Archive for: EA Tiburon

Madden NFL 11 – Crush! Frag! Review!

madden_11_logo

Like Christmas coming on the 25th of December or Independence Day on the 4th of July, you can set your clock to the release of EA Sports’ latest Madden football title. Every 2nd Tuesday in August not only marks the beginning of the NFL season for many fans, it also signals the onslaught of autumn video game releases. Madden’s certainly a big deal; gamers buy new consoles for the next edition of Madden, for goodness’ sake.

There’s no question that EA Tiberon cares just as much about the game of football itself as they do their famous simulation based upon it, but the short development cycle usually allows for only a handful of small touches and refinements to be made over last year’s title. The question that arises every August is a simple one: is it better than the previous Madden, or should I skip this year?

+Continue Reading

First Details of Madden 11 Emerge from Developer Blog

Now that the super big football shindig is out of the way, we can focus on something much more enticing than actually watching football: playing football (on your TV game machine).

Tiburon Studios’ Creative Director Ian Cummings posted a video blog during the halftime of Super Bowl XLIV that contained a few tidbits on the developer’s next project, Madden NFL 11.

If you don’t feel like sitting through an eight-minute moving picture show, I’ll wrap up the important bits, okay?

+Continue Reading

EA Plans Job Cuts, Cancels Titles, Aims to Close “Several Facilities”

ealogo.pngYesterday Electronic Arts announced it plans to slash over 1,500 jobs by March 2010 as a cost-reducing measure. Since October 2008 EA has already eliminated over 1,000 jobs.

The world’s second largest video game publisher said it will concentrate its efforts on products bearing “higher margin opportunities.”

“This action will result in the closure of several facilities and a headcount reduction of approximately 1,500 positions, of which 1,300 are included in the restructuring plan,” stated the publisher. “This plan will result in annual cost saving of at least $100 million and restructuring charges of $130 to $150 million.”

+Continue Reading