EA Announce Need For Speed Rivals, Coming To PS3, PS4, 360, Xbox One And PC This Year

EA have revealed Need For Speed Rivals, a game currently in development at Ghost Games. It will come out on 19th November on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC with the PS4 and Xbox One versions coming out this year, but no specific date was announced.

In Need For Speed Rivals you play as either a Cop or a Racer. as a racer your goal is to become the most infamous by taking risks, evading cops and becoming more popular. as a cop, you have to work as a team to pursue the racers, you earn promotions by getting busts.

AllDrive is a online feature that takes your single player game and lets your friends join in turning it into a online multiplayer game seamlessly, friends can exit the game just as easy.

Need for Speed Rivals pushes the limits of racing games with all-new and improved features:

• Next-Gen Racing – Redview County is brought to life with stunning, next-generation detail and weather effects that force drivers to master the elements, as well as the competition.

• Need for Speed Network Powered by Autolog – Gamers can compare stats and challenge their friends anytime, anywhere and then easily share their accomplishments with both friends and rivals.

• Personalization – Drivers customize their ride with fresh paintjobs, custom license plates, liveries, decals, rims, and performance upgrades.

• Pursuit and Evasion Tech – Street racing explodes with 11 upgradeable gadgets including turbo boosts, jammers and EMPs for racers, and shockwaves, roadblocks and helicopters for cops.

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EA And DICE Announce Battlefield 4 For Xbox One And PlayStation 4, Detail Pre-Order Offer

EA And Dice have confirmed that Battlefield 4 is coming to both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions of the game will come out on 1st November. gamers who pre-order the game will receive the Battlefield 4 China Rising Expansion for free. This expansion brings 4 multiplayer maps to the game that are set across the Chinese mainland, they are designed for vehicle and tech use. Those who pre-order via Origin will get the China Rising Expansion as well as access to the Battlefield 4 multiplayer Beta and in-game items.

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EA Sports And FIFA Announce An Extension Of The FIFA Licensing Agreement, Now Runs Until End Of 2022

EA, EA Sports and FIFA have announced they have extended the licensing agreement with FIFA until 31st December 2022. EA Sports maintains the rights to release FIFA branded action and management videogames. EA Sports also continues to have the rights to release the official FIFA World Cup Videogame

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EA Announce They Have A Multi Year Licensing Agreement With Disney To Make Videogames Based On Star Wars

EA have announced they have entered a multi year agreement with Disney to produce Core gaming audience videogames based on Star Wars. three of EA's top studios have been put to work, they are DICE, Visceral and BioWare who already have a Star Wars game With Star Wars The Old Republic. Disney will retain the rights to develop other Star Wars games for Mobile, Social, Tablets and online.

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Maxis And EA Announce The Sims 4, Coming 2014 To PC And Mac

EA And Maxis have revealed The Sims 4. coming 2014 to PC and Mac, The Sims 4 will be a offline game, compared to the always online SimCity, and will focus on sharing with their friends and creating their worlds.

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EA And Insomniac Have Released A New Trailer For Fuse

EA and Insomniac have released a new trailer for Fuse. this video uses in-game action to show the squad fighting, different weapons, locations and bosses.

EA And Insomniac Announce A Demo For Fuse Will Come Out 7th May On Xbox 360 And PS3

EA And Insomniac have announced a demo for Fuse will come out on 7th May. this demo will come out on PS3 and Xbox 360 and will let players either play on line with 4 player co-op or locally in 2 player split screen.

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EA Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For The Sims 3 Island Paradise Expansion

EA have released a new trailer and screenshots for the upcoming The Sims 3 expansion Island Paradise. this expansion is set to come out on 25th June and brings some new features to the game. these include the introduction of a houseboat which you can make and drive, your also able to run a resort, explore the ocean bottom and explore uncharted islands.



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EA Announce SimCity Comes To Macs On 11th June, Reveal Cross Buy And Cross Save With PC

EA have announced SimCity is coming to Macs on 11th June digitally via Origin. EA have confirmed that people who have SimCity on PC, either digitally or a boxed copy, will be getting a Mac version of the game for free and those who get the Mac version will get a PC version of free. both your copies of the game will grant you access to your city, achievements and leaderboards and both PC and Mac versions will also play online together.

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EA And BioWare Have Released A New Star Wars: The Old Republic Video Showing Game Update 2.0

EA And BioWare have released a new video for Star Wars: The Old Republic. this video shows some of the new features game update 2.0, called Scum and Villainy. this update brings Level 55 content, a new operations, legacy achievements, 4 hard mode flashpoints and more.



EA And BioWare have also revealed that players who pre-ordered the digital expansion Rise Of The Hutt Cartel by 7th January can now start playing, 5 days earlier than everyone else.

