John Riccitiello has (un)surprisingly retire as President, CEO, Chairman and a member of the Board of Directors of #Unity. This is the effect of the failed reformed monetization of the platform universally rejected by indie devs community. Besides Unity, Riccitiello is know for his tenure as Electronic Arts since mid 90's until last decade and was specifically remembered on pressing on heavy monetization on games like FIFA and tried to push the same formula on Battlefield, including charging for weapon reloading. #Gaming #GamingNews

With the official deadline for their last stretch of their agreement with FIFA, Electronic Arts retired all digital versions of #EASportsFIFA to go full with their new soccer brand EA Sports FC. Gaming preservationist now needs to look for physical versions. #Gaming #GamingNews

Late last year, Maxis Studios and Electronic Arts confirmed that Project Rene is the brand new #TheSims game development. While there is still NO release date, a welcomed update was shared that the game will be free-to-play at launch, following the formula of The Sims 4. #Gaming #GamingNews

Electronic Arts made official the release date of #UFC5 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on October 27, 2023. It will be the first in the series of being built with Frostbite Engine & introduce the Real Impact System which boosts realism on MMA matches. #Gaming #GamingNews

Electronic Arts giving the middle finger to esport because it is their way or the highway an example on why esport is on the current state that it is.

Ubisoft+ is now available on Xbox It was just a matter of time that we could have this news and finally Microsoft and Ubisoft landed a new partnership where we are seeing a new house for Ubisoft’s subscription Ubisoft+ landing on Xbox both for console and PC. Xbox users can join the service via the Ubisoft+ Multi Access plan. Priced at $17.99 / £14.99 per month, it lets users access over 100 games on PC and a selection of titles (listed below) via Xbox consoles and Amazon’s Luna cloud gaming service. Unfortunately and contrary to general belief, there was NO mentioning that Ubisoft+ was another perk for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate as the case of Electronic Arts’s EA Play but users could have their Xbox account on both console and PC to access games. Ubisoft will include day 1 launches for new games and the list of available games includes: Anno 1800 (Xbox Series X|S only) Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (includes Assassin’s Creed Liberation) Assassin’s Creed Unity (Gold Edition) Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ultimate Edition) Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, India, and Russia Assassin’s Creed III Remastered Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Deluxe Edition) Assassin’s Creed Origins (Gold Edition) Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Gold Edition) Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection Battleship Boggle Child of Light (Ultimate Edition) Family Feud Far Cry Primal (Deluxe Edition) Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Classic Edition) Far Cry 3 (Classic Edition) Far Cry 4 (Gold Edition) Far Cry 5 (Gold Edition) Far Cry 6 (Gold Edition) Far Cry: New Dawn Fighter Within For Honor Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Ultimate Edition) Ghost Recon Wildlands (Ultimate Edition) Grow Up Hungry Shark World Immortals Fenyx Rising (Gold Edition) Jeopardy! Monopoly Plus Monopoly Madness Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show (Gold Edition) Rabbids Party of Legends Rainbow Six Extraction Rainbow Six Siege (Deluxe Edition) Rayman Legends Riders Republic Risk Risk: Urban Assault Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game Scrabble Shape Up (Gold Edition) South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Gold Edition) South Park: The Stick of Truth Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Deluxe Edition) Steep The Crew (Ultimate Edition) The Crew 2 The Division (Gold Edition) The Division 2 Trackmania Turbo Transference Trials Fusion Trials of the Blood Dragon Trials Rising (Gold Edition) Trivial Pursuit Live Trivial Pursuit Live 2 UNO (Ultimate Edition) Valiant Hearts: The Great War Watch Dogs (Complete Edition) Watch Dogs 2 (Gold Edition) Watch Dogs: Legion (Deluxe Edition) Wheel of Fortune Zombi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmqeKMffcCg The use of your Ubisoft+ PC account on Xbox consoles needs to have the Multi-Access tier.

I read already about the rumors of Electronic Arts on getting itself available to be sold or be part of a merging. If the rumors are true, my take on Electronic Arts conditioning sale/merger that the buyer does not take part of gaming industry is to assure no risk of adding odds that regulator doesn't approve the sale if were another game studio/company.

This week Electronic Arts will guarantee that they will have a presence at the E3 festivities with pre-made content programs, but EA Play will NOT be produced, being their first hiatus in 6 years of existence. The company justified the move to IGN by not being prepared for the things that are working behind the scenes. The message is that EA probably won't have anything big for this immediate year and any high profile messages will be for releases after 2022 and not to mention that EA Sport is expected to lose its FIFA license this year. https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-play-2022-cancelled #EA #EAPlay

Esta semana Electronic Arts confirmó que tendrá presencia en las festividades de E3 con programas pre-hecho de contenido, pero EA Play NO será producido, siendo su primera pausa en 6 años de existencia. La empresa le justificó a IGN la movida por no estar preparada para las cosas que están trabajando tras bastidores. El mensaje es que probablemente EA no tenga nada trascendental para este año inmediato y cualquier mensaje de gran perfil, será para lanzamientos posterior al 2022 y sin mencionar que se espera que EA Sport pierda la licencia de la FIFA este año. https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-play-2022-canceled #EA #EAPlay