Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced preliminary financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2019.
“We had a strong start to FY20, bringing rich new experiences to our growing communities for Apex Legends, EA SPORTS, The Sims and more,” said CEO Andrew Wilson. “From great new games to live services with longevity, subscriptions on more platforms and competitive gaming for more franchises, we’re pushing to lead with innovation, quality and choice for our players.”
“We delivered operating results significantly above our expectations, driven by broad strength across our core franchises. This quarter shows how the power of our portfolio strategy, combined with live services, delivers strong results,” said COO and CFO Blake Jorgensen. “We believe we have the right ingredients in place to deliver fun for our players and success for our business.”
News and ongoing updates regarding EA and its games are available on EA’s blog at www.ea.com/news.
Selected Operating Highlights and Metrics
- Digital net bookings* for the trailing twelve months was $3.730 billion, up 5% year-over-year and represents 76% of total net bookings.
- During the quarter, FIFA Ultimate TeamTM had more than three million players logging in daily during the Team of the Season in-game event.
- During the quarter, The Sims 4TM expansion packs and game pack downloads increased 55% year-over-year.
- At quarter end, Star Wars TM: Galaxy of Heroes had nearly 80 million players life-to-date.
- Season 2 in Apex Legends TM began on July 2.
- On July 24, EA Access launched on PlayStation® 4.
* Net bookings is defined as the net amount of products and services sold digitally or sold-in physically in the period. Net bookings is calculated by adding total net revenue to the change in deferred net revenue for online-enabled games and mobile platform fees.
This demo features Quick Play and Co-op for online matches, as well as an Edit Mode. Thanks to this Edit Mode, players will be able to create their own kits and edit the teams as well (this is the first time a demo version of its soccer franchise supports this feature).
The demo features 14 fully-licensed teams and Konami revealed the 11 of them which are: FC Barcelona, Arsenal FC, Palmeiras, Flamengo, Sao Paulo, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Vasco da Gama, Boca Juniors, River Plate, Universidad de Chile and Colo-Colo.
Oxygen Not Included is a space colony simulation game where you oversee your Duplicants (aka, lovable 3D printed clones) as they attempt to overcome the harsh conditions of deep space. Master advanced science and technology, capture and tame strange new lifeforms, and plan your base with expert efficiency so that you and your colony may survive… and even, possibly, thrive.Continue here to read the full story.
The game has come a long way since it went into Alpha in February 2017. We started with a game that had little more than a few Duplicants and some pipes full of cold water. Since then we’ve added oil biomes and automation, Duplicant skill progression and tubes to zip around in, critter ranching, breeding and pets, and more features than could possibly be named. Now Duplicants can even break through the surface of their rocky home and escape away into space… with your guidance, of course.
The adventure’s not over yet, either. We'll continue fixing bugs and balance after launch, so please keep sending your feedback and reports! We also have more we want to do with the game in the future, so keep an eye out for announcements.
It's been an intense but delightful ride and we couldn't have gotten here without the support of all of you from this awesome community. The whole team would like to thank you for your comments and support, your bug reports and your discussions, your insane machines and your beautiful stories.
Today, publisher 1C Entertainment is excited to introduce its latest partnership - talented Russian developer, GameTrek - and shine a spotlight on their upcoming grand strategy game: Secret Government. Arriving on Steam Early Access this October, get ready to step into the shadows and manage your very own secret society, complete with all the geopolitical perks you’d expect from manipulating the world’s superpowers.Continue here to read the full story.
Taking place from the 18th century to the present day, Secret Government tasks you with leading a secret society as you spread your influence across the globe, rewriting key historical events - from the War of Independence to the French and Napoleonic Wars. Manage your resources as you manipulate the actions of the world’s leaders. From strategically planting your agents in vulnerable regions, to infiltrating powerful institutions of authority, anyone can be your pawn as you exploit their resources and seize control over key decision-makers.
You’re not the only secret society lurking in the shadows, though. Be wary, as a rival secret society exists... and they aren’t afraid to manipulate their way into the history books. Make every action and choice count as you outthink the competition and maintain your hard-earned secrecy and level of infiltration in the shadows.
Key Features:
- Rewrite History - From the 18th century to the present day, the War of Independence to the French and Napoleonic Wars, each mission will drop players into major global conflicts, tasking them with manipulating the outcome to serve the Brotherhood’s ambitions.
- Play Your Pawns - The world’s most powerful figures - from national rulers to military superpowers - are but mere pawns to you. Learn to manipulate their complex AI machinations as you leverage their unique abilities to shape the world to your needs.
