This weeks news includes: Nintendo 3DS games to cost more
EA partners with Live gamer -LSB-...]
Vancouver - based studio Klei Entertainment (Eets, N + for Xbox 360) released this new trailer for Shank, its upcoming PC / XBLA / PSN game produced under
the EA Partners program.
With that in mind, we're working with
EA Partners to bring this title to both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Insomniac Games is excited to announce that we are working on a new IP, that will be published by
EA Partners on Xbox 360 and PS3.
Vanguard games and
EA Partners are proud to announce the release of Gatling Gears on XBLA!
The publisher of Crysis 2 and Bulletstorm - EA also nominated, with a nod in Publishing Hero for
its EA Partners label and efforts from its Chillingo mobile games publisher.
«Our partners in
EA Partners own their own IP and have the authority to determine where the game will be distributed,» the company added.
A spokesperson for Electronic Arts clarified the situation after it was discovered that the puzzle game Warp — which had been published through
the EA Partners initiative — is available to buy on both Origin and Valve's rival platform.
Today's reorganization, according to those same Polygon sources, is partly tied to the closure of
EA Partners reported earlier today by Game Informer.
The EA Partners program was created as a third - party publishing division, and a number of developers have taken advantage of the scheme for their releases, such as Crytek with its Crysis series, Valve and the Orange Box and Left 4 Dead titles and Harmonix for the Rock Band franchise.
The news of the potential closure of
the EA Partners label comes as the publishing giant enacts company - wide restructuring which has seen significant layoffs.
News the company was closing
EA Partners already signalled stormy waters, but throughout the day various reports show the cutbacks haven't stopped there.
Published through
the EA Partners program, the game will arrive on PC, Xbox 360, PS3 later in 2011.
American McGee has signed on to
the EA Partners program to publish and distribute the sequel to Alice.
Today
EA Partners announced that they will publish Gatling Gears, our twin - stick shooter scheduled to launch on Xbox LIVE ® Arcade, Playstation ® Network and PC in Spring 2011.
Titanfall is different, it's
an EA Partners game — everything else is platform agnostic.»
New IPs from Epic's Polish studio and Japanese Grasshopper Manufacture snapped up by
EA Partners
Insomniac Games, who worked exclusively for Sony for the past 16 years with the distinction of never, ever, EVER making a bad game, announced last year that they would be working on a whole new property with
EA Partners to go multiplatform.
While
EA Partners ultimately nabbed the lucrative first deal with the post-Infinty Ward Respawn Entertainment Studio headed by Vince Zampella and Jason West, fellow publisher THQ recently came out in an interview with Industry Gamers to reveal that they too attempted to grab the duo.
«We welcome the competition as broad support for independent development is very healthy for our industry,»
EA Partners general manager David DeMartini says of THQ's entry.
If they added more games (more non-sports titles and / or titles from
EA Partners) it could become interesting * for me *.
«The first time we laid eyes on Bulletstorm, we instantly knew this is going to be the next big hit from these two great studios delivering yet again an entirely new experience for shooter fans,»
EA Partners» VP and general manager David DeMartini said.
Established 1997 as a contract - based publishing services for independent developers,
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Electronic Arts is reportedly set to close
its EA Partners label.
Funcom, the independent developer out of Norway, has announced that its upcoming conspiracy - themed MMO The Secret World (its third project, behind Anarchy Online and Age of Conan) will be co-published by Electronic Arts under
its EA Partners program.
Epic's Capps Talks People Can Fly, Epic China Growth «Gamasutra spoke to Epic president Mike Capps, following
the EA Partners deal, to discuss the Epic - owned «little «studio that could»» People Can Fly and Chair Entertainment, revealing new stats on the now 130 person - strong Epic Games China.»
My Take: So, this is pretty cool, if not reminiscent of
EA Partners.
