Some good news from EA's support desk for "Ben" the Irish Battlefield 1943 player who was denied his Irish identity by games publisher Electronic Arts, the full story which we first published here touched such a nerve amongst Irish gamers that it even made it to the pages of the gaming website Joystiq. The controversy all stems from this reply to Ben from EA... "We sorry to inform … [Read more...]
EA fails to recognise Ireland (updated)
July 28, 2009 By
I was surprised to come across the following message sent by Electronic Arts to one of it's Irish customers who complained that the flag used on his Battlefield 1943 "Scorecard" was the Union Flag and not the National flag of Ireland. Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts. We sorry to inform you that we can't edit your game profile as your country "Ireland" … [Read more...]
Battlefield 1943 Review
July 11, 2009 By
Battlefield 1943 stormed onto the PS3 and Xbox360 this week... and then quietly slipped away as EA's pitiful servers crumbled. Seriously though, I know that game launches are often marred by server problems but why is it that EA's always seem so much worse? DICE and EA say that player volume was higher than expected and are now adding servers around the clock, call me a cynic but … [Read more...]
COD Online to be subscription only?
June 19, 2009 By
A flurry of articles have been hitting the internet in the last three days discussing the possibility that Activision are planning to make a number of Call of Duty's online features subscription only. Rumours first started after screen grabs of a survey were published by Destructoid. The survey seems to be testing the water and asking fans whether they'd be prepared to pay monthly, … [Read more...]