- Indirect Influence - Why should you have to do the heavy lifting of executing your diplomatic, economic, and militaristic ambitions? Plant your own agents and indirectly coerce others to do your bidding with over 50 types of actions intended to upend the world’s balance in your favor while keeping your hands clean.
- Manipulate a Living World - From ideologies to social classes, taxes to civil unrest, the world of Secret Government is comprised of countless interconnected sociopolitical systems that effectively simulate a believable and reactionary world. While world leaders strive to maintain the status quo, how will you destabilize the system and trigger worldwide change?
- You’re Not Alone in the Shadows - Facing down a hostile secret organization that isn’t afraid to manipulate their way into the history books, make every action and choice count in order to outthink the competition and maintain your hard-earned secrecy and level of infiltration in the shadows.
We're over half way through the Legion league and we're incredibly happy with how much the community have been enjoying it. As you continue to complete your personal league goals, we wanted to give you a heads up about our upcoming timelines.
As we mentioned, on August 17th PDT, we'll be hosting the last of our ExileCon Race Event Qualifiers! This race will dictate who our fourth and final challenger will be in the ultimate showdown at ExileCon later this year.
Around August 20th PDT, we're planning to announce our 3.8.0 expansion! The broad scope of this release is a new challenge league (whose name is not on the list, but should be), various improvements to older master content (things like making Sulphite and Betrayal state shared between all your characters in the league), some systems changes we're not yet ready to hint at (which should improve some areas that the community have given us vocal feedback on (not trade)) and all the usual new items, archetypes, gems and so on that you expect from a Path of Exile expansion.
We expect the Legion league to end on PC at 3pm September 2nd PDT. For console players, the league will end when 3.8.0 goes live.
Our tentative release date for the new expansion is September 6th PDT. Keep in mind all these dates may change as we get closer to release but things are looking good so far. We will keep you posted as these dates approach to let you know if anything changes.
Zombieland: Double Tap - Road Trip — a new video game inspired by the story, characters, humor and horror of Sony Pictures’ original hit film Zombieland and its sequel, Zombieland 2: Double Tap, arriving in theaters on Oct. 18, 2019 — was announced today. Developed by High Voltage Software, the game will launch on Oct. 15, 2019, on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC. The game is published by GameMill Entertainment, Minneapolis, MN.
Set after the events of the first movie, Zombieland: Double Tap - Road Trip is a ridiculously fun top-down twin-stick shooter featuring local co-op multiplayer for up to four players. Play as your favorite heroes from the original — Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock — as well as new unlockable characters from the upcoming sequel.
Use your special abilities, an arsenal of weapons and the essential Zombieland rules for survival to stay alive against huge numbers of uniquely grotesque and dangerous undead monstrosities in Zombieland: Double Tap - Road Trip’s story-based campaign mode, wave-based horde mode, and ongoing daily and weekly challenges.
Today, Ubisoft announced that Anno 1800, the latest installment from the successful city-building and strategic franchise, is releasing its first DLC, Sunken Treasures, on Windows PC. In addition, Ubisoft revealed the Gold Edition of Anno 1800 which combines the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game and the Season Pass.Continue here to read the full story.
Sunken Treasures will set players on a quest for glory and riches, as they write history, erecting a new capital to bring a declining empire back to its former glory. Sunken Treasures’ epic new questline will give players access to a whole new European session: Cape Trelawney. Three times as large as the biggest islands of the main game, this colossal landmass comes with 300 grids worth of coast and more natural resources and fertilities than ever before.
Sunken Treasures introduces a new Third Party character: Old Nate, a shabby-looking scavenger and inventor who prefers the company of his own automatons. In addition, players will now have access to a new game mechanic, revolving around the inventions of the quaint scientist: crafting. Armed with one of his groundbreaking inventions, the new diving bell steam ship, Old Nate will send players on a hunt for sunken shipwrecks to bring him the construction materials needed to finish his experiments. In his workshop, players will gain access to a large variety of items to create to maximize the potential of their empire.
Sunken Treasures brings over 100 new items to Anno 1800, including new quest items, dozens of inventions to craft, additional specialists and new sets for the museum and the zoo. In order to play Sunken Treasures, players must have reached the 3rd Civilization Level.
Seed of Evil is an expansion to the award-winning tactical adventure game Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden picking up where the original game ended and offering hours of more gameplay, new locations to visit, and a new leading character!
Continue the main story and explore many hours of all new content. Expand your team with the veteran stalker Big Khan the moose and get ready to defeat a new threat to Dux, Bormin, Selma and all the others.
