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Gaming (in)security: EA Origin vulnerability; some Microsoft Xbox Live accounts hacked

Sometimes a walk in the cloud can come with pitfalls: • For Electronic Arts, the hits just keep coming. A bug in EA's Origin online-gaming platform/store puts player PCs at risk of being hijacked, according to a couple of Read More →

Next level for Electronic Arts: Shares tanking after CEO exit

After Electronic Arts announced Monday that CEO John Riccitiello was stepping down at the end of the month, the company's shares rose nearly 3 percent in after-hours trading. Today, Wall Street's not playing. Shares of the Redwood City video-game Read More →

Quoted: on ‘dumb,’ problem-plagued SimCity launch

"OK, we agree, that was dumb." — Lucy Bradshaw, general manager at "SimCity" developer Maxis, on the launch of the newest, long-awaited release of the popular civilization-building game last week. Many people experienced problems or were unable to play Read More →

Video games and violence: EA’s virtual world clashes with real marketing headache

Last week we talked about how shares of video game makers such as Electronic Arts were falling after the subject of violence and video games came up again in the wake of the mass shooting at a school Read More →

New life for video-game violence debate

Video-game makers, including Silicon Valley's Electronic Arts, are seeing their shares fall lately as talk about violent video games heats back up in the wake of the school shooting in Connecticut last week — as many look for Read More →

Get your “Star Wars” fix for free

Hey, Star Wars fans: You can now tap into the Force for free. Electronic Arts on Thursday announced that it has launched its "free-to-play" option for "Star Wars: The Read More →
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