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EA (re)releases Tetris on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Dec 2nd, 2011)

Electronic Arts has released yet another copy of Tetris, this time for the iPhone, and it's actually pretty good. In addition to all of the other big releases on the App Store last night, Tetris showed up and replaced EA's older version of the game. While it might seem strange to redo a game ...

Weekend sale on lots of iOS games

by Mike Schramm (Nov 11th, 2011)

Today is indeed Veterans Day (and we do honor all of the men and women who have served for the United States of America -- thank you!), but the sales on the App Store this weekend haven't really been labeled as such. As far as I can tell, they're on sale just because. Nothing wrong with ...

Plants vs. Zombies updated, and a few other app deals

by Mike Schramm (Sep 8th, 2011)

PopCap has updated the Plants vs. Zombies iOS app with a few new game mode options, purchaseable with the in-game currency at Dave's crazy store. The modes are all different and available in purchases of three each, featuring everything from a mode where you fight invisible zombies to a special ...

Firemint hosts contest, win a chance to play Spy Mouse first

by Mike Schramm (Aug 24th, 2011)

Developer Firemint (makers of the extremely popular Flight Control and Real Racing games) is about to release its latest game Spy Mouse. Along with parent company EA, it's hosting a contest to let a few players into the game early. You have to log in with Twitter over on this page, then "answer ...

Atari, EA and others push court to accept Apple's request against Lodsys

by Mike Schramm (Aug 11th, 2011)

Lodsys filed suit earlier this year against a number of third-party App Store developers, claiming that it owned patents covering a number of functions used by Apple's app marketplace, and that by using that store, these third-party devs were in violation of these patents. Apple, however, came ...

Apple updates its response to Lodsys suit, but doesn't move to invalidate patents

by Chris Rawson (Jul 27th, 2011)

Apple has updated its proposed answer to the Lodsys suit against third-party developers. Lodsys has recently expanded its patent suit to include big-name iOS developers like Rovio (of Angry Birds), EA, Atari, Take-Two Interactive and Square-Enix, according to The Mac Observer. Florian Mueller ...

EA: our fastest growing platform is the iPad

by Michael Grothaus (Jul 27th, 2011)

There was a time when the majority of games were played on dedicated consoles like the Xbox or PlayStation but, as they say, "those times are a'changin." Speaking to IndustryGamers, EA CEO John Riccitiello said consoles are no longer the dominant force in gaming. Up and coming devices like the ...

TUAW's Daily iPad App: Battleship for iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 14th, 2011)

Electronic Arts recently released an official version of Battleship for the iPad. EA kept the gameplay of the classic board game, but updated the graphics for the larger screen of the iPad. The iPad game has the look and feel of the electronic version of the game with several modes including ...

Firemint's Agent Squeek becomes Spy Mouse, gets a new trailer

by Mike Schramm (Jul 12th, 2011)

It's been interesting watching the development of Firemint's next iPhone game -- I saw it in action way back at GDC 2010, but back then it was just a prototype without a name or even anything more than a few mechanics. More recently it was revealed as Agent Squeek, and looked like it was coming ...

EA buying PopCap Games for $750 million

by Mike Schramm (Jul 12th, 2011)

Whispers about this started a little while ago, but it appears the rumors are true: EA is acquiring casual game developer PopCap Games for $650 million cash plus another $100 million in stock and incentives. That's a huge deal, and surprisingly cheap, given that PopCap's value has been ...

EA, Gameloft, and lots more app sales for the holiday weekend

by Mike Schramm (Jul 1st, 2011)

Here's a few more sales popping up for the July 4th weekend: EA (duh) is putting a bunch of titles on sale for just 99 cents, including NBA Jam, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, The Sims 3, FIFA 11, and Dead Space. Odds are that you've already picked one or two of these up, as EA is having a ...

EA releases Battleship for the iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 23rd, 2011)

Electronic Arts added to its growing repertoire of mobile games with the release of Battleship for the iPad today. This new tablet version of the classic board game takes advantage of the large screen of the iPad with its HD quality graphics and expanded UI. There are also new battle ...

Ngmoco hires Ben Cousins, creates ngmoco Sweden

by Mike Schramm (Jun 21st, 2011)

Ngmoco has picked up former EA developer Ben Cousins, the man behind much of that company's free-to-play services at the EAsy division. He will establish a new studio under ngmoco called ngmoco Sweden, which will create games and content using ngmoco's (and parent company DeNA's) services and ...

Chillingo shows off new titles at E3

by Mike Schramm (Jun 14th, 2011)

Chillingo held its E3 demo this year in the same area as EA, which makes sense considering that EA outright purchased it last October. The publisher of Angry Birds and Cut the Rope has a very impressive stable of titles due in the next few months, and I got to both see and play with them at E3. ...

Real Racing 2 HD brings console quality racing to the iPad

by Samuel Gibbs (Jun 8th, 2011)

The words "console quality" have been bandied about quite a bit recently in relation to games written for Apple's iOS-powered devices. One of the games that kicked it all off was Firemint's Real Racing, which originally pushed the envelope of what the iPhone was capable of. Of course when the ...