Despite the words Halo, Call, or Duty not being in its name, EA Sport’s FIFA 11 had a surprisingly successful opening weekend. Selling 2.6 million units across the States and Europe, players have already logged 11.3 million games in the two day period. The launch grossed $150 million, a 29% uptick over last year’s entry.
The main reason stated by Electronic Arts for their name change of Medal of Honor‘s ‘Opposing Forces’ (from the ‘Taliban’ in the original build) was the respect to the service men and women and their families. Despite the acquiescence to the complaints of military families and pundits, the game remains inaccessible on military base stores […]
Today, ZeniMax Media Inc., the parent organization behind Bethesda Softworks, id Software, Arkane Studios, and several other studios, has announced that it has managed to secure an investment with a total value of $150 million. The investor, Providence Equity Partners, already acquired a stake of $300 million in the organization in October 2007. ZeniMax CEO Robert […]
Currently, all songs on Harmonix’s Rock Band Network and Music Store range from free to the most frequent cost of $1.99. But with the addition of Pro mode in Rock Band 3, which attaches a multitude of complexities to each instrument track in order to get as close as possible to having the player actually […]