EA Announce The FIFA Online Closed Beta Is Finished And Gamers Can Now Play The Open Beta

EA Have announced that the closed FIFA Online beta has finished and 20,000 people took park in the Beta. EA have also announced that FIFA Online in in a open beta and people are now able to sign up and take part. register at http://fifa-online.easports.com/ to play FIFA Online and to take part in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa tournament, where you play the tournament either solo or with friends.

EA Have also announced that they have partnered with FIFA.com to give FIFA.com/Club members exclusive content, unlimited match pass tot he 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa mode in FIFA Online. head to www.FIFA.com/club to sign up.

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Press Release

GUILDFORD, UK. – 7th June, 2010 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that EA SPORTSTM FIFA Online , the first downloadable FIFA football game designed for PC ^, is available to football fans everywhere around the world to play for free*.

Register at http://fifa-online.easports.com and compete in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa tournament mode and score the goal that lifts your nation to FIFA World Cup glory. Compete by yourself or online with friends in an authentic re-creation or a fantasy version of the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament.

“Football fans have helped drive the game’s evolution and development through our testing period and now we are ready to share the game with a much larger audience,” said Kaz Makita, Executive Producer of the EA SPORTS FIFA franchise. “The FIFA World Cup attracts casual football fans all over the world and we are inviting them to try a free football game they can play at work or home and win the FIFA World Cup virtually.”

EA SPORTS has also partnered with FIFA.com to give their Club members exclusive content. Any gamers and football fans who register at FIFA.com will receive an exclusive unlimited match pass to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaTM mode. Register now onwww.FIFA.com/club.

Since February 3, more than 20,000 football fans across Europe have participated in the Closed Beta development and testing of FIFA Online and that number is expected to grow to hundreds of thousands of fans. Additional content will be designed for the game based on feedback by fans.

FIFA Online features 28 licensed leagues, 500 clubs and more than 15,000 players in a League Mode that enables fans to manage and compete as their favorite football club, and the ability to play online in challenge or cooperative matches. FIFA Online will enable football fans to build their favorite club into their fantasy team by developing or acquiring players, upgrading skills, and getting unique apparel by earning in-game currency to acquire items or through micro-transactions.

EA SPORTS FIFA Online will be released around the world in stages. The UK English language Beta version is available now with plans over the next 12 to 24 months for FIFA Online to launch in other languages across Europe and then in North America.

EA SPORTS FIFA Online is developed by EA Canada and EA Singapore. The game is rated PEGI 3.

EA SPORTSTM is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, global videogame competitions and breakthrough digital experiences. EA SPORTS delivers personal access to the emotion of sports through industry-leading sports simulation videogames, including Madden NFL football, FIFA Soccer, NHL® hockey, NBA LIVE basketball, NCAA® Football and NCAA Basketball, Fight Night boxing, EA SPORTS MMA and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® golf, and EA SPORTS ActiveTM.

For more information about EA SPORTS, including news, video, blogs, forums and game apps, please visit www.easports.co.uk to connect, share and compete.
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About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA MobileTMand POGOTM. In fiscal 2010, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.7 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million units. EA's homepage and online game site is www.easports,co.uk.

EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO and EA SPORTS Active are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc.Official FIFA licensed product “© The FIFA name and OLP Logo are copyright or trademark protected by FIFA. All rights reserved.” Manufactured under license by Electronic Arts Inc. Player names and likenesses used under license from FIFA, International Federation of Professional Footballers "(FIFPro)" and national teams. John Madden, NFL, NHL, NBA, NCAA, Tiger Woods and PGA TOUR are trademarks of their respective owners and used with permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

EA Announce The First DLC For Skate 3 Comes Out 8th June For 400 MS Points/$4.99

EA Announce the First DLC for Skate 3 is coming out 8th June for 400MS Points/$4.99 on the PS3 and Xbox 360. The Maloof Money Cup has 100 new achievement points and 5 new trophies to earn. The Maloof Money Cup is the biggest annual contests for Skateboarding, and this DLC will feature the Flushing Meadows location, where this years Maloof Money Cup is taking place.



Press Release

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black Box, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced the first downloadable content pack for the critically acclaimed skateboarding game SKATE 3 - The Maloof Money Cup 2010 NYC Pack. The content pack hits Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on June 8 for 400 MS points or $4.99 and an additional 100 achievement points and 5 trophies.

