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• New Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Screens

  Published: July 27, 2007, 9:08 pm

  Tags: Sony, Electronic Arts, Gamer Life, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Games, Computer, Game Companies, Cooperative Multiplayer, Electronic Arts, Mercenaries 2 World In Flames, Mercenaries Playground Of Destruction, Pandemic Studios, World In Flames, Xbox 360

  Electronic Arts sent us some new screens for Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, the new title in the franchise for the PC, Ps2, Ps3, and Xbox 360. The open-world action game will be situated in Venezuela after a tyrant interferes with the country’s oil supply. Developed by Pandemic Studios, World in Flames is a sequel to the popular

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• Currently in Development - The Godfather 2

  Published: July 27, 2007, 8:14 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Games Industry, Electronic Arts, Games, Ea Games, Electronic Arts, Gamasutra, Godfather 2, The Godfather, The Godfather 2

  currently being developed by Electronic Arts. Siting a conversation between a shareholder and EA Games head Frank Gibeau regarding how EA deals with titles that are more mature and gritty, Gibeau stated that: “The appeal of those types of games is growing as the demographics start to open up for that older demographic”, and

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• EA announces new Marvel Super Hero Fighter, Crowds Sigh

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:21 pm

  Tags: Electronic Arts, Sony, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Game Companies, Marvel Comics

  Electronic Arts’ Chicago Studio is voyaging back into the world of Four-Color Fighting with a new Marvel based brawler. “Marvel Super Heroes are a natural fit in the fighting game genre, so we're excited to have Kudo and his team of fighting game experts put these characters toe-to-toe against each other on next generation consoles,

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• EA Issues Gridiron Smacktalk in Response to 2K's All-Pro Football

  Published: July 27, 2007, 5:04 pm

  Tags: Electronic Arts, 2k Games, Game Companies, 2ksports, All Pro Football, Electronic Arts, Madden

  on the field since Electronic Arts and the NFL locked up exclusive licensing deals for the teams, stadiums and rosters of the sports back in 2004. With 2 years left on the deal 2K games decided to take a break and regroup and finally re-enters the stadium with this years All Pro Football title. During a recent shareholder call to report

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• Command & Conquer 3 Producer Acknowledges Plot Problems

  Published: July 30, 2007, 11:26 pm

  Tags: Command Amp Amp Conquer, Electronic Arts, Games, Game Companies, Command And Conquer 3, Plot Inconsistencies, Story Problems

  The year isn’t 2028, it’s 2030. At least, that’s the main point of disparity in the time line of the Command & Conquer series. Mike Verdu, Executive Producer of Command and Conquer 3, hopped on the forums and sent out a message to the masses of fans who pointed out the plot inconsistencies in the game: “While most of

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• Microsoft moves into video game advertising

  Published: July 25, 2007, 4:10 am

  Tags: Electronic Arts, Electronicarts, Erts, Microsoft, Msft, Ps3, Xbox

  (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS)Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has signed a deal with Electronics Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) to insert advertising into a number of the game publisher's most popular products. The games include popular sports titles like Tiger Woods golf and the Madden football series. Microsoft's recently acquired Massive

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• Warhammer Online Reveals the Elves

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:16 pm

  Tags: Warhammer, Electronic Arts, Computer, Ea Mythic, Elves, Warhammer Age Of Reckoning

  Warhammer Age of Reckoning has finally brought out the Elves. The noble High elves strive for a life of harmony, balance and inner peace while the delightfully wicked Dark elves live for individualism, selfishness, and pride. Whether you prefer the High Elf or the Dark Elf there is just something seductive about playing these lithe warriors

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• New Madden 2008 Screens

  Published: July 31, 2007, 11:12 pm

  Tags: Electronic Arts, Madden, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Fantasy, Football, Madden 2008, Screens, Season

  You will not buy another season of Madden. You will not play another season of fantasy football. That thought echoes through my head every year around this time. These two activities threaten to devour all aspects of my social life, and I do my best to resist their temptations. Of course it does no good. Every year I line up with all the

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• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning- War in Progress

