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Electronic Arts, which makes such games as Madden NFL and Apex Legends, said today that it plans to lay off five percent of its employees and will discontinue work on several games.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Electronic Arts is laying off 5% of its workforce, making it the latest video game company to enact staffing reductions in the first quarter of the year. In its most recent annual SEC filing, “The Sims” and “Madden” maker EA reported it employed 13,400 workers, meaning the layoffs will affect approximately 670 jobs.

After the rather intense subject matter of THE IMPOSTER and KILLER JOE, the World Premiere of Benjamin Pascoe’s roller derby documentary LEAVE IT ON THE TRACK was a welcome change of mood.With enough shots of backsides to challenge MAGIC MIKE, the film focuses on the love-hate bond between the women on and off the track while constantly reminding us that this sport is sisterhood epitomised.There are a lot of laughs to be had in the lead-up to the championship bout between the undefeated Cherry Bombs and their competitors, The Hellcats, but you never truly appreciate or experience it the way the fans do, leaving it a little lacklustre. But this doesn’t stop it from being incredibly real, with the amount of broken bones and tears disturbingly tangible at times.As we are introduced to different members of the League, we are gently and concisely taught the rules of roller derby without ever getting confused and discovering the backgrounds and talents of these headstrong girls.

‘Barbie’ Leads UK Home Entertainment Charts 

Two teens have been charged in connection with an incident in Elgin that left a man fighting for her life. A 25-year-old man was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries after being knocked to the ground in the high street area of the town at around 10.45pm on Sunday, April 30.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Electronic Arts will cut 6% of its headcount, amounting to about 800 jobs, and reduce its office space, the company announced. The video game company, whose popular titles include “Madden NFL,” “EA Sports FIFA 23,” “Apex Legends” and “The Sims,” is restructuring to focus on “strategic priorities,” CEO Andrew Wilson said in a memo distributed to employees Wednesday. “As we drive greater focus across our portfolio, we are moving away from projects that do not contribute to our strategy, reviewing our real estate footprint, and restructuring some of our teams,” Wilson said in the memo.

Hiran Abeysekera, who won the 2022 Best Actor Olivier Award for his performance of the title character in the London stage production of Lolita Chakrabarti’s Life of Pi, will lead the Broadway cast when the play arrives at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre next month.

The popular holiday fixture had a party atmosphere in the pre-match packed clubhouse.

EA CEO Andrew Wilson has shared that Call Of Duty becoming an Xbox-exclusive series would be a “tremendous opportunity” for EA’s Battlefield series.As Microsoft‘s acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues, the purchase has come under scrutiny over the possibility of Microsoft potentially making Call Of Duty an Xbox-exclusive. While Microsoft says it will continue to launch Call Of Duty on PlayStation, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has slammed Microsoft’s three-year offer as “inadequate on many levels.” Speaking at last week’s Communacopia + Technology conference (via Gamespot), Wilson addressed the speculation surrounding Call Of Duty‘s future.“In a world where there may be questions over the future of Call Of Duty and what platforms that might be on or might not be on, being platform agnostic and completely cross-platform with Battlefield, I think is a tremendous opportunity,” reflected Wilson.However, Wilson also acknowledged that EA’s latest Battlefield releases haven’t lived up to players’ expectations. “I don’t think we delivered in the last two iterations of that in the way that we should have,” said Wilson.

Girvan are this week looking for a new boss after Matt Maley's resignation.

EA has said that Skate will launch as a free-to-play game to help it cater to both Gen Z and Gen Alpha players.This comes from the EA earnings call that took place earlier this month, where the company was asked why it moved the Skate franchise from the company’s typical “premium plus live service” releases to a free-to-play model.“When we look at Skate, I think what happened is our ambitions have continued to grow,” said EA CEO Andrew Wilson. “So as we thought about that, we really took a step back and evaluated how best we deliver that.

EA has announced a playtest for Skate 4, set to take place next month. The email confirming the news was sent to players registered for EA’s Playtesting community, and has since been shared online.EA first revealed that it would be bringing back its beloved skateboarding series Skate in 2020, with game director Deran Chung saying “we’ve been waiting years, honestly, to make the right game at the right time with the right idea.

EA boss Andrew Wilson has received a hefty pay cut, reducing his annual pay from roughly £32.5million ($39.2million) down to £16.2million ($19.9million).The report comes from the publication Axios, which spotted the company filing detailing the pay reduction. Despite the cut, Axios states the pay is “still within the stratosphere of executives of multibillion-dollar corporations.”This comes on the heels of reports last year that EA would be making substantial changes to executive pay due to negative feedback from shareholders.

