Electronic Arts has sued prolific social game makers Zynga over their Facebook game The Ville, in a move that could have repercussions on the iOS app sphere. EA is claiming that Zynga "copied and misappropriated the original and distinctive expressive elements" of EA's title Sims Social. Zynga has … [Read more...]
Real Racing 3 Announced, Coming Later This Year
August 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Firemonkeys has just announced that Real Racing 3 is in the works, and when it launches later this year it looks like, it'll knock your socks off. The announcement came over the usual social media channels, and details are still scarce. Technically, Firemonkeys haven't even declared what … [Read more...]
Rock Band To Leave App Store At End Of July
July 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Remember how earlier this year, Rock Band players were met with a warning that the app would not be functional at the end of May? EA swiftly backpedalled on that announcement, but it looks like the death of Rock Band is still happening, just in a different form. All the current Rock Band titles in … [Read more...]
Apps Gone Cheap: EA’s Gold Medal Sale
July 20, 2012 by 1 Comment
EA is having another one of its semi-regular price drops, this time under the banner of a "gold medal sale". EA's "winningest" titles have been dropped in price by up to 90%, and there are some major titles available. … [Read more...]
EA Discounts Dozens Of Games To Just $0.99 In July 4th Sale [update]
July 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It's a tradition that for every (American) holiday, EA will drop the price on a handful of games, if only to rescue your sanity from spending time with your family. However, this time they've outdone themselves, dropping the price on dozens of games to just $0.99, in an enormous 4th of July sale. … [Read more...]
EA Drops Prices On Near 50 Games For Memorial Day
May 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It's a minor public holiday, so you know what that means? EA is slashing prices on more games than I care to even think about. A few of these are laid out on the EA Deals blog, but with so many to choose from, there's hardly space to list them all. For an easy glance at which ones have been dropped … [Read more...]
EA Backpedals On Rock Band Collapse
May 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday, we heard word of an alert popping up on the iOS Rock Band game, warning that it would soon cease to function. Now, intense media pressure has focused on EA, and the company has backtracked on this statement. A new notification was sent out to devices, and EA has stated: "Rock Band for … [Read more...]
EA Puts Sports Games On Sale
April 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As they seem to do pretty frequently, EA is holding an iOS game sale — this time on their sports titles. Since the company's website doesn't do anything useful like link to all the games directly, the best way to see the entire list of price reductions is to hit this list, and look for any app … [Read more...]
EA Discounts Just About Everything For Easter Sale
April 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
Easter is this weekend, and EA has dropped the prices on an obscene number of games in their catalogue, in one of their huge holiday sales. Which titles? Well, we don't have space to list them all, but a quick glance at all the apps they make shows that 44 titles have been discounted for this … [Read more...]
Simpsons: Tapped Out Taps Out Due To Server Woes
March 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Less than a week ago, EA released Simpsons: Tapped Out, a free Simpsons themed city simulator which was immediately incredibly popular. Unfortunately, it seems that EA's servers haven't been up to keeping up with that popularity, and since the game requires an internet connection, many players have … [Read more...]
