Electronic Arts has finally taken the wraps off the new Plants vs Zombies game. The third-person shooter, Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is now available to purchase on PS4, Xbox One and PC. The latest episode of the Plants vs Zombies franchise is out now on PS4, Xbox One …
Read More »EA vs Trump: publisher takes down Mass Effect rip off video
It's not every so often that two entities that aren't well liked go at each other, but that's what happened in the past 24 hours, when EA Games filed a copyright claim against a Tweet made by Republican presidential hopeful, Donald Trump. The man had retweeted a fan-made video that …
Read More »EA preps Need for Speed reboot: new NFS Underground could be in development
Electronic Arts this week announced that it will reboot the Need for Speed franchise later this year with a new game that promises to start a new era for the series. Based on the initial information, the new title will inherit the soul of the legendary Need for Speed Underground. …
Read More »EA is shutting down another studio: Maxis
If you played and were somewhat disappointed by the latest SimCity, DarkSpore or Spore, then chances are you won't be too bothered by the news that EA Games is shutting down Maxis Emeryville, the developer that brought us all of those over the past few years. However even though the …
Read More »EA denies false charges on gamers’ FIFA accounts
EA Games has denied claims that some Origin users are discovering charges on their accounts that they had nothing to do with. However, it did encourage anyone that thinks they may be affected, to make sure that their account password is unique and long. This all stems from a number …
Read More »EA is no longer America’s worst company
One visit to the KitGuru Facebook page will tell you two things: these guys are good at caption competitions and that they hate EA. KitGuru readers aren't the only ones either, as EA didn't win Worst Company in America award two years in a row for nothing, but that streak …
Read More »Command and Conquer (Generals 2) cancelled, dev shuttered
A decision has come down from on high at EA Games and the free to play, Command and Conquer, pseudo Generals 2 title that's been in development for several years at this point, has been cancelled in its current form and the developer behind it, Victory Games, has been closed. …
Read More »Here’s what next-gen golf looks like
With the upcoming next-gen release of both Microsoft and Sony's systems, a lot of focus has been on native resolutions, frame rates and detailing – but all in fast paced, highly explosive shooters like Call of Duty: Ghosts. Surely the real beauty will be found on slower titles with less …
Read More »Humble Origin Bundle looks set to break $10 million, double record
The Humble Origin Bundle is not only the fastest selling bundle ever, the most popular ever, and the highest earning, but it looks set to double all previous monetary records – making it even more impressive that every penny of this thing goes to charity. At the time of writing …
Read More »Humble Origin Bundle breaks $5 million
Update: And now it's broken $5.1 million, making this officially the highest earning Humble Bundle ever. Original Story: In what is by far the fastest selling Humble Bundle to date, the latest one, partnered with EA Games, has broken the $5 million mark which makes it just a few thousand …
Read More »EA goes Humble with a new bundle
EA Games might not be everyone's favourite company, but it's trying to turn that image around. No not with some big new advertising campaign, but by writing a cheque to charity, using its games to fund it. Teaming up with the guys at Humble Bundle, EA is offering a huge …
Read More »EA Games riles up India with hiked game pricing
See, it's not just the internet that hates EA Games, India does too. Thanks to a new move by the publishing giant that saw some newly launched PC games costing double the price of the previous generation, many Indians have been using social networks to complain; often using the #EAPCIndia …
Read More »EA Games is ditching online passes
Thank god. EA Games has announced that due to its player base not really taking it up on the offer of paying for games' multiplayer content, after they bought the game second hand or borrowed it from a friend, that it was dropping the much hated Online Pass system. “We're …
Read More »EA Partners shutting down
Anonymous sources close to EA Partners, the publishing arm of EA Games that worked with external developers including Valve, for the likes of Orange Box, Portal 2 and a host of other companies, are hinting at its impending closure, following on from a rough financial year and trouble with several …
Read More »EA planning to add micro-transactions to every game
If you thought the odd micro-transaction in free to play games was annoying, wait until you play any of EA's upcoming games – all of them will come equipped with some form of in-game payment system. EA has already taken flak for including micro-transactions in the single player heavy Dead Space …
Read More »EA adding Twitch streaming to Origin
In an update that is due for release next week, EA has announced that it will be adding Twitch streaming to its Origin games platform, allowing players to easily share their in-game footage live, with viewers around the world. Apparently it'll be a relatively simply thing to activate too. All …
Read More »THQ appoints ex EA boss
THQ has announced a new vice president of production, Rob Moravek, who previously headed up EA Canada. Working directly with current THQ president, Jason Rubin, the pair are set to try and turn around the poor fortunes of the publisher, that has over the last 12 months met with many …
Read More »Fifty Percent off EA games at Multiplay!
From Friday 12th November to Monday 15th November, Newbury Racecourse is taken over by a several thousand rampaging gamers and KitGuru is there to capture the action. Being at the opening of a box is a pretty poxy claim, normally. But when the tape is slit and some very special …
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