The all new DLC lets players compete in the largest pursed event and one of skateboarding’s biggest annual contests - The Maloof Money Cup. For the first time ever, this year’s competition will be traveling east to Flushing Meadows, New York, where the site of the 1964 World’s Fair has been converted into one gnarly skate mecca. Gamers will have the opportunity to compete against some of the biggest names in skateboarding as they shred an all-new custom built street park for the ultimate cash purse.

The award-winning SKATE franchise breaks new ground with SKATE 3 and shreds the streets of the all-new skaters’ paradise, Port Carverton. Delivering the definitive co-op skateboarding experience, it’s up to players to build the ultimate team and change the face of the city with their brand by taking on unique team challenges and competing against rival crews online. The game also features the ability to create and share custom built skate parks and a revamped Thrasher Hall of Meat mode that will have players spending countless hours pulling off bone-crushing carnage.

SKATE 3 is now available on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. The game is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB and “16+” by PEGI. More information can be found at www.skate.ea.com, become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/skate, or follow us on Twitter @ Hippyjump.

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA MobileTM and POGOTM In fiscal 2010, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.7 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million units. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO and SKATE are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. "PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Audio Re-Cap of The Weekends News (oldest to newest)

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Re-Cap of The Weekends News (oldest to newest)

• QTE Blog: Audio Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ht.ly/17CXJ2
• iPhone: Call Of Duty World At War Zombies has a DLC pack called Shi no Numa for $4.99, or it can be bought separately http://ht.ly/1UtB5
• PS3: Leaked screenshots from Motorstorm 3 have been released. shows racing in a city thats destroyed/ being destroyed http://ht.ly/1UtFb
• 360: its strongly rumoured JoyRide has been reworked as a Natal launch game. its no longer free to play. http://ht.ly/1UtLJ
• 3DS: its rumoured 3DS will have near HD graphics better than Wii. doesn't use NVIDIA Tegra, has Rumble+analogue stick http://ht.ly/1UtMj
• PopCap reportedly confirm Plants vs Zombies is coming to XBLA, do not confirm if its coming to PS3 http://ht.ly/1UtNb
• QTE Blog: Namco Bandai Have Released New Screenshots And Gameplay Videos For Dragon Ball: Origins 2 http://ht.ly/17D0Dv
• PS3: Vanquish is being developed for the PS3 and then ported to 360 http://ht.ly/1UuF9
• EA Have officially revealed the boxart for Dead Space 2 http://ht.ly/1Uvbd
• QTE Blog: Namco Bandai Have Released A New Trailer And Character Art For Puzzle Quest 2 http://ht.ly/17D22c
• A Class action lawsuit has been bough against Sony and Square Enix for "severe and widespread damage" to PS3 consoles http://ht.ly/1UvSz
• 3DS: More sources confirm the 3DS does not have NVIDIA Tegra, has Chips from Japan instead. Motherboard pic real http://ht.ly/1UvWo
• QTE Blog: Namco Bandai Have Released New Screenshots for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 http://ht.ly/17D3pB
• The Active Network file a trademark infringement lawsuit against EA Sports Active and its scheduling and fitness goals http://ht.ly/1UvYF
• A trademark for Pac-Chain has been found for use in videogame and coin arcade machines. http://ht.ly/1UvZY
• A Image is making the rounds, has Half Life logo + words 'Freeman, June 14th', PC announcement Half Life 3 Speculated http://ht.ly/1Uw9M
• PS3: the 3D Firmware update is reportedly coming to Europe on 9th June http://ht.ly/1UwaP
• QTE Blog: Atari Have Released New Test Drive Unlimted 2 Screenshots And A Fact Sheet http://ht.ly/17D6Qh
• QTE Blog: Sega Announce Some Of The Games They're Showing At E3 2010 http://ht.ly/17D6Qg
• PS3: Heavy Rain Costumes coming to Little Big Planet next week. pack of 5 retails for £4.79/€5.99 or £1.59/€1.99 each http://ht.ly/1UwDq
• QTE Blog: The Debut Trailer For Red Faction Armageddon Has Been Released http://ht.ly/17D8dA
• QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ht.ly/17DGdl
• QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://ht.ly/17DKmQ

QTE Tweets Of The Week

Here are this weeks most clicked tweets from the QTE Gamers News In Brief. there was no real stand-out story this week with all the stories in the top 10 receiving very similar amounts of clicks. many of the big news stories from the week did make it into the top 10, as well as some other stories like PlayTV 2 and OnLive.

