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Just announced today by EA, Create is a new family game coming to Wii and Xbox 360, PS3, PC & MAC later this year.
Fresh from the horses mouth that is EA…
New IP from EA’s Bright Light Studio to Launch November 2010
Guildford, UK, August 2, 2010 – The Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced CreateTM, a must-have video game this holiday for the whole family that is powered by imagination and rewards players for being creative. Available this November for the WiiTM, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system featuring PlayStation®Move compatibility, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system, PC, and MAC, Create presents imaginative gameplay challenges where the solutions are fuelled by the creativity of the player.
“Create uses families’ imaginations to develop new ways to play together that are both fun and challenging,” said Harvey Elliott, VP and General Manager at EA Bright Light. “We wanted to design a game where the entire family can explore, decorate, and solve challenges where no solution is wrong and the only limit is the imagination.”
The more players explore the game, solve level-based challenges, and customize their world, the more rewards will be unlocked. Creativity will be unleashed as players design environments with easy-to-use brushes and tools, including textures, props and animating objects that bring the scene to life. On the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and MAC players can share any of their creations, solutions or challenges with the community through the console and also via the official Create website at www.create.ea.com. Friends can download and remix solutions and set challenges for other players to download and complete. Imaginations will run wild this holiday!
EA SPORTS announced today that there are now two ways to play FIFA Soccer 11 Wii—traditional 11 versus 11 matches plus a new street soccer mode. Hit the pitch for a Wii-specific take on customary 11 versus 11 soccer matches with over 30 officially licensed leagues, 500 teams, more than 15,000 players to choose from. Or, hit the streets to compete in 5 versus 5 street matches with the world’s elite players.
FIFA Soccer 11 Wii features numerous gameplay enhancements that bring the beautiful game to life on the Wii console. An all-new attacker vs. defender trick system creates head-to-head battles as you move up the pitch, performing dozens of elaborate new tricks to throw the defender off-balance. The new button-based shooting mechanic puts control back in the users’ hands—and with new shot types and animations you’ll find all-new ways to score each game. Blast, finesse, chip or tap it by the keeper for the goal that lifts your team to glory!
According to EA executive John Schappert anyway:
“I think it’s a great E3 for the industry. Normally, you come here and there’s one hardware surprise, and I can’t think of another E3 where everyone’s surprising in a positive way. And they’re positive surprises. It’s not like, ‘Yeah, they did that but I don’t know about that.’ Every one of [these new technologies] is cool. The 3DS is just incredibly cool. The 3DS is magical. You put that in your hand, you look down, and all of a sudden it’s in 3D without glasses. That’s an amazing experience. I’m a huge fan. I think that device is going to sell like hot cakes. I think it’s going to do incredibly well, and in typical Nintendo fashion they have re-energized the industry, yet again. I give them nothing but credit and we are excited to be supporting that platform with Madden, FIFA, and The Sims that we announced.”
We have to agree with him. The DS wasn’t this well received when it was announced as Nintendo hadn’t proved itself with the ‘novelty’ handheld and Sony were thought to be taking the right path with PSP. We all know how that turned out and the amount of support and praise from developers so far for 3DS is staggering. Surely it can only sell by the bucket load?
PARIS (Dow Jones)–U.S.-based video-game developer Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS) has sold its 14.8% stake in its French counterpart Ubisoft Entertainment SA (UBI.FR) for an undisclosed sum to investors it didn’t identify, ending a tenuous six-year relationship that began with French fears of a hostile takeover by the American group. “Our strategic priorities have changed since our initial investment,” Electronic Arts said in a statement. “More recently, the Ubisoft position has been viewed as a portfolio holding, rather than a strategic holding,” …
The EA Play Label of EA today announced that the critically-acclaimed The Sims 3 is in development for the Nintendo 3DS, and will be available in 2011. The Sims 3, a global success on the PC, Mac and mobile devices, will launch this fall on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, Wii and Nintendo DS making it accessible from every gaming touch point available.
“We’re bringing players the first true 3D life simulation game on a handheld utilizing the ground breaking technology of the Nintendo 3DS,” explained Sam Player, Executive Producer at EA. “With new features like face mapping, a living open neighborhood, connectivity like never before and an all-new feature called ‘Karma Powers,’ we’re making it easier than ever for gamers to play with life from the gaming platform of their choice.”
The Wii version of Need For Speed: Hot Persuit is being developed by Exient and will be available November this year with the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – June 14, 2010 – Criterion reinvents Need for SpeedTM Hot Pursuit for the connected generation. Criterion Games, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that the award-winning development team is making the latest installment in the renowned Need for Speed franchise. Inspired by the classic game of the same name, Criterion will reveal Need for Speed Hot Pursuit for the very first time today at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Launching in November 2010, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit brings the franchise back to its roots with intense cops vs. racer chases. Criterion also ups the ante with the introduction of an all-new online network called Need for Speed Autolog where players compare racing stats and automatically get personalized gameplay recommendations from their friends– a feature that is poised to transform online racing for the connected generation.
EA’s (very long!) press release is after the jump.
Bulletstorm (360/PS3/PC)
Crysis 2 (360/PS3/PC)
Dead Space 2 (360/PS3/PC)
EA SPORTS Active 2 (Wii/PS3/iPhone/iPod touch)
EA SPORTS MMA (360/PS3/iPhone/iPod touch)
FIFA 11 (PS3/360/Wii/PC/PS2/DS/PSP/Mobile)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 The Videogame (360/PS3/Wii/DS/PC/Mobile)
HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT 3 (360/PS3/Wii)
iPad titles
Madden NFL 11 (360/PS3/Wii/PS2/PSP/iPhone/iPod touch)
Medal of Honor (360/PS3/PC)
MONOPOLY Streets (360/PS3/Wii/DS)
MySims SkyHeroes (360/PS3/Wii/DS)
NBA ELITE 11 (PS3/360)
NBA JAM (Wii)
NHL 11 (PS3/360)
NHL SLAPSHOT (Wii)
RISK: Factions (XBLA)
The Sims 3 for console and handheld (360/PS3/Wii/DS)
The Sims 3 Ambitions (PC/Mac/Mobile)
Spare Parts (XBLA/PSN)
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 11 (360/PS3/Wii/iPhone)
All-New Personality+ Enables Players to Behave and Perform as True Individuals
GUILDFORD, UK. – 9th June, 2010 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today revealed that its top-selling* franchise from EA SPORTSTM will redefine player authenticity when FIFA 11 launches this Fall on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system. FIFA 11 reinvents player authenticity – on and off the ball – for every player and at every position on the pitch with Personality+, an all-new feature that sees individual abilities reflected in game, enabling clear differentiation for every player.
“Personality+ is the evolution of individual distinctiveness that sees a footballer’s abilities on the pitch mirrored authentically in our game, creating individual personalities in FIFA 11,” said Executive Producer Kaz Makita. “We have reached a level of sophistication within our game engine where footballers in our game will behave and perform as true individuals.”
IG: On a related matter, I almost sort of separate this out, have you seen Nintendo’s 3DS personally? Have you actually had a chance? Have they given you access?
JR: It’s like one of these things here where with Nintendo where you’ve got to be very careful here because they’ve got a lot to say at E3, and I want to be careful to not accidentally transgress an NDA. I will tell you, I’ve seen it; it’s cool.
Thanks Industrygamers
