EA Announces New Features, Upcoming Games at E3 Conference
posted July 14th, 2008 7:19 PM EDT by arn in News, Upcoming Games
Gizmodo reports on announcements from Electronic Arts (EA) at the E3 entertainment conference today.
EA announced a few new features will be coming for their brand new iPhone titles, which currently include Scrabble [App Store], Tetris [App Store], and Sudoko [App Store]. EA will add Wi-Fi multiplayer support and accelerometer support (to shake up words) in Scrabble, while Tetris will allow you to “draw the upcoming piece right on the screen”.
New titles for the iPhone include Need for Speed, Tiger Woods 09, Monopoly and Spore Origins.
July 14th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Grrrr! None of these are available outside the US yet.
I’m starting to get annoyed at the “This application is not currently available in the Australian iTunes store”. I understand how copyright legalities affect this for Music, Movies, and TV shows, but why for Apps?
I hope Apple can sort it out so that most Applications are released worldwide immediately.
July 14th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Err…
“I understand how copyright legalities affect this for Music, Movies, and TV shows, but why for Apps?”
You do realize that Applications are subject to the same copyrights that Music, Movie, and TV shows are subject to, right?
July 14th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Sorry I guess I worded that poorly - I understand that there are Copyrights in place for Applications too. It just surprises me that Applications can’t be released a bit quicker simultaneously, is all.
I just feel that Movies, TV Shows and Music are a little different since they are still tied to existing distribution models that are supported by cinema, advertising, physical sales of CDs/DVDs etc.
It’s not like EA will be shrinkwrapping these iPhone games and sending them to retail channels.
Perhaps it’s also related to the ownership of “Tetris”, “Scrabble” in respective countries, I’m not sure.
In any case, still annoying
July 15th, 2008 at 2:07 am
When will Need for Speed be released! I’m buyin’ that one for sure!
July 15th, 2008 at 2:29 am
Not available in the UK store… Goshdarnit!!!
July 15th, 2008 at 4:44 am
Not ready for the Australian store? Are you kidding me? That’s ridiculous. It’s a game! There’s no excuse for that.
July 15th, 2008 at 8:04 am
“Perhaps it’s also related to the ownership of ‘Tetris’, ‘Scrabble’ in respective countries, I’m not sure.”
That may be a contributing factor for some games. It may also be that way back before anybody imagined online distribution of games, EA signed deals with other companies to distribute their games in certain regions. That would prohibit them from distributing in those countries via the iTMS — at least until those deals expire.
July 15th, 2008 at 9:08 am
EA’s Sudoku for iPod 5G *IS* available in the UK Store, so I really can see no reason why pretty much the exact same game, but for iPhone / iPod Touch, is not available for us here in the UK…
July 15th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Everyone realizes that the dev’s are the ones who determine what countries these apps are released in right??? Apple should have nothing to do with this, so yell at the dev’s if you must!!
July 15th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Pretty shrewd move on EA’s part — having Wi-Fi multiplayer means that instead of having players share one copy of the game (on one device), they’ll get to sell a copy of Scrabble to each player.
September 28th, 2008 at 9:00 am
anyone have info on Tiger Wooods
September 28th, 2008 at 9:03 am
tiger woods