Larry Probst has been appointed executive chairman while EA searches for a new CEO.
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At the closing bell, MLM is up about 2.9%, while EA is up about 0.2% on the day Wednesday.
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While EA is offering gamers who purchased SimCity a free game because of the launch issues, they stopped short of letting frustrated gamers return their game.
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While EA do have some experience in freemium designs, the data they will be able to gather with the inclusion of freemium in one of their popular franchises is one that will be invaluable to them.
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While at EA he also produced Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and 007: From Russia With Love.
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While companies like EA pour millions into casual gaming, snatching up studios like PopCap in huge deals and trying to break into a new market, its chief rival Activision is taking a different approach.
This brings us back to a list I wrote a little while back about possible Star Wars games EA could make.
On top of that, Activision is suing EA for its recruitment of Jason West and Vincent Zampella while they were still under contract at Infinity Ward.
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As Executive Chairman, my focus is to ensure EA is delivering high quality games and services to our consumers, while helping the executive team develop a FY14 operating plan that drives growth, rationalizes headcount and controls costs.
While trading at a trailing 41 times earnings, the company is cheaper than EA (188) and Activision (64).
So while this is a business decision, it was not really one made by EA in many respects.
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The EA said an estimated 90 to 100 properties have so far been flooded in Cornwall, while across the South West more than 300 homes have been affected.
For now, it appears EA will be placing all of its eggs in the always-online basket, and while this makes sense to some degree (tie-ins almost always do, to some degree) I doubt it will pan out quite the way the publisher has in mind.
While working towards his graduate degree he had the good fortune of landing a summer job at EA during the height of the gaming explosion in Seattle.
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While I still doubt that any of this was intentional, the very best possible thing for EA to do under the circumstances was turn on the Welcome sign and buy a round on the house.
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While Activision has raised its full-year forecast promising a "record-setting" year, EA has had to lower its outlook for the current period blaming its latest Medal of Honor and NBA Basketball games for having "disappointed" and its Star Wars: The Old Republic role-playing title for having "underperformed".
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