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EA Sports Have Released Screenshots And A Launch Trailer For Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14

EA Sports have released new screenshots and a launch trailer for Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14. the screenshots are a mix of in-game, courses and playable golfers.



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EA And DICE Reveal Battlefield 4 With New Trailer And Screenshots, Coming Fall To PS3, Xbox 360 And PC

EA And DICE have revealed Battlefield 4., Built on the new Frostbite 3 Engine, Battlefield 4 is coming out this fall on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. there are reports the game is NOT coming to the Wii U and no version for the next generation consoles has been announced, but i highly suspect we'll see it at the next Xbox reveal and that it'll come both to Xbox 3 and PS4.

Battlefield 4 will see multiplayer elements from Battlefield 3 incorporated, including huge environments, destruction and vehicles. the single player mode will also now track the players' progress and add an element of persistence and competition to single player.



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EA Announce John Riccitiello Has Handed In His Resignation With His Final Day Being The 30th March

EA CEO John Riccitiello has handed in his resignation. the letter by Larry Probst, EA Executive Chairman has cited the reason for John Riccitiello leaving is due to EA's poor financial performance. John Riccitiello's last day at EA will be on 30th March, he has been CEO at EA since 2007.

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EA And Maxis Announce Free Download For SimCity Owners Due To Launch Issues, Reveal 1.1M Sales

EA And Maxis have announced SimCity has sold over 1.1 Million in its first 2 weeks on sale, of which around 54% were digital downloads. EA estimate it's Origin service had 44% of those 54% digital sales.

In just two weeks:

• SimCity players have logged more than 15 million hours of online gameplay.
• More than 5.7 million original cities have been created since launch.
• More than 780 million buildings have been built.
• SimCity mayors to date have built enough road and railroad tracks to circle the globe more than 40,000 times.

Due to demand for the game, Maxis have increased server capacity by more than 400% and increased the server optimizations by 40. However though, because of the difficulties the game has had over this launch period with features being removed and people being unable to play the game, EA and Maxis have announced that every player who has activated their copy of SimCity will receive an Email with directions to redeem a free game.

This free game period requires those with a copy of the game to register it before the end of 26th March, and the free game to be claimed by early 31st March. the free game will be available from EA's Origin Service and your choice of free game is out of the following:

Battlefield 3 (Standard Edition)

Bejeweled 3

Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition)

Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition)

Medal of Honor Warfighter (Standard Edition)

Need For Speed Most Wanted (Standard Edition)

Plants vs. Zombies

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

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EA Have Released A New Trailer For Need For Speed Most Wanted On The Wii U

EA have released a new trailer for Need For Speed Most Wanted on the Wii U. this trailer shows how you can play the game solo on just the GamePad or have someone on the WiiMote and someone else helping out on the GamePad.



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EA And Visceral Games Have Released A New Dead Space 3 Trailer For The Awakened DLC

EA and Visceral games have released a new Dead Space 3 trailer. this is for the upcoming Awakened DLC that comes out this month. the trailer shows that this piece of DLC is more in-line with the horror and psychological game play from the first two games rather than the more action orientated Dead Space 3.

EA Announce A Demo For Army Of TWO: The Devil's Cartel Comes To PS3 And Xbox 360 From 12th March

EA have announced they will be releasing a demo for Army Of TWO: The Devil's Cartel ahead of it's release from 26th March. this demo will come to both PS3 and Xbox 360 from 12th March. in the demo, you will have to rescue a kidnapped politician while diffusing an additional hostage situation. the demo takes place in the Cartel's stronghold, moving from the drug lab basement to the roof.

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EA And DICE Have Released A Launch Trailer For The Battlefield 3 DLC End Game

EA And DICE have released a launch trailer for the Battlefield 3 DLC End Game. this DLC is out from today on PS3 for Battlefield 3 Premium Members, with PC and Xbox 360 Premium owners getting it from 12th March. for regular Battlefield 3 players, the DLC comes to PS3 on 19th March and PC and Xbox 360 on 26th March. European Players should get the DLC a day later than all of these.



 The End Game DLC brings 4 new maps, new vehicles like a dirt bike and the new drop ship. capture the flag and air superiority game modes return also.

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EA Have Released A Launch Trailer For The Sims 3 University Life Expansion

EA have released a launch trailer for the Latest Sims 3 Expansion. University Life comes out 5th March and lets your Sims experience university life.

Maxis Have Released A New SimCity Video Featuring Will Wright Talking About His Game Plays

Maxis have released a new video for SimCity. this video features Will Wright being interviewed about his experiences playing the game. Will discusses what he did in the many and many different games he's played. he talks about trying out different features like roads, the different types of cities he tried to make and more importantly he talks about what he learned from each city.