Punch Fergie in the Face

Is it April already? Not being content with releasing Dead Space, Rock Band 2, Crysis, and the million other games coming out this holiday season, EA has announced that they’re developing Celebrity Sports Showdown to be released this fall. Apparently, they’re also not happy with how completely unsaturated the Wii casual sports market has been [...]

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The Dark Not? Batman Videogame Update

Rumors have been circulating amongst videogame sites, and here at Ripten we have even added to the cacophony of the gamer journalism echo chamber. We sought comment from Pandemic regarding their involvement in the Dark Knight game a few weeks ago and were told “Hey, who knows [laughter].” It’s safe to say no one is [...]

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Rumor: Medal of Honor: Operation Anaconda, EA Deploying to Afghanistan

Is Operation Anaconda going to get the Medal of Honor? According to survey information found by French site Jeux Video it is. After Call of Duty 4’s critical and commercial success, EA is exploring the possibility of taking Medal of Honor in a similar route. Operation Anaconda was a U.S. military operation against Taliban and [...]

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EA Announces Games for Dummies. Intelligent People Need Not Apply.

Electronic Arts is teaming up with the strangely popular self-help books “For Dummies,” makers of such classic literature as “Sex For Dummies” and “Catholicism For Dummies” to create games for dummies. That’s right. Now you can get all of the fun of a self-help book in a video game. Hit the jump for details. (Here’s [...]

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Waaaaagh! Warhammer: Age of Reckoning to be Released Sept. 18

The Warhammer faithful have cause to rejoice: the street date for the highly anticipated Warhammer: Age of Reckoning has finally been announced. Marc Jacobs, founder and general manager of Mythic Entertainment, released a statement on WAR’s website this morning along with the announcement heralding the release. “The countdown has officially begun. Mark your calendars! September [...]

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Rock Band Live Tour: Not Just for Living Room Rockers Anymore

This fall, Rock Band is going on tour, and you could have a chance to rock out with your plastic controller out in front of a live audience full of hipsters and emo kids. Rock Band Live features Panic at the Disco (isn’t there an exclamation point in there somewhere?), Dashboard Confessional, Plain White T’s [...]

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PS3 “Left 4 Dead” After All

Yesterday we reported that Left 4 Dead may be coming to the PlayStation 3 after all, coutesy of Electronic Arts. Now, unfortunately, it looks like that isn’t true. Hit the jump if you want your dreams crushed and eaten by zombies.

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Mirror’s Edge Created In Portal Engine

Remember the rooftop stage from Mirror’s Edge? It was first shown in the initial gameplay trailer as well as being prominently featured in the E3 08 trailer and demonstrations to the press. Well, Portal modder EvilWeevil has taken it upon himself to bring that stage to life in Portal.

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Rock Out With Your … Dates Out? Rock Band 2 Console Release Dates Leaked

According to Kotaku, a “friendly retail tipster” sent them a few photos of what appears to be their retail screens — showing off the release dates for the Rock Band 2 game on each console. The images point to the 360 version hitting stores 9/14, PS3 on 10/19, and Wii on 11/18. Of course, all [...]

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PS3 “Left 4 Dead” by Valve? EA to the Rescue!

The Official Playstation Magazine reports that Valve’s Left 4 Dead survival-horror game will be making its way to the PS3 console as a port courtesy of Electronic Arts. This is the second time in recent history that Valve is partnering with EA to port one of their titles to the PS3 — the first being [...]

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