At the EA Studio Showcase in mid-August, DICE producer Ben Cousins presented a chart to attending press that depicted the full release schedule for Battlefield Heroes as a series of concentric circles. Starting with a close-knit closed beta, Cousins explained that EA’s first Free-2-Play shooter was currently expanding to include friends, family and journalists like [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 16, 2008
EA has sent along some new media for Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure, their quirky DS puzzle/platforming title which captured our attention back at their Studio Showcase. There simply aren’t enough games on the market where playing a match-three puzzler will allow you to drink tea with Sherlock Holmes and therefore turn into a [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 6, 2008
When we first arrived at the EA Studio Showcase event last month, my heart was instantly stolen away… by a GINORMOUS, fully-functional, belt-fed, air-powered, tripod-mounted Nerf machine gun sitting just outside the entrance to the game demos. (The young lady as left merely serves as sizing reference.) To make a long childhood tale short, I [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 22, 2008
While browsing the games on display at last week’s EA Studio Showcase, wandering from Henry Hatsworth to Battlefield Heroes and beyond, one particular game caught my eye for a few unusual reasons. For starters, the game had not been featured in the presentation earlier in the day, leaving my curiosity piqued enough for a closer [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 21, 2008
At 7PM on Thursday evening, the EA Studio Showcase drew to a close — but for GameCyte and our competitors, the party was just getting started. Spirited away to a posh San Francisco venue with gates guarded by the likes of Lamborghini Gallardo and Audi R8, we were presented with luxurious couches, champagne-filled glasses and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 20, 2008
At last week’s EA Studio Showcase, GameCyte had the opportunity to sit down and try out the impending update to Burnout Paradise by Criterion Games. With EA’s Kevin O’Leary acting as our helpful GPS navigator, we were able to sit down and get some extended hands-on play with the game’s new motorcycles, and get answers [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
With all the fun we’ve been having with our team-oriented FPS titles lately, we were glad to be able to try a new title which will soon be competing for our assault attentions. Thus, at yesterday’s EA Studio Showcase, we sat down to blast some cartoonish soldiers in Battlefield Heroes, the new “casual” incarnation of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
Immediately after Suda51 and Shinji Mikami left a bemused media audience with no real notion as to the content of their upcoming game, EA Partners announced a second surprise deal — this time, with Epic Games. Again, a very welcome guest star took the stage; and again, provided next to no information about a new [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
While several announcements delivered at the EA Studio Showcase piqued our curiosity, we must admit that few perked our ears as pointedly as those generated outside of EA proper. Taking the stage at the event’s kickoff press conference, EA Partners VP Jon Horsley announced two almost entirely unexpected deals. In what Horsley explained would be [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
At yesterday’s EA Studio Showcase, the publishing giant had a large array of big, blockbuster games on display. Godfather II, Warhammer Online, Harry Potter — massive screens displaying the latest and greatest for the newest systems filled the room with EA’s biggest-budget titles. So, why did I instead make a beeline for two guys crowded [...]
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