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Maxis and EA are spreading the word that Will Wright's Spore is available in stores. It was released on September 4 and September 5 throughout most of Europe and South America. Yesterday, it officially launched across the US. Considering how well EA did with the Spore Creature Creator...

Maxis and EA are having some problems with the release of Will Wright's title Spore. The game officially goes on sale across Europe today and on Sept. 7 in North America. Regardless, certain retailers offered it ahead of schedule and have prepared the hugely awaited life creation sim for customers already...

Electronic Arts and Mythic just confirmed that the MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), has gone gold and will launch its servers on September 18, 2008 at an MSRP of $49.99 in North America. WAR, by the way, launches simultaneously in North America, Europe and Oceania...

Crytek and Electronic Arts have announced that Crysis Warhead and Crysis Wars (the multiplayer package that comes with Warhead) have gone gold. Both are going ship to stores on September 16 in North America and September 12 in Europe. Like it's predecessor, Crysis Warhead is also arriving strictly for PCs...

Joy and rapture. Electronic Arts today announced that The Sims 3 are going to be available at retailers and via digital download on February 20, 2009. That same day, EA also plans to release The Sims 3 Collector's Edition, which, as announced, includes a Sims USB drive, in-game Italian-style sports car, hints guide, stickers and...

EA has given up on its hostile Take-Two bid and friendly negotiations have now ensued between the two companies. Shares of Take-Two fell 4% on the specter that EA might walk away entirely, or come back with a lower bid, analysts said a deal was more probable now that friendly talks were in the offing...

Black Box & Electronic Arts officially confirm Need for Speed Undercover, a new installment in the popular racing series. This game features the international movie star, Maggie Q (Mission Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard), as the lead character in the live-action sequences...

Electronic Arts announced its efforts to invest in new work from development studios Epic Games and Grasshopper Manufacture, as part of the company's EA Partners program. According to the industry giant, Epic's property is being created for PC, PS3 and X360 platforms by People Can Fly, best known for the excellent shooter series, Painkiller and the PC port of Gears of War...

Electronic Arts and Maxis confirmed that Spore has gone gold and will be available for the Mac and PC at retailers on September 5 in Europe and on September 7 in the US and Asia Pacific. They've also announced that players who preorder Spore or Spore Galactic Edition will receive a coupon good for $10 off their next purchase of custom merchandise at www...

The latest NPD chart, covering the week from July 27 to August 2, show that The Sims and World of Warcraft franchises (and other titles from Blizzard and EA) continue to dominate the PC sales. Check it out: 1. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe 2...

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning has finally received an official launch date. The long-in-development MMORPG is scheduled to hit the market on September 18, 2008 in North America, Europe and Oceania (Asia, Australia and New Zealand). For US territories, the game will allow monthly subscription ($14...

The Warhammer Herald just posted the system requirements for EA's upcoming MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (news via Strategy Informer). Specs for both XP and Vista were included. Check it out: Windows XP 2.5 GHz P4 (single core) processor or equivalent 1 Gigabyte RAM A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2...

EA LA decided to push back the release of their squad-based first-person shooter Tiberium. The delay had been confirmed during Electronic Arts' conference call to investors. Announced back in December 2007, Tiberium was set to launch during late 2008...

According to a report on StrategyInformer, EA plans to launch the open beta test for the the upcoming real-time strategy Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 very soon, which is why they've revealed the system requirements for the game. Check it out: OS – Windows XP / Vista (32-Bit) Processor – XP: 2...

EA and Crytek send over a few new screenshots from Crysis: Warhead. You can take a look below: click to view full gallery The game is in development for the PC and is going to be released this September. Find out more about Crysis: Warhead in our recent coverage.

EA announced that it extended its tender offer for all of the currently outstanding shares of common stock of T2 to 11:59 p.m., NYCtime, on August 18, 2008. Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two, said, "Take-Two's Board continues to be 100% committed to maximizing stockholder value and remains unanimous in continuing to recommend that our stockholders not tender their shares to EA...

The E3 Media & Business Summit is getting criticized perhaps even more so than last year's event. As for the E3 2008 show, a lot of people were disappointed with it. This time, the publishers have expressed their discontent, including Electronic Arts...

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello today confirms what most of us suspected for a long time - that well-known development studio BioWare (currently also working on Dragon Age: Origins) is creating an MMOG set in the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic universe (thanks, Shack)...

So, no more cheesy teasers, here's the actual gameplay footage from BioWare's upcoming RPG, Dragon Age: Origins:

Harmonix and Electronic Arts have announced via the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit that Rock Band 2 is going to be released really soon. "With the original Rock Band title providing millions of players with a new way to interact with the music and artists they love, Rock Band 2 builds upon its core band foundation to offer an unparalleled, deeper, dynamic gameplay experience...

id Software announced that Electronic Arts is going publish numerous titles from the well-known developer. For starters, the publishing deal will cover id's promising game Rage (currently in development for PC, PS3, 360). "The Rage publishing deal is the epitome of EA Partners'...

Oh c'mon, it's not like you didn't see it coming. After all, you can smell EA's fingerprints all over this announcement. It's correct. BioWare's approaching RPG, Dragon Age: Origins, is apparently on its way to consoles after it hits the PC early next year...

BioWare today announced its dark fantasy PC RPG Dragon Age: Origins, which premiers at the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit (July 15-17). The good news is that they're describing the game as the spiritual successor to BioWare’s Baldur’s Gate...

EA Mythic boss Mark Jacobs spoke with the crew at MMORPG.com, unveiling that the company won't be called EA Mythic any more and will regain its former name Mythic Entertainment - this is what the company was called before being purchased by Electronic Arts...

Electronic Arts has officially cofirmed its plans for this year's E3 Media & Business Summit. Here's the full list of games that have been prepared for the show: Dead Space - 360, PS3, PC - EA Redwood Shores FaceBreaker - 360, PS3, Wii - EA Canada Hasbro Family Game Night - Wii...

Soccer fans will soon be able to get into the spirit of Electronic Arts' new FIFA game. The project is currently in the hands of EA Canada and the developers have plenty of improvements line-up since the previous game. FIFA 09 was designed focuses on taking advantage of the hardware specifications of each available platform...

Looks like EA confirmed the recently rumored sequel to the popular rhythm/music game, Rock Band. Yep, Rock Band 2 is on its way, so I guess it's really good news for all of you who like to jam all night long using them plastic guitar thingies...

EA is probably congratulating itself on a job well done. The Spore Creature Creator paid off and it represents an encouraging omen for the future release of the full Spore game. The rest of the chart is, well, take a wild guess. Here are the full PC sales for the week of June 15 – June 21, as compiled by NPD: 1...

Czech gaming site Tiscali Games reports about the latest details on EA's upcoming standalone expansion pack Crysis: Warhead. The details have appeared in PC Gamer and according to the preview, the developers are waiting to see how the market is going to react to Warchead before they move on to making Crysis 2...

John Riccitiello already unveiled The Godfather 2 and has also taken the opportunity to speak a bit about the next Need for Speed game. They are calling the game Need for Speed Undercover and as it happens it has received a lengthier development cycle that its predecessors...