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EA has very high hopes for BioWare's upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO game. Also, the recently released Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is "tracking well above expectations."
Ray Muzyka commented, "I've been reading some reviews on that one. That may be on the bottom of my list right now.”
The importance of taking a long-term view and listening to your fans was discussed.
No doubt hoping to make truckloads of money from subscription fees, Electronic Arts is sparing no expense on Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Once the king of the role-playing genre, JRPGs have now been eclipsed by Western titles like Mass Effect. We take a look at the sad state of the JRPG, which needs to evolve or die.
Considering it was released at the tail-end of January, that's pretty impressive.
Writing in a column for IndustryGamers, DFC Intelligence has examined game usage in advance of NPD's January data and found that Mass Effect 2 is approaching Modern Warfare 2-like levels.
Who knows what Electronic Arts and BioWare have up their sleeves - episodic DLC maybe?
BioWare's new IP is off to a great start, having sold-in 3.2 million units worldwide.
Mass Effect Comic Series Expanding
Building on the success of Mass Effect: Redemption will be a whole new monthly series from the same writing team.
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