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Investopedia, Feb 12, 2010 / Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS ) was slammed by the market for unwelcome results.

Electronic Arts Will Focus on Internally Developed Franchises

Softpedia News, Feb 11, 2010 / Electronic Arts is saying that it plans not to fire any more employees during the upcoming year as it has a better outlook than at the same time last year.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is on Pace to Become the Fastest Downloaded Demo in EA History

Electronic Arts Inc, Feb 11, 2010 / "This massive rush to experience the game early is proof positive that action gamers are looking for more. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 delivers on every front. This is intelligent, strategic warfare that our competitors simply cannot replicate."

MTV Games Updates EA/Rock Band 3 Situation

Total Video Games, Feb 11, 2010 / EA's comments came during a conference call following the publisher's third quarter financial results.

EA Releasing A Fighting Game?

411 Mania, Feb 10, 2010 / A previously-overlooked line in the EA release list for the 2011 fiscal year simply states "Fighting Tile TBA" as a fourth quarter release.

EA to publish fewer third-party titles in the future

VG247, Feb 10, 2010 / EA has revealed that it's to rely less on third-party titles in the future and will instead shift its focus on publishing internal projects.

Electronic Arts: Lost in an Alien Landscape

BusinessWeek, Feb 10, 2010 / In August 2007, soon after becoming CEO of video game maker Electronic Arts ( ERTS ), he gathered 160 lieutenants in New York and warned them that the $20 billion industry was headed for trouble.

Electronic Arts Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:ERTS): Blizzard Stock Pick

iStockAnalyst, Feb 10, 2010 / Electronic Arts Inc. ( ERTS ) (EA develops, markets, publishes and distributes video game software and content that can be played by consumers on a variety of platforms, including video game consoles, such as the PLAYSTATION 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii; personal computers (PCs), including the Macintosh; handheld game players, such as the PlayStation Portable (PSP) and Nintendo DS, and wireless devices, such as cellular phones and smart phones, including the Apple iPhone. The Company's products for videogame consoles, PCs and handhelds are delivered on physical media (disks and cartridges) that are sold at retail stores and through mail-order (packaged goods products). Some electronically delivered content and services are add-ons or are related to its packaged goods products (add-on content or matchmaking services); while other games, content and services that it offers, such as games for wireless devices, and Internet-only games, are available only through electronic delivery.ERTS sunk -8.8% after the video game maker offered a weak outlook. For fiscal Q3, the company lost -$82 million, or -20 cents per share, compared to a year-earlier loss of -$641 million, or -$2.00 per share. Adjusted EPS fell to 33 cents from 56 cents. That was 2 cents above analyst estimates after the company had warned it would miss prior forecasts. Revenue tumbled -25% to $1.24 billion. For fiscal Q4, the company guided for adjusted EPS of between 2-6 cents on revenue of $800-$850 million, well below Wall Street estimates for EPS 13 cents on sales of $851 million.My among their top-15 holdings at the start of Q4. Buy on the way down !! EA has been in a large-scale restructuring effort designed to reduce costs and improve the quality of game releases. The December quarter showed a large improvement on this front, with operating expenses reduced to 56% of total revenue compared to 62% for the same period the previous year.But they also recently acquired Playfish, a leading social

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