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Electronic Arts CEO Resigns Ahead of Expected Weak Results
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 7:14am | 383Read More...Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) CEO John Riccitiello resigned from his post on Monday after the market close, taking responsibility for the company's decline. The company also provided a downbeat outlook for the current quarter. Over the last five years, the stock has lost around 60 percent and EA...
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Electronic Arts: Layoffs & Lawsuits Tainting the Online Gaming Industry
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - 9:06am | 458Read More...Electronic Arts (NYSE: EA) has experienced a fair share of issues lately, as the company recently took famously failing gamer Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) to court for copying key elements of "The Sims Social" game. Adding to what has already been a difficult month, EA-owned online gaming company PopCap...
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Amazon Game Studios Will Ensure the Death of Zynga
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 11:28am | 684Read More...Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), the perpetually imperiled social game developer, received a new and unexpected competitor this week when Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that it is getting into game design. The company's first title (developed by the online retailer's new game division, Amazon Game Studios)...
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Zynga "Appeals to the Same Psychology as Gambling," Says Analytics Expert Jeff Tseng
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 11:20am | 616Read More...It looks like casinos may have finally met their match. When users log into Facebook each day, they don't think that they are entering a gambling arena. When they jump into FarmVille, they don't see it as a virtual slot machine. But ask Jeff Tseng, the co-founder and CEO of user analytics firm...
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Electronic Arts Names New COO
Friday, August 5, 2011 - 9:57am | 398Read More...The head of EA Sports is set to take on the whole company as its chief operating officer. The Associated Press reports that Peter Moore will take on his new position starting Monday, August 8. Moore replaces John Schappert, who left Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) for a position at Zynga....
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Plants vs. Zombies Makes Smooth Transition From iPhone To Nintendo DS
Friday, February 11, 2011 - 5:23pm | 493Read More...Few iPhone (NASDAQ: AAPL) games are successful enough to make their way to other platforms. At best, they might get ported to other phones, such as Android (NASDAQ: GOOG) or Windows Phone 7 (NASDAQ: MSFT). But there is one creative strategy game that has been able to transcend the App Store: Plants...
