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Crysis on Xbox 360 and PS3: 7 Reasons Why

After the success of Crysis on the PC, many people believe that the game should follow onto the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3 to attract a wider audience for its current community. Read more

Xbox 360: Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Review

Command & Conquer has a new game for the Xbox 360, Command & Conquer Red Alert 3. The new game is a welcome return for this game in the real time strategy arena. The game in the past has been a huge hit with fans, thanks to a strange story as well as even stranger units. Read more

Electronic Arts ends merger talks with Take-Two Interactive

The maker of top-selling video game “Grand Theft Auto” Take-Two Interactive Inc Shares fell after talks with Electronic Arts Inc of a takeover bid ended, the shares fell lower than in almost 7 years, Take-Two fell 27 percent down to $15.93 percent at 9.42am New York Time, this is the biggest drop since December 2001. Electronic Arts shares fell just 2.7 percent down to $43.77.

Last Month, Redwood City, California based Electronic Arts had decided to go into talks with Take-Two and drop its $2 billion hostile bid the well known game maker based in New York.

However yesterday Electronic Arts said they will not make a proposal to buy Take-Two in view of due-diligence materials and management presentations.

Read the full article in Bloomberg

EA Crysis Warhead PC Desktop Specifications and pricing

We took a look at the source below “Chris Remo” and it seems that the pricing and specs for the EA Crysis Warhead PC are out, apparently Electronic Arts (EA) was indeed developing a desktop to line-up with the launch of the awesome PC shooter game Crysis Warhead.

This new PC should be the hope of all hope for all you solid gamers, the price is going to be between $600 and $800 according to the source. The main specs will include: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 CPU at 2.66GHz, 2GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 9800GT 512MB and G31 mATX Motherboard.

Apparently pre-orders will begin this week which is great news for gamers and of course those who wants a new desktop PC, it will be shipping on September 16, which is the same day as the Crysis Warhead game.

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Electronic Arts needs Spore to be big

It is a big week for Electronic Arts, as their new game Spore is released. The video game is one of the most talked about titles of the year, and the game developer are hoping that Spore will be better than good.

EA have now been losing money for six quarters now, the main problem was caused by their longtime strategy of turning out sequels for their Madden football game. Spore is now vital to the future of Electronic Arts.

It is a big gamble, one that EA are unsure of. Although Spore does promise a lot, you have to remember that is more than a year late, and gamers are not happy about that. We will just have to see what the future waits for Electronic Arts.

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Nintendo Wii’s Boom Blox from Steven Spielberg and Electronic Arts

The words innovative and Nintendo Wii go hand in hand, so to hear about a new game for the Wii that is said to be innovative, you are not surprised. Now if we said this new game was a project from two names like publisher Electronic Arts and director Steven Spielberg, you may want to take notice.

The game is called “Boom Blox” and its Steven Spielberg’s first collaboration with EA, the game was inspired from how Steven loved to smashup his toys as a child. In Boom Blox your able to use the Wii remote, to simulate throwing baseballs at towers of blocks, just like at the funfair. This may sound like it can get boring fast, but the game has a lot more to offer, and this includes the ability to play a multiplayer mode that’s similar to Jenga.

You can even make your own puzzles in Boom Blox thanks to the robust creation mode, this is going to be a massive game as we all like to create things and the video games that last the longest have good multiplayer modes for playing real people. If you do create a puzzle, you can then share it with others and then play that puzzle together. Its easy to see that Boom Blox will be very popular as it has all the basic things that make gaming interesting and fun.

Source: Read

Electronic Arts tries takeover bid of GTA developers Take-Two

Electronic Arts better known as the sports gaming software giant EA Games has tried a take over bid of game developer Take-Two. According to reports EA made some unwelcome passes at some shareholders of Take Two, who make the popular Grand Theft Auto games.

It is no secret that Electronics Arts want to purchase what ever shares are left, and have said that they are prepared to pay $26 for each share. This means that Take Two is work about $2 billion, a figure that they say id way to low.

However it seems as if EA could have some competition, as Take-Two have mentioned that they have had yet another offer for the company, and is for a lot more money. Whoever buys Take-Two out will have a great investment on their hands, as they have sold over 65 million games worldwide.

Source – The Inquirer

Will Dead Space game be the biggest Halloween release? Xbox 360 and PS3

Something recently revealed by Electronic Arts is pretty interesting really, the thing that sticks out the most is the release date for the game Dead Space and hence being a Halloween release it has the October 31st release date stamped on it. It will be released on the Read more

Teaser Trailer for EA’s Spore: evolutionary game due sept 7th 2008

They are short and do not last long, that’s right its just a teaser game trailer for EA’s Spore, it shows you nothing but makes you think about wanting to see Spore in action. Some gamers say this is just another delay for a game that’s been in the making for around 3 years Read more

EA’s Ninja Reflex Game Trailer: coming to Nintendo Wii and DS

This is EA’s Ninja Reflex game, which is coming to the Nintendo Wii and DS; it aims to help you master the art of speed to become a Ninja.

The game Trailer is below the fold and it’s very well made, so much in fact that it makes it hard to tell how good this game will be without playing it Read more

Video Review of Burnout Paradise for Xbox 360 & Sony PS3

Burnout Paradise might not be for everyone as the racing games core gameplay is very fast and aimed at those that love arcade, some say it lost its ability to be unique a long time ago, while others find it the best racing game ever made.

Below you can see a hands-on video review of Burnout Paradise which is on the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3 Read more