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Spore Creature Creator

I recently took a trip to London for business to discuss Community Server strategy with members of the Eidos Interactive team as well as our friends at Electronic Arts (Europe) at their new offices in Guildford. Aside from getting a sneak peek at some...

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Skate 2 & Skate It

It is now official to discuss that Electronic Arts Skate franchise will release 2 new titles. Skate It for the Wii leveraging the Wii fitboard will arrive late in 2008 and the highly anticipated Skate 2 for the 360 will hit stores in 2009. In mid April...

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Madden 09 Cover Athlete

I know this is slightly delayed. I was in San Francisco attending a session during the Web 2.0 conference as well as visiting our friends at the Electronic Arts Redwood City campus. As you may or may not know the Madden 09 Cover athlete was announced...

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Madden 09 Announcement

Electronic Arts Madden 09 franchise will celebrate it's 20th anniversary this year. With the release of Madden 09 on August 12th, EA will commemorate the 20th anniversary with a special collector's edition of one of the best selling franchises of all...

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Game of the Week - Army of Two

To preface this review I want to state for the record that I really enjoy co-op shooters. So this review has a positive slant from the word go because I am a fanboy of any game that allows you to blow stuff up with your buddies in real time. Electronic...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, achievement points, TheBlackFin, EA, Gamerscore, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Halo 3, Game of the Week, COD4, US Army, Gears of War, Elijah Hardin, Army of Two

Interview with Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb

During GDC 2008 I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb of the Xbox Live team. Larry is the Director of Xbox Live Programming and is the author of one of the most popular gaming blogs on the web. Between posts, blogcasts...

Filed under: Telligent, Community Server, Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, CS, achievement points, TheBlackFin, Major Nelson, EA, community, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Blogging, Halo 3, GDC 2008

Game Developer Conference 2008 - Expo Day 1

The 2008 Game Developer Conference has been a great conference so far. Most of the major industry players are here. Microsoft, Sony, Electronic Arts, Disney, Ubisoft, Activison and a host others. After the first few days of the conference focused on a...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, TheBlackFin, EA, Electronic Arts, Blogging, Star Wars, GDC 2008, Bioware, LucasArts, The Force Unleashed

Game of the Week - Mass Effect

My past month or so of gaming has been spent on the Bioware epic Mass Effect. After completing my first play through and completing all assignments I thought I would provide a review before I begin another play through. Overall I was very impressed with...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, Black Fin, Xbox 360, TheBlackFin, EA, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Game of the Week, Bioware, Mass Effect

Game Developer Conference 2008

I confirmed today that I will be attending the 2008 Game Developer Conference February 18-22 in San Francisco. I am very excited about attending as outside of the networking and expo portion the key areas that I am interested in are the business and management...

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Why $60???

I still remember when I saw my first $60 price tag on a game. My jaw almost hit the floor. Now $59.99 is just what you pay for the latest title. Throw in the collector's edition ($69.99) or the recent Halo 3 Legendary edition ($125) or the recent Rockbank...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, marketing, TheBlackFin, EA, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts

EA Skate Demo is Live!!!

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The Halo 3 Marketing Machine

While flying to New York today I was reading an industry magazine and came across a Halo 3 cross-promotional ad that caught my attention. Outside of this ad featuring Halo 3 & 7-11 , the teams at Bungie and Microsoft are collaborating with a number...

Filed under: Telligent, Community Server, Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, CS, TheBlackFin, EA, Ensemble Studios, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Halo 3

20,000 points!!!

It is finally official. I have reached the 20,000K gamerscore mark!!! I have expressed in the past that I am an avid gamer and I enjoy the work that we do with various gaming studios such as Electronic Arts . One thing about me is that I am very competitive...

Filed under: Telligent, Tom Edwards, Xbox 360, marketing, marketing strategy, achievement points, TheBlackFin, EA, Gamerscore, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Microsoft

Microsoft + Electronic Arts = In-game Advertising?

Coming to you live from Oklahoma City. Wi-Fi in a hospital room, who would have thought it was possible? No I am not in the hospital just blogging from one. So Microsoft and Electronic Arts have partnered together to sign the largest in-game advertising...

Filed under: Tom Edwards, marketing, TheBlackFin, EA, The Black Fin, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, In-Game Advertising

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