California-based Electronic Arts [EA] has purchased UK-based Codemasters for a reported $1.2 billion. Codemasters originally had a deal with Take-Two Interactive Software but EA emerged with a higher offer, which Codemasters accepted. EA owns the “Need for Speed” franchise while Codemasters is known for their Formula One games for Sony’s Playstation consoles.
What was just added to Need For Speed Heat? And can we expect it in other games from the same publisher? Electronic Arts, despite being one of the largest video game publishers in the world, has been slow to jump on the cross-play trend. Cross-play, for the uninformed, is a mod of online play where […]
EA Access is the game conglomerate’s subscription service that allows its members to play a number of its titles for free (well, not for FREE….$4.99 a month). There are other benefits as well, which are outlined in the press release below…but what’s relevant today is that the original Need For Speed is about to be […]
Electronic Arts has an online marketplace similar to Steam but with tons more DRM. Because of this, it isn’t popular. EA would like to change this not by removing some of the DRM but by giving away free games to account holders, through a monthly promotion called On The House. You don’t have to be […]
EA Games has released the full soundtrack list for their upcoming Need For Speed reboot. There’s a lot here — 64 songs ranging from rock to rap to EDM (but no Taylor Swift, so I know you’ll be disappointed). If you don’t recognize most of the names on this list, don’t feel bad….you’re not alone. […]
Electronic Arts and Ghost Games have released a new trailer hyping the impending release of their Need For Speed reboot. The other trailers have focused on the racing, the modes and the “five ways to play.” This new trailer talks about car customization. Ghost Games was pretty ambitious with this part — your car in […]
Oh, oh, oh. We finally have one solid fact about the rebooted Need For Speed title from Electronic Arts, and it’s not a good one. Remember the scant few other companies that have tried forcing an Internet connection requirement onto their games, and what a disaster it was when the inevitable server crashes made those […]