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Sims creator Will Wright: Next consoles can become ‘connective tissue’ between games & entertainment

Wright says he loves playing World of Tanks, which is like a "first person shooter for old people."

EA scores a licensing agreement to lock up FIFA brand until 2022

EA Sports will make video games base on the FIFA brand for years to come. Right now, players play 65 million games a week.

EA has 11 big titles, 15 mobile games coming in the next year (but no Star Wars)

Here's the complete download from EA's earnings call. The game giant continues to invest in next-generation games for Sony and Microsoft platforms.

EA misses slightly on revised earnings but hits its revenue targets

EA sells 1.6 million copies of SimCity despite controversy over server problems. EA's digital revenue now exceeds other revenue.

After 1,000 layoffs, EA could find itself short-handed for Star Wars games (analysis)

How will EA staff its big Battlefield expansion and its Star Wars games even as it tries to get by with fewer employees?

Seagate moves deeper into flash memory as it launches consumer solid-state drives alongside enterprise line-up

Will the solid-state drive, based on flash memory chips, replace the hard disk?

Betable’s disruptive tactics cause a smackdown debate among online casino game makers

By enabling social casino game makers to enter real-money gambling in the UK, Betable has angered real-money online gambling firms.

Fastback Networks raises $15M for juicing the capacity of mobile networks before they collapse

The movement toward "small cell" infrastructure requires wireless data networking tech like Fastback's

Valve’s experimental psychologist discusses sweat detection and eye-tracking for games

Eye-tracking, sweat measurement, and others indicators let developers know how a gamer feels while playing a game.