  Published: August 2, 2007, 4:42 pm

  Tags: Warhammer, Videos, Electronic Arts, Computer, Game Companies, Age Of Reckoning, Assets, Chaos Army, Concept Art, Ea Mythic, Marauder, Mmorpg, Mythic, Screens, Warhammer Online, Warhammer Online Age Of Reckoning

  The war between Order and Destruction draws closer, and EA Mythic has released new assets from their upcoming MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. The Chaos army is explored further with a profile of the mutating Marauder, while the Empire’s home city of Altdorf - and its surrounding zone of Reikland - is highlighted with concept art.

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• Electronic Arts to Shut Down All Online 2006 Sports Titles

  Published: August 2, 2007, 6:21 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Electronic Arts, Games, Game Companies, Ea Sports, Electronic Arts Sports, Online Shutdown 2006 Titles

  online. In a shocking move, Electronic Arts sent out a service update naming dozens of EA 2006 sports titles, and even a couple of 2007 titles as well, stating, “Servers for the games listed below will be shut down on the indicated dates. You may continue to play the games online up until these dates, but certain community programs may

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• Crysis Gets Official Release Date

  Published: August 2, 2007, 5:50 pm

  Tags: Crytek, Gamer Life, Electronic Arts, Computer, Games, Crysis, Crytek, E3 2007, Electronic Arts, Filefront, First Person Shooters, Fps, Game Critics Awards, Pc Games

  Electronic Arts and Crytek announced an official release date for Crysis today. The FPS will be hitting retail stores in North America and Europe on November 16 exclusively for the PC. With DirectX 10 and DirectX 9 visuals, Crysis was recognized as one of the most anticipated PC games and first person shooters of 2007, recently winning Best PC

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• Sims 2 Castaway: Screenshots

  Published: August 2, 2007, 5:37 pm

  Tags: Nintendo, Sony, Electronic Arts, Games, Castaway, Screenshots, Sims 2

  EA’s The Sims 2 games are widely popular. These “god games” are in the top 5 most played computer games and rate high on consoles as well. The Sims 2 series has a new stand-alone game for consoles coming out; Sims 2 Castaway.In Sims 2 Castaway, your character has been stranded on a deserted tropical island. You must help your

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• The Open File: Files from the Front August 3, 2007

  Published: August 3, 2007, 12:52 pm

  Tags: Half Life, Mods, Features, The Open File, Sierra, Valve, Game Platforms, Computer, Electronic Arts, Command Amp Amp Conquer, Game Companies, Command Amp Conquer, Fear, Filefront, Half Life

  Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Open File. This regular feature here on Gaming Today is a little self love for our site. A moment to reflect on the excellent files and other content hosted by our affiliates and a great opportunity to point out files that might interest the readers of Gaming Today who may not be aware of the other content

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• SKATE - Release Date and Screens

  Published: August 3, 2007, 3:42 pm

  Tags: Electronic Arts, Sony, Microsoft, Games, Danny Way, E3 2007, Electronic Arts, Game Critics Awards, Ps3, Skate, Skate Game, Skateboarding, Sports Game, X Games, Xbl, Xbox 360

  Electronic Arts announced that SKATE will ship to retail stores on September 12 in the U.S. and September 14 in Europe for the Xbox 360 . The PS3 version will ship to stores on September 24 in the U.S.and October 5 in Europe. For those of you with little or no patience, EA will release a SKATE demo via XBL on August 15. Those sure are lot of

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• Boogie 'Dance Off" Trailer

  Published: August 3, 2007, 3:22 pm

  Tags: Videos, Gamer Life, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Games, Boogie, Boogie Wii, Electronic Arts, Karaoke, Karaoke Dance, Nintendo, Nintenso Wii, Wii, Ymca

  Nothing says let’s dance like YMCA by the Village People, and whether you prefer to dress like a construction worker or a ambiguous police officer, the folks over at Nintendo and EA are banking on their new dance/karaoke game Boogie to make you forget which one was which and just dance! We have posted quite a few trailers of this game

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