Independent game developer Trapdoor and
EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), today announced that the sci - fi stealth - action puzzler, Warp ™, is now available for download on PlayStation ® Network in Australia and PC for $ 15.95 AU.
Similar to
EA Partners — rival publisher EA's undertaking which has allowed the company to take on the publishing duties of several high - profile third - party titles, including Crytek and Epic Games» upcoming shooters Crysis 2 and Bulletstorm — THQ's goal is to provide «select developers and publishers access to THQ's global retail and online publishing network.»
No doubt it's something to be excited over, and EA's so sure about it that
EA Partners head David DeMartini has called it out as «another 90 - rated game from Crytek.»
EA goes on to tell us that «
EA Partners is ready to help him bring his innovative vision for the franchise to even darker, more exciting places.»
I think identifying their game as a shooter is taking a leap without any connecting of the dots,»
EA Partners boss David DeMartini said, later adding: «The guys wanted to have the ability to control IP, to move down a path independently, to form great ideas with the new team, and do what they've always done, which is to create great entertainment experiences.
â $ œWith Shank, Jamie Cheng, Jeff Agala, and the team at Klei Entertainment have delivered the game analog of the black comedy symphony of violence dominating today's indie film circuit, â $ said Jamil Moledina, Outreach Director at
EA Partners.
Canada is «qualified» to be
an EAS partner, but inconveniently for Canada, there is now a moratorium on new membership in the EAS while the forum takes stock of its role and digests its most recent members, Russia and the US.
Considering it's
EA partnered with MS I won't be surprised if «paywalling» becomes part of the eventual future.
With the release of Hot Pursuit coming at us at high speed (November 16th to be exact)
EA partnered up with Sony and put on an awesome event in San Francisco, with the press being allowed in 2 hours early complete with open bar (until 9) and a live DJ.
Not exact matches
He co-founded gaming giant Electronic Arts (
EA) and now is a
partner in Kleiner Perkins, the world's largest venture capital firm, where he currently heads up the company's US$ 250 - million sFund, focused on social applications and services.
January 10 — FIFA's video game
partner EA Sports has launched a vote for its own FIFA Team of The Year, with voters using social media to post their votes and promote their selections.
Even the fact that
EA's sponsored YouTube
partners leaked gameplay in advance of the show couldn't spoil the excitement.
EAs were guided through learning,
partnered with another
EA for peer support and supported through their action learning projects.
CCSA
partners with
EA to implement Academic Growth over Time value - added estimates for charter schools across California.
Education Analytics (
EA) provides Technical Assistance (TA) to
partner organizations throughout the life - cycle of programs and policies, including design, implementation, continuous improvement, sustainability, and scale - up.
With
EA as your
partner, you'll get objective and expertly developed measures of teacher or school effectiveness.
This scenario is not unique to Seton — our
partners across the district, charter, and private school landscape reported similar challenges facing their
EAs.
Publishers like
EA, Disney, Gameloft, Ubisoft and Double Fine are on board as
partners — considering the fact that the box runs on Fire OS, the Android - based OS that also powers Amazon's Kindle tablets, there shouldn't be a limit to the gaming titles available, though the controller will have to separately bought for $ 40.
In what is a considerable coup, Micromax has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Nazara Technologies, the exclusive
partner for gaming behemoth Electronic Arts (
EA).
Amazon just announced that the Kindle will have its own app store, with
partners ranging from publishers like Zagat to, believe it or not, game makers like
EA.
After having been one of the official launch
partners for the BlackBerry PlayBook and launching their subsequent release of Dead Space,
EA Games has once again showed their commitment to the BlackBerry Tablet OS platform by now having released The Game of Life, Sim City Deluxe and Bejeweled 2 in BlackBerry App World.
EA: We plan to post a special timeline of accomplishments to share with our retailers and our customers, and offer special promotions available exclusively in 2015 as a thank you for every person and every
partner that has made 10 years so exceptional.
EA: Loving Pets truly listens to both our retail
partners and end customers (pet parents).