Gamers have also blasted EA on Metacritic because of being kicked off in the middle of games, if they can get on at all.
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So far no word from EA on the exploits.
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Last August, just before the release of Madden NFL 11, former NFL player Tony Davis sued EA on behalf of 6, 000 retired players for using their likenesses in Madden NFL 09 without paying them.
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EA, on the other hand, has had a much harder time when it comes to PR.
That was a good PR maneuver which hopefully guides future EA decisions on these sort of mistakes.
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Yesterday, an EA employee on the Origin forums announced that any games purchased with the coupon code would be honored.
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It has asked the Environment Agency (EA) questions on the legality of the permit conditions.
The progress EA has made on transitioning to digital games and services is something I'm extremely proud of.
And that competitive landscape provides the perfect storm for Lin to step in and partner with EA or 2K on the next game.
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The idea of taking on EA Sports and its bestselling title was nuts, but Nelson figured there was an opportunity if he did something completely different.
With EA busy working on another ex-THQ sports franchise, UFC, 2K Sports has plenty of time and resources to keep WWE fans happy annually with hopefully quality pro wrestling action.
But on EA's official forum, Origin's community manager Sam Houston said the company would "honour all sales made with the coupon code over the weekend and hope fans enjoy their games".
Take-Two not only pays Rockstar salaries, but it doles out millions of dollars of "internal royalties" to the Rockstar team every quarter, a move that could prompt EA's own developers to start demanding more money, too, if EA brings Rockstar on board.
In offering my resignation, my goal is to allow the talented leaders at EA a clean start on FY14.
After integrating PlayStation Move controls into the franchise two years ago, EA Sports has focused on Kinect with its newest game.
No word on whether EA will take action against anyone who utilized it, though so far it appears no bans have taken place.
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As you know, there is no certainty that EA will actually close on the proposed transaction on mutually agreeable terms, especially since you have proposed a price that we would not accept and have qualified your offer by a diligence request.
At this point, Hollywood agents were brought in to try and bring Infinity Heads Jason West and Vince Zampella over to team EA. They flew them out on private jets for barbecues and other get togethers with EA staff, when it was well known that they were still under contract for another two years with Activision.
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After all, EA will want this game on as many handsets as possible to encourage in-app purchasing.
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Well, the same ones that came up last year, though EA has only doubled down on many of them.
Forbes at the same time championed Gamers, and called EA and the gaming press on their ethics and mis-advertising.
Forbes has reached out to both EA and Zynga for comment on the lawsuit and both companies have declined to respond.
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Rather than ban users who used a coupon exploit to get a bunch of free games on Origin, EA is honoring all purchases.
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Why is it that the creator of the hugely popular game Minecraft can make a very controversial statement on Twitter about EA and expect nobody to say anything about it?
Sneakermakers Nike and Reebok are among the advertisers that pay EA to put their logos on the players (in one game, NBA LIVE, gamers can change the color and style of players' logo-emblazoned footwear).
So you could rely on the future good will of EA in spite of the disdain their actions show currently, but I certainly wouldn't put money on them putting in that additional effort.
In official discussion forums and on its Twitter feed EA has apologised for the trouble players have had.
The alleged employee goes on to say that EA should actually patch the game to allow offline play.
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