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• Dante’s Inferno Demo Incoming, “Gates Of Hell”

  
  GamerCenterOnline — Authority: 498
  A month before the release of God of War III , players will have the chance to enter the “gates of hell” with the Dante’s Inferno , the video game adaptation of Dante Alighieri ’s epic poem, The Divine Comedy . However, the public awareness of Dante’s Inferno is…  a little slim. That said, ...
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• Electronic Arts Layoffs 1,500 Cut

  
  WebGuild — Authority: 166
  Electronic Arts said it would lay off 1,500 or 17% of its employees just as it reported earnings that fell short of expectations. The company said it will reorganize its business to focus more tightly on its best-selling video games and digital media businesses. The layoffs will be completed by March 31 and will ...
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• New Need for Speed Coming in 2010

  
  BeefJack - The Gamer's Sauce. — Authority: 521
  It’s no secret that the people at Electronic Arts have been working to revamp their popular Need for Speed franchise. The main method for that new direction has been a restructuring of the development teams that work on the game. EA has begun the process of using three studios simultaneously to work on new entries ...
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• Adobe Laysoff 680 Or 9% Cut

  
  WebGuild — Authority: 166
  Lot of unhappy Adobe employees today. Some emailed and posted on social networking sites even before the company could make an official announcement. The company is laying off approximately 680 employees or 9% of its workforce. Last December, Adobe laid off 600 workers (or 8 percent of its staff) due to the recession. ...
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• Face your Sins with Dante’s Inferno Demo

  
  PlayStation LifeStyle — Authority: 598
  Dante’s Inferno , the upcoming trip to hell from developers Visceral Games , will be giving players a taste of what Lucifer is planning next month, as a demo is set to release on the PSN. Dante’s Inferno follows Dante, a veteran of The Crusades, and his journey to take back the soul of his love from ...
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• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 looking to catch MW2-jaded PC gamers on the rebound

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 790
  Perhaps detecting a dedicated server-shaped weakness in the competitions defenses, Electronic Arts is beginning to position next years Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as a legitimate heir to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare throne. On yesterdays Q2 earnings call, EA Games label prez Frank Gibeau said that, in ...
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• Command and Conquer Comes to Conclusion?

  
  Flash of Steel — Authority: 419
  Always be wary of rumors, especially from sites that specialize in rumors. But Kotaku is reporting that the massive layoffs at EA will include the team making Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight.Sources tell Kotaku that the team working on Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight was warned of its fate today, ...
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• Visceral’s descent into hell reaches Heresy

  
  Sarcastic Gamer — Authority: 441
  Electronic Arts’ promotional blitz for Dante’s Inferno continues with a look at the sixth circle of hell: Heresy. It’s Satan’s backyard, according to lead designer Steve Desilets, who proclaims: “You’re now in the sh**.” As you’ll see, it is indeed quite brutal, and certainly not for children, South ...
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• Dante’s Inferno Demo coming in December

  
  The Xbox Domain — Authority: 132
  Announced today by Electronic Arts, a demo for Dante’s Inferno will be hitting Xbox LIVE sometime in December. Taking you through the entirety of the first level, you’ll get a good taste of what Visceral Games’ (makers of Dead Space) take on Dante’s Inferno is. The ‘Gates of Hell’ demo will introduce ...
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• US stocks mixed on poor earnings, financials rally

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  New York, Nov 11 (DPA) US stocks were mixed Tuesday as some companies posted disappointing quarterly earnings but financial firms gained.The uneven trading day comes after a week of big gains by US market indices. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is trading at its highest level this year, added 20.03 ...
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• Rumor: EA job cuts include C&C team, Panedemic and Maxis

  
  Gamer Investments — Authority: 585
  Kotaku is reporting that unnamed sources have informed them that the recent cuts at EA may be more extensive than previously announced and could even effect Pandemic, Maxis and the majority of the Command & Conquer team. According to the sources the team working on Command & Conquer 4 was told today that ...
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• Pachter: EA management are “dreamers rather than visionaries”

  
  Gamer Investments — Authority: 585
  “To date, game quality is up, with a remarkable number of highly rated games produced, and with several that are the best efforts by the company in years. However, after claiming to recognize the problems it faced with unproductive investment, it appears that there are still potentially unprofitable games in the ...
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• Minyanville: EA is too complicated a company

  
  Gamer Investments — Authority: 585
  The core problem at EA remains – -it’s just far too complicated a company! On top of managing its expansive product lineup, EA now has to integrate an acquisition and fire a fifth of the employee base while figuring out how to reinvigorate its tired product lineup — a big challenge given that a whole bunch [...]
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• Rumor: EAs Cuts Include C&C Team, Pandemic, Maxis & More [Rumor]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 821
  Electronic Arts announced yesterday it would be eliminating 1,500 jobs , cutting a dozen in-development games and closing "several facilities." According to multiple sources, those cutbacks include studios like Pandemic, Maxis and nearly the entire Command & Conquer team. Sources tell Kotaku that the team ...
  10 hours ago

• Electronic Arts not popular with investors after Q2 report

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 661
  Filed under: Earnings reports , Electronic Arts (ERTS) , Activision Inc (ATVI) , Technology , Nintendo (NTDOY) While the big news today may be the release of Activision Blizzards ( ATVI ) new Call of Duty title, theres other stuff going on in the world of video games for investors to ponder. Electronic Arts ( ...
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• Electronic Arts to Lay Off 1,500; 17% of Workforce

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 568
  Redwood City,Calif. - Video game developer andpublisher Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) yesterday announced that it would lay off 17% of itsworkforce, or about 1,500 employees, in a bid to cut costs by about $100million a year. read more
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• EA Feels The Recession, Cuts Jobs And Titles

  
  Negative Gamer — Authority: 543
  GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that Electronic Arts is planning to cut 1500 staff along with axing many “blockbuster” titles in order to save $100 million annually. The cuts are to be in areas such as corporate and publishing, with the biggest losses (900) occurring in the development sector. EA’s CEO John ...
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• Electronic Arts Lays Off 1,500 Employees

  
  BeefJack - The Gamer's Sauce. — Authority: 521
  Despite its usual blockbuster releases, purchases of small studios and long standing pedigree, Electronic Arts is finding itself in the need of a new structure. The company is adjusting its global workforce and restructuring to the tune of a %17 lay-off.  According to Gamespot:The reorg will also see the publisher ...
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• EA cuts staff in attempt to reduce costs

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 756
  Just one day after announcing the acquisition of social gaming giant Playfish , Electronic Arts has cut a large number of staff in a "cost reduction plan." The plan will result in several closed facilities and approximately 1,500 lost jobs. EA hasnt revealed which studios have been affected by the layoffs, though ...
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• Electronic Arts Buys Playfish Studios

  
  BeefJack - The Gamer's Sauce. — Authority: 521
  Appealing to those who are not naturally drawn to video games has been the mantra of many developers over recent years. Social game developer, Playfish Studios, has been at the top of that pyramid for quite some time.  More than 150 million Playfish games have been installed on computers up to this point, and popular ...
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