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EA, Neowiz Partner to Launch "Battlefield" Online Game in Asia

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 7, 2007 - 3:56pm.

Seoul, South Korea - Electronic Arts said on Thursday that it plans to launch its online game "Battlefield" in Asia. The Asian version will be co-developed with Korea's Neowiz -- of which EA owns about a 15% stake -- and launch in Korea initially, with plans to expand to China, Japan and Taiwan. EA and Neowiz previously paired to launch "FIFA Online" in Korea, which now counts 4.9 million subscribers.

tags: Games | Battlefield | Electronic Arts | Neowiz |

Video Game Touted as Muslim Militant Recruiting Tool Revealed as Joke

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 26, 2006 - 11:52am.
The Hague - A video game that the U.S. government said was a "modded" version of Electronic Arts' "Battlefield 2" created by Muslim militants as a recruitment tool has been exposed to be a joke created by a 25-year-old Dutch gamer, Reuters reported.
tags: Games | EA | DOD | Battlefield | Religion | Pranks | Netherlands |

Defense Dept: Islamic Militant Video Game "Mods" Make U.S. Bad Guys

Authored by dmw on May 5, 2006 - 8:47am.
Washington - The U.S. Defense Department reports that it has discovered militant websites where popular combat video games have been modified so that young Muslim players can virtually take up arms against U.S. soldiers, Reuters reported. Electronic Arts' "Battlefield 2" is among the games for which tech-savvy militants have developed such "mods". "What we have seen is that any video game that comes out ... they'll modify it and change the game for their needs," said Defense Department public diplomacy specialist Dan Devlin. "I was just a boy when the infidels came to my village in Blackhawk helicopters," a narrator's voice says in the modded version of "Battlefield 2," which also features an inserted recording of George W. Bush's statement from Sept. 16, 2001: "This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while."
tags: Games | EA | DOD | Mods | Combat Games | Battlefield |

Shareholders Reject Electronic Arts' Buyout Offer for "Battlefield" Developer

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 17, 2004 - 9:16am.
Stockholm, Sweden -- Video game publisher Electronic Arts, which last month offered to purchase Swedish "Battlefield" developer Digital Illusions CE (DICE), saw its plans stymied this week when 29% of DICE shareholders voted against the deal. The vote came despite the recommendation from DICE's board of directors to approve it; 90% must agree to the deal for it to proceed. Redwood City, Calif.-based Electronic Arts currently owns 19% of DICE, which it purchased in 2003 when it signed a 15-year publishing deal with the company. In addition to DICE's 4 million unit-selling "Battlefield" titles, it also is responsible for the "Rallisport Challenge" game franchise. The deadline for EA to reach a deal to purchase Digital Illusions is Dec. 27.
tags: Battlefield | Electronic Arts | Shareholders | Buyout Offer |