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EA drops dozens of iOS games to 99 cents for President's Day

by Randy Nelson (Feb 18th, 2013)

Here's some late-breaking Presidents' Day news for iOS gamers: EA has dropped the price of more than 50 of its mobile games to just US$0.99 in celebration of the holiday. Titles on sale span both iPhone and iPad and include the likes of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Dead Space, Monopoly ...

EA launches Origin for Mac alpha, includes free Bookworm

by Randy Nelson (Jan 24th, 2013)

Electronic Arts announced today that it's bringing its Origin service to Mac, and that an alpha version of it is now available for download. According to EA, the alpha is being opened up to "a few thousand" users in North America and Europe. You can get the client from the Origin web store's ...

Need For Speed: Most Wanted races onto iOS today

by Randy Nelson (Oct 30th, 2012)

There are plenty of racing games available for iOS on the App Store, but few carry the name recognition of Need For Speed. Today, Electronic Arts released its latest game in the popular series, Need For Speed: Most Wanted (US$6.99, universal). Its arrival coincides with the console versions ...

Max Payne and Burnout Crash hit the iOS App Store

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 12th, 2012)

Two high-profile games, one from Rockstar Games and one from Electronics Arts, hit the iOS App Store today. The most anticipated of the two is Max Payne. The third-person shooter was originally created by Remedy Entertainment for the PC, and Rockstar Games then ported it to the major gaming ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

EA breaks records with App Store sales last quarter

by David Quilty (Feb 3rd, 2011)

While their sales may not add up to all 10 billion apps that the App Store has sold, Electronic Arts is boasting of amazing third quarter sales of its own iOS apps. Joystiq reports that COO John Schappert recently discussed just how well EA apps did during the holiday season. Schappert said, "The ...

EA's App Store price war

by Mike Schramm (Dec 18th, 2010)

As we previously reported, EA dropped prices on most of its iOS apps this week, and that sale sent shockwaves through the App Store's holiday season. We've seen tons of awesome new apps hit the store in the past few weeks, but if you look at the Top Paid apps right now, most of them are older EA ...

TUAW's Daily App: SimCity

by Mike Schramm (Jun 23rd, 2010)

I probably don't need to explain SimCity to you; it's one of the most classic PC games of all time, and Electronic Arts released it for the iPhone a while go. It's the same game you've played before; you can mark out zones in your city, draw out roads and buildings, and slowly build up your ...

Nintendo: Apple isn't a viable gaming platform

by Sang Tang (Apr 8th, 2010)

When asked about the impact that the iPhone and iPod touch have had on Nintendo's stranglehold on portable gaming, and whether or not there is any concern about the iPad, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that Apple "is not having an impact on Nintendo when you look at our ...

Electronic Arts stable now live on the iPad

by Mike Schramm (Apr 1st, 2010)

As with all of the other approved iPad apps, the full slate of Electronic Arts' iPad titles are now ready to go in the App Store. Mirror's Edge, Tetris and Scrabble are ready for download, as is Command and Conquer: Red Alert and Need for Speed Shift. Those last two are probably the most ...

WSJ: Tablet confirmed, Apple to reinvent old media

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 21st, 2010)

All of their information is centered on the alleged mystery device that will allegedly be announced at a now official event next week. Here are some of the juicier tidbits they passed on from those mysterious people "familiar with" what's happening on Inifinite Loop: Always partial to the ...

Dragon Age: Origins coming to Mac as a digital download December 21st

by Mike Schramm (Dec 15th, 2009)

Gamepro's got the news that Electronic Arts is fast-tracking Dragon Age: Origins for release on the Mac -- they're now saying that it'll be out as a download as soon as next week, on December 21st. I've been playing the game on PC (it came out for both PC and consoles in November), and it is ...

Mirror's Edge coming to the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Dec 3rd, 2009)

EA has announced that they're bringing Mirror's Edge, the inventive "first-person jumper" title that intrigued gamers last year, to the iPhone and iPod touch via the App Store. I was disappointed to see that it's not actually just a straight port (it would be interesting to see how the ...