In Seed of Evil you must solve the mystery of the powerful and ominous roots which have taken over the Ark. Discover huge new maps, battle new enemies, improve your mutations, get your hands on all new gear, defeat foes trying to take back lost ground and face off against a vicious new adversary.
To play Seed of Evil it is highly recommended to have finished the main story in Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, because of story spoilers and the level range of the new content.
Independent developers Cosmoscope GmbH have released their mass-based shooter Morphies Law on Steam. This tremendous launch also comes with a massive sweep of gameplay changes to the Nintendo Switch version, completely free to owners of Morphies Law. Chief among these are a huge upgrade with dedicated servers and the addition of crossplay between the Steam and Switch version. Finally, Fartnight, a new style of online demo with a strange twist, lets you unlock the features you want from the full game and leave the others behind. Morphies Law is a fun, witty team-based shooter where players fight in a variety of modes centered around a mechanic where size matters, and you gain it by shooting your foes.Continue here to read the full story.
With the Remorphed version, players will be treated at launch to eight maps, four modes and seventy seven weapon combinations, and a wide overhaul of powers to all versions of the game. The servers have also been updated to handle over 50,000 concurrent players with hubs located all around the world. Quite a few features have also been added like extra customization categories and a Morphie View that lets you check them out in detail after a match. In the Musical Lobby between matches, players can even select an instrument to rock out with, adding even more personality to their custom Morphie.
Also new to the Remorphed version is the Fartnight Demo, available on PC. This revolutionary new model let players unlock Morphies Law piecemeal as they try it out. You can play almost everything for free but there’s a catch: after 30 minutes the games’ sounds will get swapped with a playful, flatulent audio. Tokens can be purchased that restore the original sounds and other features until every feature in the full game is available. Don’t need offline play? Skip it. Like the fart sounds? Keep them!
Key Features
- Morphing robots: the Morphies have 8 body parts that grow and shrink individually, and each body part has a direct effect on your actions.
- Plugins for your body: each body part has a unique Plugin to help you change your strategy. Unlock new Plugins to create new strategies!
- Make your own weapons: you can unlock weapon parts and combine them at will to make the perfect weapon for you! There are 77 possible weapon combinations!
- Unique game modes: 4 mass-based game modes with different goals but with one thing in common: size always matters more than kills!
- Maps with unique features: each of the 8 maps has a unique mass-related feature that'll make it different from the rest!
- Customize your Morphie: make your Morphie truly unique! You can choose from premade options, make your own custom ones and much more!
Live from QuakeCon 2019, id Software Executive Producer Marty Stratton and Creative Director Hugo Martin take us through a live gameplay demonstration of DOOM Eternal! Watch this "Knee-Deep in the DOOM" panel as they show off more of the game and answer fan questions about the upcoming sequel to DOOM. Panel hosted by Matt Grandstaff and Jason Leavey.Continue here to read the full story.
Today, Ubisoft announced that Steep® Season 9, “Odyssey of the Eagle Bearer,” is here and will run through September 3. For the first time, Steep is offering a season dedicated to another renowned Ubisoft brand. Steep players can live out their own personal Odyssey full of special events to win a Misthios outfit and other branded items including a ski and snowboard set.Continue here to read the full story.
Taking part in Steep Live Activities will enable players to unlock exclusive customization rewards every month. The more they play and complete challenges, the more items they will be able to collect. Whether it is exploration, live competition or pure PVP, there is something for everyone in this new season.
Among many other activities, Steep Season 9 includes:
- Alps Odyssey PvP Event – This limited-time PVP event, comprised of three challenges, will premiere on August 2 for one-day only!
- Steep World Tour – The next Steep World Tour tournament will run from August 9 to August 25. Score the max amount of points in various ski and snowboard challenge, and unlock several parts of the Misthios outfit, including the Misthios ski set for the top three winners.
Bad Yolk, the new Swedish studio with a rich game development pedigree today announced their first original IP. Main Assembly is a crafting game with a revolutionary freeform building system where you take on the role of a drone with the ability to design and build robots for your everyday needs! Powered by Unreal Engine 4 and featuring an advanced physics system with aerodynamics and robot destruction, Main Assembly will launch on Steam Early Access for PC later this year, with a full commercial launch planned for late 2020. Visit the Steam Store page now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1078920Continue here to read the full story.
In Main Assembly take on the role of a drone with the ability to design and build robots for your everyday needs! Create unique ways to overcome various challenges in single-player or jump into the Sandbox where you can craft and play alone or with other players. Challenge yourself and your friends to create the most exciting looking robot using a freeform crafting tool and modular parts, and then control them through powerful visual programming. You can also customize your robots by changing the colour palette and drone cosmetic accessories for that personal touch.
