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It appears that Activision Blizzard reached a settlement of its $400 million claim against EA that was part of a legal dispute that was supposed to kick off a week from now with the Modern Warfare 2 devs. Activision lawyer Beth Wilkinson said: “Activision and Electronic Arts have decided to put this matter behind them...

Publisher EA confirmed that they are going to launch a new Dead Space title during the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2013. The scoop got out during an investor call last night: "At the foundation is another year of blockbuster brands: Madden NFL, FIFA, Sim City, Medal of Honor, Dead Space, and Need for Speed as well as mobile hits like The Simpsons Tapped Out, and Bejeweled...

Following a few rumors, EA and Crytek announced the third installment in the popular shooter series, Crysis. As revealed by the developers, Crysis 3 is going to utilize Crytek’s CryENGINE technology. According to the press release, "Prophet as he returns to New York, only to discover that the city has been encased in a Nanodome created by the corrupt Cell Corporation...

Despite of what you may think after reading yesterday's report, the new SimCity game won't disengage you from the game if you lose your Internet connection. Here's a new statement from EA: "Yes, you will have to register an Origin account in order to play, and yes, you must be online at all times while playing in order to start playing...

As you probably know, Maxis is currently working on a new SimCity game (slated for release in 2013). The devs did reveal that players will be able to purchase the title digitally through services other than Origin. Recently though, Stone Librander, the lead designer of SimCity, confirmed that the game requires you to be online constantly, both in single-player and mutliplayer...

FIFA Street claimed its rightful throne on the UK weekly sales chart (not even BioWare's Mass Effect 3 could stop it): FIFA Street (EA) Mass Effect 3 (EA) SSX (EA) FIFA 12 (EA) Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Sega)...

During this year's GDC Crytek's Nick Button-Brown has mentioned to CVG that they are currently working on a brand new project, which he promised to be their best work yet. When asked more about this he stated: "The other project looks absolutely fantastic - I mean, genuinely the best of that kind of project we've ever done...

During the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, EA revealed their plans to bring back the SimCity franchise. Well, it is true, my friends. A new SC game is on its way to the PC and Mac and you can expect it at some point during 2013...

EA releases the launch trailer for the shooter Syndicate (based on the classic strategy game from the 90s). Check it out: Syndicate is set to arrive next week (Feb. 21) for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

EA and Starbreeze Studios announced that actors Rosario Dawson (Sin City, Men in Black II) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity) are going to be part of the cast for Syndicate, EA's FPS action interpretation of the 1993 strategy classic. “Syndicate immerses players deep...

Although still not official, it seems the word is spreading that EA will announce a new shooter pretty soon. Supposedly, Medal of Honor 2 is set to be unveiled during a press event in the US next month (thanks Kotaku). The event will begin at 20:00 PST on Tuesday, March 6...

It appears that Electronic Arts has confirmed recent rumors regarding layoffs at the company's Vancouver studio, which has worked on popular franchises such as FIFA and Need for Speed series. Here's what EA had to say in an official statement: "EA in Vancouver is transforming...

UK charts have been pretty much same old, same old for a while now. EA Sports' FIFA 12 has been the best-selling video game throughout that particular region. Other extremely popular game franchises, such as Call of Duty and Just Dance, were not able to top sales due to the immense popularity of FIFA...

Major companies such as Sony Computer Entertainment, Nintendo and EA officially pulled support for the Stop Online Piracy Act, which was created to "promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by combating the theft of U...

It's already starting, thanks to Bethesda. Having witnessed Skyrim's success and realizing that gamers still crave traditional single-player RPGs, EA and BioWare are now turning their gaze back towards the older model. Just for a few seconds, it seems, they've managed to look away from the online market and multiplayer market (don't blame 'em, really; that's where the money's at)...