Jan
02
2010
From Destructoid (via Joystiq):
Earlier this month, EA Canada’s Community Manager, Alain Quinto, tweeted that EA Sports is planning to reveal a brand-new game in January. We’ve been curious as to what the new title could be, and sources close to the project have informed us that the new IP will be a football game for [...]
Dec
17
2009
From GamesBeat:
Electronic Arts continues its offensive on the iPhone today as it announces the impending launches of three major games on the iPhone: Need for Speed Shift, Spore Creatures, and the Simpsons game.
All three games could be called second-generation iPhone games. They reflect a lot of work that EA is putting into the iPhone platform, [...]
Dec
08
2009
From GameIndustry.biz:
When EA Montreal released Army of Two in March 2008 it received very different receptions in the US and Europe. America accepted the tone of the game – macho, crude, in-your-face – while Europe snubbed it, put off by the frat-boy humour and trash talk. Aware that cutting off half of the audience [...]
Dec
02
2009
From Financial Post:
Few People these days have to notice Montreal’s arrival on the world stage as major centre for the development of digital media and computer gaming. The city is today home to offices of some of the largest names of the business — Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and the homegrown 3D digital-effects company, SoftImage. [...]
Jul
06
2009
From GameTrailers:
Not developed in Montreal (this game is done by EA Canada in Burnaby, B.C), but it’s still nice to see some new NHL gameplay.
This year NHL devs take it to the next level.
Video Games | NHL 10 | Gameplay Innovations Doc HD
XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii
May
20
2009
From Kotaku:
First person brawlers are few and far between—only a handful, like Condemned, Breakdown and Zeno Clash, have found some degree of success with their attempts—but that’s not going to stop EA from letting you rain blows on the professional athlete of your choosing. The new addition is just one of "more than 200 [...]
Mar
02
2009
From gamedaily.com:
GameDaily BIZ just got off the phone with EA’s vp of communications, Jeff Brown, and BioWare co-founder and CEO Ray Muzyka, who revealed that BioWare is establishing a new BioWare Montreal group to work within the existing EA Montreal studio. Muzyka said that the team will be working on the highly anticipated Mass Effect sequel [...]
Feb
05
2009
From ctv.ca:
Video game publisher Electronic Arts says its third-quarter loss widened because of a slew of charges and weak holiday sales which the CEO called “a clear disappointment.”
The Redwood City, Calif.-based company, which has locations in Canada, also unveiled more cuts, saying it would now lay off a total of 1,100 jobs, or [...]