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The Deal’s Done: EA Acquires Playfish For $275 Million Up-Front, Plus $100 Million Earnout

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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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, electronic arts, playfish

EA Gets Into Digital Books With FLIPS Launch In U.K.

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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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Media & Publishing, Books, electronic arts, nintendo, penguin

EA Brings Game Downloads To Europe, DRM-Free

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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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Legal, electronic arts

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