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EA Playground (EA Playground)

Jun 20, 2007

The actual concept of an EA playground is one of the most wonderfully absurd things weve heard of in a while: a kind of compendium of EA games collected together in the style of a theme park. How excited you get by this prospect depends entirely on your age, because this one is aimed squarely at sticky-fingered youths. But theres no doubting it has a certain pizzazz. The minigame that were most looking forward to is Tetherball - the game that everyone loves until the ball swings right into ...

EA Playground development confirmed (EA Playground)

Jun 18, 2007

An all-new IP for DS and Wii that captures the nostalgia of your neighbourhood playground.

EA Playground was first revealed early last month, but today EA has official confirmed the game's development for Wii and Nintendo DS.

In development at EA Canada, Playground features game that are easy to pick-up-and-play by fully capitalising on the unique control mechanics of both the Wii and DS. Players will find themselves swinging the Wii-mote to excel in tetherball, or blowing into the DS microphone to fire spitballs or battle friends and family in dodgeball.

Old games, new screens (EA Replay)

Sep 6, 2006

Wednesday 6 September 2006 You'll be able to play Road Rash, Desert Strike, Wing Commander and more while parking your behind on a bus soon, thanks to EA Replay, the PSP retro collection. We've uncovered some images of these old greats in their new widescreen-o-matic incarnations; just hit the image tab to see the ...

EA Replay unveiled (EA Replay)

Sep 1, 2006

Megapublisher Electronic Arts announced today that it'll be dusting off 14 of its old 16-bit games - some classic, others less so - and jamming them together into a compilation called EA Replay, due to hit PSPs on Nov. 7. As has become standard for such collections, players will be able to challenge each other in certain games via an ad-hoc connection. Additionally, you'll be able to save your game at any point in any of the games (thank God) and unlock original game art as you play. Better ...

EA announce MegaDrive retro-compilation (EA Replay)

Aug 15, 2006

EA have announced details regarding a retro-collection of MegaDrive titles for the PSP entitled EA Replay Vol 1.

EA Sports Active Announcement? (EA Sports Active)

Oct 7, 2009

Feed Your Console Says:

Just this afternoon the community manager for the EA Sports Active brand "Active Girl" posted a Twitter announcement at 2:22EST that there would be a big announcement coming today sometime.

"Big EA SPORTS Active announcement coming up later today! Can't wait to tell you what's coming up!!"

EA Sports Active player base split evenly between men and women (EA Sports Active)

Aug 11, 2009

As you likely noticed if you've turned on a TV in the past few months, EA Sports Active is being marketed pretty heavily towards the female demographic. So you can imagine the company's surprise when, as they told Joystiq earlier today, customer satisfaction surveys from its research group indicated that the Active audience was split evenly between men and women.

"Although we focused our marketing campaign on women, EA Sports Active was designed to accommodate everyone and our consumer base reflects that," Monique Gomel, marketing director for the game, told Joystiq.

EA Expanding EA Sports Active, Confirms Madden Arcade (EA Sports Active)

Aug 5, 2009

EA Sports said Tuesday that EA Sports Active sold 1.8 million units during its June quarter, making the game the publisher's "best-selling Wii title ever."

The company intends to maintain the high sales momentum through unconventional marketing and distribution that saw the game advertised on QVC and sold at Dick's Sporting Goods, for example. The success has also prompted EA to release an expansion for the game later this year.

"Given the success of EA Sports Active, we've decided to launch an expansion pack this holiday. We are using development using from our tennis team on our EA Sports Active franchise," said Peter Moore, president of the publisher's EA Sports label.

EA Sports Active Wii expansion delays 360 and PS3 Grand Slam Tennis (EA Sports Active)

Aug 5, 2009

VG247: Peter Moore confirmed an EA Sports Active expansion in EA's Q1 investor call tonight.

The add-on will release this holiday.

EA Q1 financials: EA Sports Active sells 1.8 million copies (EA Sports Active)

Aug 4, 2009

VG247: During EA's Q1 conference call to investors it was revealed that EA Sports Active sold 1.8 million copies on Wii.

Peter Moore issues a challenge to President Obama (EA Sports Active)

Jun 22, 2009

Earlier this week, President Obama delivered a speech to the American Medical Association. His speech mainly focused on health care, but there was a short remark about video games. The President, while speaking about ways to avoid illness and disease said that kids should "step away from the video games and spend more time playing outside." So how does Peter Moore fit into all of this? Mr. Moore, in a recent blog update, poked a bit of fun at President Obama and issued a challenged of sorts regarding an EA product.

