In what continues to be a disturbing practice when it comes to video game reviews, it seems EA is putting pressure on a Norwegian news site called NRK and holding back the review code of Battlefield 3 because it fears the game getting a bad score. Whether it be holding back copies of the game, or letting some sites get the review out early if it’s glowing, these practices may be good for business but certainly not good for gamers, and EA is not alone on this problem.
EA is laying off an unknown number of individuals from across its Battlefield teams, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.
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When logic meets EA it generates anti-matter ..... so try not to apply it in any meaningful way. Entropy is what matters in there !!
cue the apologist saying that these are mostly just contractors hired for this specific project bla bla bla
The free-to-play reboot topped 15 million players in under three weeks, but EA now claims it needs to reshape the development team.
The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result
It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way
The Congressional Labor Caucus sent a letter to the FTC warning the debt-financed, largely PIF-owned deal could be bad news for workers
lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6
Wait,
The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.
NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.
EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.
Its obvious they handpick reviewers that KNOW what they are reviewing. There is no sense in giving a copy to an RPG or racing fan that has no interest in shooters. Also, the question of whether the reviewer is a COD or BF fan is blown out of proportion. I would still let the COD fan review the game because who knows, they might give it a legitimate and thoughtful review and might even state that as a COD fan, they liked BF3.
Also, this is common practice for a LOT of publishers.
It is interesting that several writers about Battlefield 3 clearly states - got free tickets, rooms, food, and got some goodies with them home... To me it sounds like EA told them to tell!
BTW NRK isn't just some 'Norwegian news site'. NRK is THE media operator in Norway...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
I actually think the human error was that some EA employer was lazy, instead of interviewing whoever wanted a pre-copy. The employer just sent the questionare...