“Main Assembly is our first project, and we want to hit the ground running by wowing players with a wide variety of options in terms of construction and creativity while also providing sophisticated challenges that will put their creations to the test,” said Mike Paixao of Bad Yolk. “What we have now is already pretty amazing from a physics perspective and also a lot of fun to play with friends. We intend to polish and hone these features and are very much looking forward to player feedback to help us make the best game possible.”
Giants Uprising is a fantasy hack’n’slash full of Giants and unlimited destruction! Take on the role of a powerful Giant who, after many years, awakes from an extended slumber to seek revenge on the greedy human race. Crush, destroy, and massacre everything you encounter on your way. Terrify and destroy in Arcade Mode or show ‘em all who’s the most powerful Giant by fighting epic battles with your friends.Continue here to read the full story.
Choose between different types of Giants – they can differ in appearance, weapons, and abilities. Produce weapons, upgrade your equipment, and consistently increase your skill level to put an end to humanity once and for all! Use fists, clubs, crossbows, shields, and swords. Crush people with the strength of your mighty blows. Raze settlements, villages and towns to the ground. Hunt for wild animals and breed cattle to satisfy your hunger and strengthen your power. Collect the raw materials and diamonds needed to improve your equipment and skills. Take revenge on the treacherous human race for their betrayal!
GIANTS UPRISING – MAIN FEATURES:
- Feel what it’s like to be a powerful, fearless Giant who crushes everything that stands in his way;
- Terrify and destroy in Arcade Mode or show who’s the most powerful Giant by engaging in epic multiplayer battles;
- Choose from different Giants – they differ in appearance, weapons, and skills;
- Create your own gear, and gain experience and new skills so you can carry out your plans at the right moment;
- Hunt for wild animals and breed cattle to satisfy your hunger and increase your strength;
- Collect the raw materials and diamonds needed to improve your equipment and skills;
- Discover a fantastic medieval world with an atmospheric soundtrack.
Giants Uprising is currently under development and coming to PC.
Zane the Operative is Borderlands 3’s resident tech expert, with an ingenious gadget at the ready for any life-or-death situation. Zane can equip two Action Skills at once, though choosing to do so will replace his ability to toss grenades. To help you decide if Zane is the right Vault Hunter for you, here’s a brief overview of his three skill trees: Doubled Agent, Hitman, and Under Cover. Will your Zane build be worthy of the Flynt family name?Continue here to read the full story.
Fixed Issues
- Grand Theft Auto™ V may experience an application crash or hang on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.
Known Issues
- Some system configurations may experience green color corruption after install of Radeon Software when running Windows® 10 May 2019 update.
- Stutter may be experienced when Radeon FreeSync is enabled on 240hz refresh displays with Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.
- Radeon Performance Metrics may report incorrect VRAM utilization.
- AMD Radeon VII may experience elevated memory clocks at idle or on desktop.
- Radeon Overlay may intermittently fail to appear when toggled in game.
- Audio for clips captured by Radeon ReLive may be corrupted or garbled when desktop recording is enabled.
- Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics may experience a black screen during uninstall on Windows®7 system configurations. A work around is to perform uninstall in safe mode.
- Recording clips with Radeon ReLive may result in blank clips on Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics with Windows®7 system configurations.
- Enabling Enhanced Sync may cause game, application or system crashes on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.
There will be no general downtime for this update, and once it's available for your platform you're encouraged to close any active session that you have, and attempt to relaunch the game in order to start downloading and installing. Servers with players connected who are running the older version will be able to complete their matches, and new servers on the newer version will be spun up as folks queue via Quickplay Matchmaking.
Marita will then go live at 12PM CEST on all Platforms, and we will activate a Marita only playlist at this time. The playlist will rotate between 1 Round of Conquest, and 2 Rounds of Breakthrough (Attack/Defend) on this Map only. Marita will otherwise be included in the full rotations of Conquest, Breakthrough, and Team Deathmatch (appearing after Arras in Conquest, after Devastation in Breakthrough, and after Al Sundan on TDM) at this same time.
Two hours after the map rotations are available, we'll set both Ilse and Kingsley live in the store.
Starting on August 8th, we'll have a newer Marita playlist live for 32 Player modes that switches between Domination, Frontlines, and TDM.
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!Continue here to read the full story.
Maneater is a Single-Player Action RPG, set in the Gulf Coast’s unforgiving waters. Fight to survive in the open ocean, swamps and rivers with danger lurking at every depth. Your only tools are your wits, your jaws, and an uncanny ability to evolve as you feed.
Eat. Explore. Evolve!