EA want to bring EA Sports Active also to the PS3 and 360 (EA Sports Active)

Jun 7, 2009

Peter Moore said in an interview with Joystiq that they want to bring the EA Sports Active franchise to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with use of the Motion Sensing technique that they release in the future. And according to Sony, we already be using this new technique on the PlayStation 3 at the beginning of 2010.

Perhaps this is not the only game that EA Sports want to bring to the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. It is possible that there will be more similar games coming, perhaps including Grand Slam Tennis. With the advent of the new Motion Sensing technology from Sony is a world open to many casual gamers who are looking for games to improve their health. How you can improve your health, is shown in the trailer.

B.C. residents set world record for video game exercise (EA Sports Active)

May 24, 2009

Peter Wright came prepared: He had the sunglasses, the head band, the water bottle and yes, he even practised a bit.

Wright was among the 605 staff members at the video game giant's Burnaby headquarters who emerged from their cubicles on Friday to break an obscure world record: largest simultaneous video game exercise routine.

The huge crowd converged at EA's soccer field at noon to play EA Sports Active, the company's latest virtual fitness game.

'Wii Fit girl' resurfaces as EA Sports Active spokesmodel (EA Sports Active)

Mar 18, 2009

Joystiq writes:

"In these two videos, EA's Jen Riley walks us (and a live audience) through EA Sports Active, the Wii exercise program that includes the crazy-looking resistance band gear. Helping her out is a familiar face, Lauren Bernat, better known to perverted Nintendo fans as "the Wii Fit girl." Yes, she has a face. Bernat seems to have made the best out of what could have been the most horrifyingly embarrassing situation ever, so good for her. She is also sensibly dressed for this EA Sports Active demo. Good for her."

EA's MMA Could See Female Fighters (EA Sports MMA)

Nov 11, 2009

IncGamers has learnt that EA's MMA game could see female fighters.

Speaking to IncGamers, development director, Charles Laing, said that the thought hasn't necessarily been dismissed.

EA SPORTS MMA to be playable before Strikeforce event (EA Sports MMA)

Oct 30, 2009

"Electronic Arts is giving journalists a sneak peak at its upcoming mixed martial arts fighter, EA SPORTS MMA, on November 6th at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. According to the invitation sent to members of the press, the game will be made available in playable form for the first time ever."

MMA Fighter Freaks Out, EA Dev Almost Punched (EA Sports MMA)

Sep 30, 2009

Since the MMA game is based on real fighters, it's EA's job to determine which fighters are stronger than others. Unfortunately for fighter Jason "Mayhem" Miller, EA doesn't think too much of him in the fighting department, and he is rated as one of the weaklings in the game.

Jason "Mayhem" Miller set to be in EA Sports MMA (EA Sports MMA)

Sep 25, 2009

"Despite Dana White threat to blacklist any mixed martial artists from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) who signed with Electronic Art's EA Sports MMA, the game certainly seems to have no problem acquiring a healthy roster of notable fighters.

First, there was former UFC champion Randy Couture joining; then Gregard Mousassi; and then the legendary Fedor Emelianenko. Now, EA has announced three new fighters who will be lending their likeness to the upcoming MMA video game.

According to an announcement on EA Sports MMA's Twitter account, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal and Frank "The Legend" Shamrock will appear in the video game when it launches sometime in 2010. "

Couture and Emelianenko Headline EA MMA, Moore Responds to Threats (EA Sports MMA)

Aug 16, 2009

Game Freaks 365 writes: "The fight is on. EA today announced that they have officially signed Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko to headline their EA Sports MMA title. Randy Couture is a 6'1", 220 pound heavyweight, who currently holds a 16-9 record and is a five-time MMA champion. The game is currently scheduled to be released on PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2010.

"I have been a part of MMA for over 10 years and I am excited about the global visibility that a game like EA Sports MMA will bring to the sport," said Randy Couture. 'Like my fighting career, I look forward to taking on all comers in EA Sports MMA.'"

Movie Star Confirms EA MMA Appearance (EA Sports MMA)

Aug 14, 2009

Movie star and Strikeforce athlete Cung Le has confirmed his appearance in EA's upcoming MMA videogame, and announced he will be working on motion capture in the near future.