Showing posts with label Electronic Arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Electronic Arts. Show all posts

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Electronic Art's EA Play: 15th to 16th March, Marina Square, Singapore.

I got an invitation earlier today to cover Electronic Art's EA Play event which is going to be held this weekend (15th to 16th March) at the Marina Square in Singapore. I would love to go, but since it such short notice, I couldn't make it. However, I would make an exception for return flight tickets and paid-for accommodation. Just kidding (no, seriously...drop me a line).


Anyways, more about the event. EA Play promises to be big, and probably is the biggest "consumer gaming event" in this part of the world. Primarily the showcase of the latest and highly anticipated titles of EA's stable of multi-platform video games, gamers and the public will also get to experience hands-on demo sessions of Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath as well as witness to a working demo of Will Wright's opus, Spore.

For those who are less interested in previews but are more in the business of kicking virtual rivals in the head (or shooting them for a matter a fact, or driving them off a virtual race track..you get the idea), EA Play 08 plays host (pun intended) a variety of tournaments featuring Crysis and Command and Conquer 3 for the PC, FIFA 08 and NBA Street Homecourt for the PS3, and not forgetting Skate and NFS: Prostreet for the Xbox 360.

Yup, EA Play 08 is the a perfect convergence between the general public, casual and hardcore gamers. Now, I wish someone would get me flight tickets and accomodation to Singapore this weekend. Failing which, bring EA Play to Malaysia!

Sunday, February 18, 2007

A History of Electronic Arts

If you ever played video games on your PC or on a console (both previous and current generation ones), chances are you might have played games published by Electronic Arts. This behemoth of the video games industry is pretty hard to miss, delivering hits after hits on multiple platforms, but have you ever wondered about the history behind the company?

If you do, then I have nothing but good news for you. Gamasutra has an online article detailing the history of Electronic Arts and it makes for an interesting read covering areas such as its conception, the evolution of its games and the way EA does business. To read the article, click here.