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No, Electronic Arts isn't buying Take-Two Interactive just yet. But just in case the folks at Take-Two give in, the persistent industry giant has already secured up to $1 billion in financing if the acquisition should take place by January 9, 2009...

There are many things that are wrong about EA, but pre-release demos of games certainly isn't one of those things. Gamers looking forward to Battlefield: Bad Company, the latest game from the critically-acclaimed developer DICE, will be happy to hear that a demo will be hitting Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Store on June 5...

Hm, interesting. Pandemic Studios, creators of the well-known Star Wars: Battlefront series (a company now owned by EA, just like BioWare) has unveiled that they are working on The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, a Tolkien-flavored spin on the Battlefront concept...

Recently Activision boss Robert Kotick, chairman and CEO of publisher Activision, expressed his concerns about a possible deal (or rather EA's potential hostile takeover) between Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive. "That's concerning, sure," he told Reuters...

EA confirmed that EA-Land, formerly known as The Sims Online, will be shutting down as of August 1. The scoop arrived via a blog post, specifying that Electronic Arts is going to turn its attention and resources elsewhere. Also, they've revealed that subscription billing ends immediately, making the game free for the final 60 days (yay!)...

It's about to happen... again. EA is preparing a sequel to one of the world's most popular game franchises. The Sims 3 is in development and the developers have prepared a vast number of improvements to the famous life sim series. Check out our preview for The Sims 3.

EA extended its tender offer (yet again) for all outstanding shares of common Take-Two stock, moving its previous deadline to May 16, 2008. The determined industry giant is also changing its $26-per-share offer, down to $25.74 per share after taking into consideration "additional shares to be issued to Zelnick Media" following a change in Take-Two's incentive stock plan. Where does it go from here? Guess, selling 100 million The Sims isn't enough for EA. Source.

EA celebrates, as one the conglomerate's best-selling franchises shatters the 100 million mark. Let, me repeat that. Over 100,000,000 titles in the series were sold worldwide. "Over the years, we've seen an idea blossom into a global community of players, creators and people who love to share with others...

Not the typical Battlefield multiplayer mayhem, you know. With BF: Bad Company, DICE intends to deliver a cinematic single-player experience and this also the first time a Battlefield game is being developed strictly for consoles from the ground up...

Not a while ago, fan site Sarcastic Gamers released a video in an effort to boycott EA's announcement that certain weapons in Battlefield: Bad Company would be available only as downloadable content or through the purchase of the collector's edition...

EA and Epic announced they are extending their agreement to continue churning out games running on the Unreal Engine 3. The initial deal encompassed projects like Army of Two and Medal of Honor: Airborne, both of which relied on the power of the Unreal Engine 3...

EA sends over a new batch of screens from the first-person shooter Tiberium, set in the Command & Conquer universe. The game allows you to command up to four squads. Squads are gained by capturing landing zones and tiberium fissure points...

WarCry Network has managed to get a little more insight into the latest delay of Mythic/EA's MMORPG, Warhammer Online, which is now slated for a Fall 2008 release. Apparently, according to Mythic's Mark Jacobs, the team feels the class balance is a bit off and that might seriously hinder their efforts to make a fun Realm vs...

Electronic Arts announced that the company made a few minor changes to its $2 billion buyout offer for outstanding shares of common stock of GTA publisher Take Two Interactive. For one thing, they changed the expiration date from April 11 to April 18, since Take Two moved their shareholder meeting to April 17...

Yesterday, EA released a playable demo for its upcoming soccer sim, UEFA Euro 2008. Reports soon started appearing that the demo is corrupted and won't install. It seems that the problem was solved and soccer fans may now download the fixed version of the 620MB demo. The demo features a match between England and Germany.

Take-Two Interactive makes it plain (again!) that the company is not interested in Electronic Arts' offer. There were suggestions recently that EA is determined to turn the whole thing into a hostile takeover. And while EA sees itself as "a white knight," Take-Two still hasn't agreed to the terms proposed by the industry giant...

EA Mythic is reportedly forced to pushed back its MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, which has already seen several delays. Producer Jeff Hickman confirmed this during a press conference in Paris. There were some doubts about the project, especially when reports surfaced that the long-in-the-making MMOG would be delayed indefinitely...

EA sends over a brand new gameplay trailer for their upcoming action game, Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3/X360). Check it out: Okay, I admit it, cool music always goes well with death and destruction. (Cue Wagner here. - 2Lions)

Last week, EA unveiled details about The Sims 3 and a bunch of initial images. We've just updated our gallery with more in-game snaps, so you can take a look if you wish. EA recently said that "players are going to be thrilled by the level of realism in The Sims 3" and that the game is going to feature a new engine...

EA said that Chief Financial Officer Warren Jenson is going to leave the company. Jenson has been EA's CFO since 2002 and, as the company confirmed, he will stay to assist with EA's "fiscal year-end close and financial reporting process...

Having sued Activision, Gibson Guitar went on and filed a lawsuit against retailers Wal-Mart, Target Corp., Kmart, Amazon.com, GameStop Corp. and Toys "R" Us, saying that they should stop selling Guitar Hero. However, they won't stop there...

We take a look at what lies in store for EA LA's next real-time strategy - Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. Building upon familiar gameplay mechanics, Red Alert 3 has the potential to become a solid strategy game. In addition, EA is targeting casual gamers with this one and means to deliver RA 3 to various platforms (PC/360/PS3). A variety of innovative gameplay elements was promised too. Read more about Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.

The day has come when EA announces a third installment in its incredibly popular The Sims series. The Sims 3 is being described as a next-gen flagship PC game, featuring an open living neighborhood and more. Here are some of the features currently highlighted by EA: New Seamless, Open Neighborhood—Explore the Neighborhood Freely...

Lord have mercy on us all. Electronic Arts extended its agreement with Microsoft subsidiary Massive Incorporated; a company which provides ads that are dynamically generated within video games. The deal between Massive and EA has been for another two years...

EA CEO John Riccitiello recently made a statement via NY Times, claiming that Rockstar will benefit if his company takes over Take-Two Interactive. He was actually very poetic about it: "We, in many ways, represent a white knight," he said...

Yep, and yet another round of screens from EA's wacky-looking boxing game, FaceBreaker (from the makers of Fight Night Round 3). Check 'em out: click to view full gallery I've always wanted to be a boxer. It's in my blood.

Although it's not much of a surprise, EA seems fired up to turn its Take-Two bid hostile, reports Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter. EA plans to make a tender offer to acquire all of rival video game publisher Take-Two Interactive's outstanding shares for $26 each, which is exactly what was offered in the first place, but was rejected right away by T2...

We finally sit down to gather our thoughts after playing the Xbox 360 version of EA's co-op flavored shooter Army of Two. We've spent some time with both the single-player and mutliplayer modes. You can find out what the game is all about in our Army of Two review.

Boy, just writing about it gives me the shivers. It appears that EA is preparing an announcement related to the next installment in the ever-popular The Sims series. There's a teaser image over at thesims3.ea.com (which you can see above), where the publisher evidently plans to launch more info about The Sims 3...

We talk with the folks behind Dead Space, who were also kind enough to offer a few exclusive screenshots from EA's upcoming survival horror game. The development team's priority is creating the right kind of atmosphere, so players can literally sense the tension and horror. Yep, the game is looking scarier with each passing month. To discover more, read our Dead Space interview here.