The Association Of Motion Picture Sound, the UK body representing more than 550 professionals in the fields of film, TV and game sound, has responded to AMPAS’s decision to remove the Best Sound Oscar from its live broadcast.

EA CEO Andrew Wilson has reportedly claimed that the company has been “impeded” by the FIFA brand.During an internal company meeting in November, Wilson stated that the FIFA license had been “an impediment” to EA’s plans for the series. That’s according to anonymous comments provided to VGC. Supposedly, Wilson claimed that FIFA had prevented EA from expanding its games into modes away from traditional 11vs11.Wilson went as far to say that the only value EA got from the license in a non-World Cup year was “four letters on the front of the box”.

EA has declined to disclose sales figures for Battlefield 2042, with the company describing the sales as “disappointing.”Battlefield 2042 has widely been regarded as a disappointment by fans and critics alike. And EA’s most recent investor call (as transcribed by SeekingAlpha) suggests that that has resulted in the game not performing well.

EA has declared that NFT and blockchain games are “the future of our industry”.In the earnings call and as first spotted by PCGamer, EA CEO Andrew Wilson explained that NFT and play-to-earn games are the “future”.He noted that “I think that in the context of the games we create and the live services that we offer, collectible digital content is going to play a meaningful part in our future.” He followed that up by admitting it was “still early to tell” how things would change.

EA has completed an acquisition of UK studio Playdemic, which is best known for creating the popular mobile game Golf Clash.Today (September 20) EA confirmed that it has finalised a cash deal to purchase Playdemic from Warner Bros. Games, paying $1.4billion (£1.04billion) for the studio.Speaking on the deal, Andrew Wilson, who has been CEO at EA since 2013, said the following:“We are thrilled to officially welcome the Playdemic team to Electronic Arts, adding to our growing mobile portfolio and expanding our leadership in sports.

Though the word “suicide” doesn’t appear in Owen Wilson’s new feature in Esquire, his 2007 attempt does come up in conversation. Owen, 52, “doesn’t talk much about his own close encounter with death,” per writer Ryan D’Agostino, but did share that after trying to take his own life fourteen years ago, older brother Andrew Wilson “stayed in [Owen’s] house after that, rising with him each morning.” Andrew, 56, — who appeared alongside Owen in films like Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Zoolander – wrote up “little schedules for each day so that life seemed at first manageable and then, at some point, a long time later, actually good.”

EA CEO Andrew Wilson has said that the new Preview Packs introduced in FIFA 21‘s Ultimate Team mode have been “well received by the community” and boosted sales.As reported in PC Gamer, during an investors call on August 4, Wilson said that Preview Packs led to “an increase in engagement”, as well as “a higher rate of conversion of spenders.”“It was coming down toward the end of the season, so some of this data has to be taken in that context, but the team is committed to continuing to innovate in and around the offers and the programs that we put together for our players, and believe that we can continue to grow that business over time,” he added.The Preview Packs were introduced to Ultimate Team in June, allowing players to see what’s

Battlefield game every two years, explained EA during its first-quarter earnings call.When asked if the company was thinking of changing its release schedule for the first-person shooter franchise, EA CEO Andrew Wilson explained that new Battlefield games every two years is the company’s “orientation” but that Battlefield should be considered as a “service”.Wilson went on to explain that “what we’re doing for the launch of [Battlefield 2042] is really revolutionising and reinventing what all our epic scale warfare is in the context of gameplay.” He pointed to Battlefield Portal, a “love letter” crossover mode, as an example of how the firm plans to “lean into user-generated content” which will “drive deep, long-term engagement in the

EA announced that sales of Mass Effect Legendary Edition far exceeded its pre-release forecasts.In the call, EA CEO Andrew Wilson explained, “the launch of Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the remaster of the first three Mass Effect games, reignited the passion of fans around the world, driving sales performance well above our expectations.”Wilson also used the time to commend Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order‘s release for the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, calling it “a moment for new and returning players to jump into that amazing game.”Following the news, Wilson explained that due to such successes, EA is “going to continue to invest in both of these franchises as well as more of our amazing IP.”We already know that BioWare is currently

