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EA Reveals 2024 Lineup: CEO Envisions AI's Role In Gaming, Shrugs Off Activision Blizzard Deal
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 4:01pm | 818On Tuesday, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) held its Q4 and FY 2023 earnings call, where the company made some significant announcements regarding its upcoming release schedule. EA confirmed the release window for several upcoming titles: "Immortals of Aveum," "Madden 24," and...
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Electronic Arts Fires Over 200 Apex Legends Testers In A Zoom Call
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - 1:48pm | 426Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is seemingly taking a page out of Better.com's playbook. The video game company just laid off more than 200 quality assurance (QA) testers via Zoom, as reported by Kotaku. The affected testers mainly worked from Baton Rouge, Louisiana on “Apex Legends,”...
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Madden 24: The Crucial Release That Will Determine EA Tiburon's Future
Friday, February 24, 2023 - 1:02pm | 369The future of EA Tiburon, the Orlando, Florida-based game development studio of Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA), is heavily reliant on the performance of the upcoming Madden 24. Sources told Insider Gaming that EA acknowledged the criticism directed at Madden 23 and views this year's release as a...
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The Damar Hamlin Incident: No More CPR Celebration In Madden NFL 23, EA Says
Friday, January 13, 2023 - 12:48pm | 371After the dramatic incident involving Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who underwent cardiac arrest during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on January 2nd, EA Sports (NASDAQ: EA) announced changes in its game “Madden NFL 23.” Madden NFL is an American football video game series...
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Apex Legends' Next Event May Be A Treasure Hunter Theme, Reports Say
Friday, June 5, 2020 - 4:25pm | 228Electronic Arts' (NASDAQ: EA) free-to-play battle royale title "Apex Legends" has offered fantastic themes and storylines for new Legends as seasons have progressed. Now, reports suggest the next event will have a Treasure Hunter theme. Data miners have extracted assets that...
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'Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare' Is The Best-Selling Game Of 2020 So Far
Friday, May 22, 2020 - 2:15pm | 486Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) has made strides to retain a top position for "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare," and it has succeeded. In NPD's report for April, "Modern Warfare" hit second place just below Square Enix's "Final Fantasy VII Remake" as April...
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A Fourth Video Game ETF Arrives
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 11:25am | 574Another exchange traded fund dedicated to the fast-growing video game industry is here. As was previously noted in this space, the Defiance Future Tech ETF was to be replaced by the Defiance Next Gen Video Gaming ETF (NYSE: VIDG). VIDG made its debut on Monday. What Happened The new VIDG tracks the...
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Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Boeing, Disney, Ford, Intel And More
Saturday, May 11, 2019 - 3:16pm | 837Benzinga has examined prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included auto and entertainment giants with strong prospects. Bearish calls included leaders in aerospace and semiconductors and a recent IPO. The escalation of the trade war with China overhung...
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Shifting To Digital Has Been Good To Electronic Arts
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - 11:17am | 352Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) hit a new all-time high of $108.71 Wednesday morning in reaction to its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings beat and announcement of a new stock buyback program. The video game maker's report was good enough for Credit Suisse's Stephen Ju to maintain...
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Signs It's Time To Call In The Professionals On Your Finances
Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 9:11pm | 711There are so many ways you can handle your budget without calling in the big guns. However, whether you are not financially literate, don't seem to have the time/motivation or are so far removed from financial security that you don't even know where to start, using available resources such...
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Sky-High 'Star Wars Battlefront' Expectations Mean Good News For This Stock
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 2:32pm | 334Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) have gained more than 50 percent year-to-date and more than 115 percent from a year ago. Eric Handler of MKM Partners sees further upside in EA's stock as he upgraded the name to Buy with an $82 price target. Handler cited a better than expected debut...
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Xfinity Games Will Offer 'All-New Experiences' That Differ From EA Access
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 2:51pm | 554Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) have teamed up to develop a new streaming game service that promises to cut cords, discs and consoles. The new service (which was built for the cable provider's X1 Platform) is going into beta today. According to...
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E3 2015: Will EA, Activision Or Take-Two Impress Investors?
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 7:22am | 911Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) are some of the biggest publishers heading to the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo. All three companies closed down on Monday -- should investors be worried, or are...
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Is The Force With Electronic Arts?
Monday, May 4, 2015 - 3:04pm | 332In a report published this morning, Credit Suisse Analyst analyst Stephen Ju stressed that the main highlight of the upcoming Q4 earnings results for Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) were not a top or bottom line figure necessarily. Instead, Ju prioritized his focus on the 2016 guidance that...
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Top Gaming Analyst Previews Electronic Arts, Take-Two & Activision Before Earnings
Monday, April 27, 2015 - 12:13pm | 660Leading gaming publishers, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) are set to report quarterly results. Here is what one of Wall Street's top gaming analysts, Todd Mitchell of Brean Capital, is...