Having obtained an internal memo from EA Sports IGN has learned that the company is scouting locations in Austin, Texas for a new studio. Also addressed in the memo is the loss of several developers from the company's Tiburon studio - the news of which was first broken here and has involved the departures of Ian Cummings, Jeremy Strauser, Phil Frazier and several others. That has led to new leadership taking the reigns. "With these departures comes a renewed focus on retention, but also a ...

Last year South Park took on the Tiger Woods scandal in a sex addiction based episode that saw the video game turned into a topical fighting simulator. Now Trey Parker and Matt Stone have taken another swipe at EA Sports by offering commentary on the NCAA rules against compensating student-athletes and the associated video game licensing. In the episode Cartman creates a new sports league called the 'Crack Baby Athletic Association' which involves babies fighting over crack and the rights...

Though now being viewed as somewhat of a sales disappointment the Nintendo 3DS launched back in late March and was hampered by a weak library of titles. EA Sports is looking to expand on sports offerings, currently limited to just Madden NFL Football and PES 2011, both of which received at best lukewarm reception. FIFA 12 for 3DS expected out this fall will feature 500 officially licensed clubs, eight different camera angles, and optional touch screen controls that will allow for shots to b...

Recently EA Sports made it known that they have three new franchises in the works that have yet to be revealed. With the company releasing their financial reports and fiscal 2012 projections we now know those games are expected to arrive in Q4 (January-March) 2012.  (more...)...