EA will make ‘substantial changes’ to executive pay following largely negative feedback from shareholders.A regulatory filing ahead of a ‘say-on-pay’ vote in August reveals that EA has proposed a substantial cut to executive pay.It’s proposed that CEO Andrew Wilson will be awarded $18 million (£12.8 million) for the 2022 financial year – 60% of which is performance-based.That’s a staggering 40% pay cut compared to his $30 million (£21.4 million) equity award for 2021.This all comes after last year’s ‘say-on-pay’ vote unearthed dissent amongst shareholders.The vote saw 170.89m votes against the company’s pay plan versus just 59.6m votes in support.Although the vote was only advisory, this clearly struck a chord with the EA board.“We

Golf Clash‘ beyond all expectations into a hit mobile game with tremendous longevity,” David Haddad, the president of Warner Bros. Games, said in a statement accompanying Wednesday’s news.

Inverness Sheriff Court today. At the time of the incident locals were left horrified and sent their thoughts to the muslim community as cops quickly stepped up patrols in the area to find the culprit.

Battlefield 6 is getting a release on PS4, Xbox One, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.The announcement was made during an investors call last night (May 11) by EA CEO Andrew Wilson.According to VGC, Wilson told investors: “Battlefield will be available for both current-gen [i.e. PS4 and Xbox One] and next-gen, as will our sports titles.”He also clarified how Battlefield 6 benefits from its development focus on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.“The reference specifically from our prepared remarks is around the nature of gameplay,” Wilson continued.

EA have said the next Battlefield title can be expected later this year, and will feature more players in a match at once than ever before.Reference to the release of the game was made during EA’s third quarter earnings call, which took place on Tuesday (February 2) according to VGC.During the call, EA CEO Andrew Wilson said: “Our next Battlefield experience will mark a return to all out military warfare,” before continuing ,”The game takes full advantage of the power of next generation platforms to bring massive immersive battles to life with more players than ever before.”Whilst no specific details about the launch date, name, or release platforms were given in the call, Wilson said: “Featuring maps with unprecedented scale, the next

Electronic Arts (EA) has announced its intentions to publish at least one racing game a year after its acquisition of Codemasters goes through.In a presentation that accompanied the release of the company’s Q3 financial results today (February 2), EA noted that the pending US$1.2billion acquisition of Codemasters would make it “a global leader in racing entertainment” and would “enable EA to release new racing experiences annually”.EA CEO Andrew Wilson shared later reiterated their commitment to purchasing Codemasting, saying that he is “incredibly excited to grow our racing powerhouse with our proposed acquisition of Codemasters,” as transcribed by The Motley Fool.“These are amazing teams that we know very well, and we are adding

Scottish independence is "highly sophisticated", the SNP's economics guru has insisted. Andrew Wilson, who wrote a controversial report on the costs of splitting from the UK, said Scotland could no longer afford to remain in the UK.

Alistair Wilson has spoken for the first time about about seeing his dead dad lying on the doorstep of their home just moments after being shot.Andrew Wilson, who was just four years old at the time, said his dad had been reading him a bedtime story just minutes before he was gunned down on Sunday, November 28, 2004.Andrew, now 20, has told of his ordeal as police made a fresh appeal for information in a bid to solve one of Scotland’s longest-running unsolved murders.He said: “Someone came to our family home on a Sunday evening while my dad was reading my brother and me bedtime stories after our bath."The next thing I know I am looking at my dad lying in our doorway covered in blood.”It was about 7pm that night when a man called at the

Motherwell director Andrew Wilson has blasted referee Bobby Madden on Twitter after Rangers were awarded two penalties at Fir Park.

Motherwell director Andrew Wilson has slammed Bobby Madden after the referee awarded Rangers two penalties at Fir Park in their comprehensive 5-1 win.Wilson spent five years on the Fir Park club's board between 2010 and 2015 before rejoining in March this year.The former SNP member of the Scottish Parliament took to Twitter to slaughter the referee's performance during the defeat.In a series of messages, the die-hard Steelmen fan first complained about penalties denied to his side and those subsequently given to Steven Gerrard's men.He said: "Looks like two penalty denials there for us.

The game has garnered over 10 million players since its launch

Electronic Arts has partnered with Google's game streaming service Stadia to launch five of its titles on the platform over the next two years. The partnership will kick off with EA and Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — which first launched on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC last November — debuting on Stadia later this year.

By Denise Petski

Former SNP MSP Andrew Wilson has rejoined the board of Motherwell FC as a director.