By Imee Celine Lenoir, on April 28th, 2013% 
On of the biggest gaming company, Electronic Arts (EA), has announced and confirmed the layoffs in their company but no details yet on how many will be left jobless.
According to a statement they released in their website, they said “In recent weeks, EA has aligned all elements of its organizational structure behind priorities in new technologies and mobile,”. The gaming company will be reducing the workforce from different locations or offices. They also stated that, “We are extremely grateful for the contributions made by each of our employees – those that are leaving EA will . . . → Read More: Electronic Arts Reduces Workforce Again
By Imee Celine Lenoir, on April 6th, 2013% 
Electronic Arts has finally found itself at the top of the poll of the Consumerist’s Annual Worst Company in America. They won the title last year, labeled as the worst company and it seems that they are going to maintain the title this year.
This is quite an insult for the gaming giant but they are not taking it lightly in spite of having a good position when it comes to gaming industry.
With this, EA COO Peter Moore, gave a response in the poll in a blog post that sounded apologetic “EA can . . . → Read More: Electronic Arts, The Worst Company in America in the Poll
By Imee Celine Lenoir, on March 20th, 2013% 
Electronic Arts has finally launched the latest version of the most popular racing game in the world, the Need for Speed Most Wanted U. Developed by Criterion Games, the racing game was more improved specially for the Nintendo Wii U – this maybe the reason they called it Need for Speed Most Wanted U.
NFS Most Wanted U has great features making it even more interactive and social rather than just simply playing the game. The game also takes advantage of the console’s touchscreen Gamepad controller which is quite interesting and appealing for other gamers. In . . . → Read More: EA Releases Need for Speed Most Wanted U
By Imee Celine Lenoir, on March 19th, 2013% 
Electronic Arts proudly announced that Maxis’ SimCity 5 has sold more than 1.1 million copies in just a short period of time since it released. Despite of the issues regarding its need to be constantly online, and massive requests and criticism for having an offline version of the game, the sales were good and positive.
EA also said that more than half the sold copies of the game were through online and downloaded. This is showing a good sign that players has no problem playing it even if it needs to be always online.
According to Peter Moore, Chief Operating . . . → Read More: SimCity 5 Hits 1.1 Million Sold Copies
By Imee Celine Lenoir, on March 18th, 2013%
During the early development of the City-building simulation game, SimCity 5, Electronic Arts had plans of having a single-player version of the game, but unfortunately it was rejected.
As many people are playing the game, some are having complains of the game’s requirement to be constantly connected to the internet.
Maxis head, Lucy Bradshaw, said that an offline or single-player version of the game will not be proper or just doesn’t fit for their main theme which is the multi-player city building game. And she said that many players are contented or prefers the multiplayer mode of Simcity . . . → Read More: Simcity 5 Offline Version Plans Rejected
By Imee Celine Lenoir, on November 14th, 2011% 
Steam, the online video gaming community managed by game company Valve, verified Thursday that the discussion boards have been compromised and informed customers to keep an eye on their credit card billing statements.
The company’s community forums have been defaced earlier in the week, causing some players receiving e-mails from the hacking Site, according to Kotaku.
Thursday, Gabe Newell, Valve co-founder, made a message on the company’s discussion boards verifying the attack, stating that all of forum passwords is going to be reset and including that this attack “goes beyond the Steam forums.” As there is proof of . . . → Read More: Valve Confirmed Steam Hack
By Imee Celine Lenoir, on September 5th, 2011% 
The Call of Duty fans gathered in Los Angeles this weekend showing their devotion of the game in the first Call of Duty XP, a game convention dedicated to the game’s past, present, and future.
Activision held the convention in the huge airplane hangars of Playa del Rey if Loyola Marymount University and a sniper’s shot of EA’s (Electronic Arts) Los Angeles headquarters. Howard Hughes utilized the hangars to build the concept aircraft but they became conference halls and multiplayer gaming centers for the Call of Duty XP convention 2011.
Activision, the game’s developer, . . . → Read More: Call of Duty XP Convention in Los Angeles
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