Also known as ARTS (action real-time strategy games) there has been a surprising absence of these multiplayer competitive games on touch-based devices.

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We identified sports, arts and entertainment as platforms for the strategy.

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Some, like Electronic Arts, have sought to beef up their social games strategy.

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Sze served as head of product strategy at Excite and worked in product marketing at Electronic Arts and Crystal Dynamics before joining Greylock in 2000.

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The new game from Starbreeze Studios and Electronic Arts is a reboot of a 1993 title that was more of a tactical shooter and strategy game than a first-person shooter.

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Trip Hawkins, the former Apple strategy executive who went on to make a name for himself as a gaming industry pioneer by founding Electronic Arts and 3DO, has seen the future and believes a big part of it will center on 3-D gesturing.

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