When EA set out to revive the franchise, the designers vowed to do something big, not just put out an updated version of an old title.

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The EA will define principles and goals and set direction on such issues as the promotion of interoperability, open systems, public access, compliance with GPEA, end user satisfaction, and IT security.

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However one thing remains for sure that FIFA 12 is all set to play a very important role for EA in 2011.

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The ongoing problems led EA to apologise for the "dumb" way it set up the launch and led to it adding servers behind the scenes to spread the load.

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In a blogpost, Lucy Bradshaw, general manager for SimCity, said the way Electronics Arts (EA) and Maxis, the studio that created the game, had set up the servers had contributed to the problems.

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Flood defence schemes will be set up across the south east as part of an Environment Agency (EA) campaign to prepare the region for flooding.

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