10 Rare say they have no involvement in Activisions rumoured new GoldenEye game http://ht.ly/1U68F

9 PS3: a new PS3 bundle has been spotted with Little Big Planet GOTY and a HDMI Cable. http://ht.ly/1T1Qk

8 Xbox: Bungie have revealed that Microsoft forces them to use Combat Evolved tag with Halo http://ht.ly/1T7eB

7 Ubisoft dismiss reports Michel Ancel has left, confirm Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still in development. http://ht.ly/1Ss8A

6 360: what appears to be a retail version of Natal was used recently at D8. several close-ish pictures were taken of it http://ht.ly/1Tchc

5 Valve have cancelled the Portal 2 E3 event, but tease that a surprise is replacing it. http://ht.ly/1T5an

4 OnLive: people who pre-order early will now get 1 year free membership instead of 3 months free http://ht.ly/1S209

3 PS3: Its been revealed Sony Cambridge are working on Play TV 2 http://ht.ly/1S20S

2 Capcom have filled a trademark for Zombie Café. its unknown if its DLC for Dead Rising 2, a social Hub, or anything http://ht.ly/1U6dp

1 OnLive: BT are saying that OnLive should come out in the UK by the end of 2011 http://ht.ly/1UcXK

What Have You Played This Week?

It was a very busy week for news, and i imagine its only going to get busier with E3 around the corner, which meant i didn't spend much time playing games. i did manage to Finish Enchanted Arms and i had a good time playing it. but my HD TV died on me and i don't know if i want to use my back up 15" CRT TV to play PS3 and 360 games. the Wii looks fine on it so i may play some Wii games. it'll be interesting to see what Swapgame sends next as Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max is already in the post.

Football Manager 10 – PC – after having my pallet cleanesed with FC Bayern, i've decided to try something more diffuclt. I'm now manager of Conference South team, Havant & Waterlooville. So far i'm in the top half of the table and doing well.

Enchanted Arms – PS3 – yep I finished Enchanted Arms. And you know what, its not bad at all. I wasn't far from the end and I took the time out to get the god weapons just before the final area so in all I think it took me around 33 hours to complete the game. As i've said before, the graphics are not the best, in fact there was a point where a river appeared to have had its water replaced with a mirror, and the game mechanics are rather simple. But these things are fine. The simple mechanics make the large amount of random battles you face easy to get through, and yet offer a nice level of difficulty for bosses. The story may feel bland in places, whilst other things you can see coming a mile away. But there are still moments of great story, things you don't see coming, and it cleverly reveals everything throughout. I recommend staying for the credits as more story is revealed during them. For a PS3 RPG, Enchanted Arms is not the best. But it is a good RPG, its very accessible, and the ability to save anywhere makes it great to pick up and play in short bursts. I do recommend people play it, not just as a RPG fan, but also those interested in giving RPGs a go.

Monsters (probably) Stole My Princess– Minis – PS3 – I was curious to see how this newer Mini would look like on the PS3. The sound is great but the graphics don't really hold up that well. The games style is designed to be played on the PSP where it really does look amazing.

Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max – PSP – I wanted to give this ago as I was mainly curious to see what it looked and played like. This is the newest game that Swapgame sent me and i'll be honest and say I spent 1 day with it before sending it back. This does not mean the game is bad, far from it. The graphics look good and it plays very well on the PSP, the Ai is ok, and I had fun playing it. But it's not really a single player game and whilst I gave nearly all the modes a go, I didn't feel the game offered much in a single player experience.

Uncharted 2 - PS3 - i quicky dove into the Multiplayer to basically see what it would look liek on my old CRT TV i had at uni. its playable but its hard going from a 32" HD TV to a 15" 4:3 CRT TV...thats a good decade old.

what have you been playing this week? feel free to add your weeks gaming selection in the comments, or you can comment on the game i played this week.

The Debut Trailer For Red Faction Armageddon Has Been Released

The Debut trailer for Red Faction Armageddon has been released. the trailer appears to be all from in-game footage and provides some back story for this game and finishes with some action against the new enemy.

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