Today's News

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• Funcom financials hail King Conan

  

  MMOG developer's Q2 earnings see 694 percent surge in revenue--but sharply increased loss; 1.2 million units now shipped, 415,000 players online. Full Story

  • Posted Aug 15, 2008 1:00 pm PT
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• Burnout download revs up analysts

  

  Industry prognosticators assess the likelihood that EA's announcement will cause brick-and-mortar retailers to crash and burn. Full Story

  • Posted Aug 15, 2008 11:11 am PT
  • 30 Comments

• NPD: NCAA Football sacks July

  

  EA's collegiate pigskin sim scores top honors as 41 percent spike in total software sales push US industry to $1.2 billion in revenue for the month. Full Story

  • Posted Aug 14, 2008 4:31 pm PT
  • 38 Comments

• Epic, Grasshopper partner with EA

  

  Megapublisher to distribute new IP from Gears of War-maker's People Can Fly subsidiary, forthcoming collaboration between Suda-51 and Shinji Mikami. Full Story

  • Posted Aug 14, 2008 2:15 pm PT
  • 57 Comments

• Q&A: Battlefield general lays out battle plans

  

  DICE executive producer Ben Cousins talks about the free-to-play game's beta program, why it wouldn't work on consoles, and what makes it different from Team Fortress. Full Story

  • Posted Aug 14, 2008 9:23 am PT
  • 32 Comments

• EA kicks off FIFA 09 tracklist

  

  Duffy, Hot Chip, CSS, The Ting Tings, Kasabian, The Kooks, and The Fratellis in the latest soundtrack; Junkie XL back for another season. Full Story

  • Posted Aug 15, 2008 9:42 am PT
  • 9 Comments

• Spore begins mitosis

  

  Will Wright's galactic-scale life sim has gone gold, will undergo rapid asexual reproduction in preparation for September launch. Full Story

  • Posted Aug 14, 2008 11:40 am PT
  • 63 Comments

• Burnout Paradise cruises to PSN

  

  Criterion Games parking carnage-fueled racer in Sony's online storefront this fall for $29.99. Full Story

  • Posted Aug 14, 2008 5:30 pm PT
  • 57 Comments