Tameka Kee
Nov 9, 2009 10:21 AM
Playfish said no once, twice ... but perhaps the third time was the charm. The hot social gaming company has been acquired by *Electronic Arts*, in a deal potentially worth $400 million. Previous reports pegged the price at around $250 million. EA will pay $275 million in cash, as well…
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Tameka Kee
Oct 9, 2009 1:30 PM
As if there wasn’t enough digital and e-book hysteria from the international Kindle launch ... *Electronic Arts* is dipping its toe into digital books, albeit for the younger generation, with the launch of FLIPS, a new line of books that kids can “read” using the handheld Nintendo DS. The company…
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Patrick Smith
Dec 23, 2008 4:11 AM
Gamers who don’t fancy making the January sales can now download some of the biggest games of 2008 straight to their PCs. The world’s largest games producer Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) has announced it will make three of its recent releases available as digital downloads via the Steam platform, which…
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