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EA inks deals with two big game developers
By David Morrill
Contra Costa Times
Article Launched: 08/15/2008 05:51:51 video game sprites PM master blaster the game PDT
REDWOOD CITY — Electronic Arts added an exclamation mark to an impressive week with the announcement of publishing agreements with two highly acclaimed video game producers at the company's annual studio showcase Thursday.
Even though details of the projects weren't disclosed, reputation Free Chinese Tile Game of the two companies, Epic Games and Grasshopper Manufacture, was enough to elicit "oooo's and aww's" out of attendees at the event.
Epic is best known for its game "Gears of War," which has sold Sanfl Game Cost 5 million copies worldwide. The sequel is scheduled to release on Nov. 7. Grasshopper Manufacture is a Tokyo-based company that has shipped 11 titles to date, and is best known for its 2007 title, "No More Heroes."
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"Overall EA is actually in great shape," said analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan. "They've been doing a lot of things right that make a lot of sense."
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The details of the titles being developed were vague. With Epic, its an "all-new action title" that will be available for the PC, Horseshoe Hobble Game Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Grasshopper Manufacture title will develop for the same platforms and will be an "action horror game." It will be produced by gns game show Shinji Mikami, who produced Admission Price For Sanfl Game the Resident Evil series.
At the event, EA showed off more game trailers previews than 20 new titles that are expected to be released in coming months. Some of the more game acquarium anticipated ones include "Godfather II," "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" and "Need for Speed Undercover."
Shares of EA dropped 36 cents to close at $48.24 in trading Friday. Its 52-week-high is $61.62.
Staff writer David Morrill covers technology. He can stay alive game be reached at 925-977-8534 or the dating game dmorrill@bayareanewsgroup.com.
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