Electronic Arts has been accused of using dynamic complexity technology in its three major sports franchises since 2017. The class action lawsuit against the company states that in this way users are forced to buy loot boxes.The lawsuit was filed in the District Court of Northern California, the newspaper reports Gamesindustry.biz .

Not all gaming companies can boast of great success. Electronic Arts summed up the results of the second fiscal quarter of 2021 (ended September 30). The publisher’s profit for this period decreased by 78% at once compared to last year.

Electronic Arts is once again accused of using loot boxes. This time the case is taking place in Canada, where two citizens saw a violation of the local criminal code in the actions of the company.

EA has once again faced criticism of its microtransaction policy. An advertisement for FIFA 21 loot boxes appeared in the magazine of a children’s toy store, which directly talked about the need to open packs with football players.Attention to the problem was drawn by one of the Twitter users who published a photo of a page from the magazine of the British chain of toy stores Smyths Toys.

Electronic Arts will continue to rebrand and this time will take up updating the Origin store. The new desktop application will be called EA Desktop and will become a “new generation PC gaming platform”.

Along with details about the Xbox Series X, Microsoft has announced a collaboration with Electronic Arts. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will have access to games from the EA Play library at no additional cost.

Electronic Arts shareholders refused bonuses to the company’s top management and gave a serious reason for reflection. Up to this point, only 2.2% of companies in the Russell 3000 index did not receive bonuses due to investor decisions.

By 2020, digital copies have become more in demand in console retail. Major publishers now sell more digital than disc versions.

Publisher Electronic Arts summed up the financial results for April-June. The period turned out to be very successful for the company. One of the main drivers of growth was the PC games market.

Top managers of Electronic Arts did not deserve such high salaries. Representatives of CtW Investment Group, an organization that had previously made the same claims to Activision management, are sure of this.

China’s NetEase earns more from games than Activision Blizzard and EA. Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad drew attention to this.

Swedish Ghost Games will be transferred from game development to servicing other EA divisions. In recent years, the developer has been making games of the Need for Speed series. Now the franchise will return to Criterion Studio.

Sales of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order reached 8 million copies. EA expects to bring them to 10 million by the end of the fiscal year.

70% of Electronic Arts‘ quarterly revenue comes from digital sales. This follows from the publisher’s report for the third fiscal quarter.

Respawn Entertainment can open champagne. Electronic Arts (EA) said that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order showed one of the best sales starts among all the games based on “Star Wars“.

Since September, Electronic Arts (EA) has been testing its own cloud gaming platform. It is called Project Atlas and is not going to compete for an audience with similar solutions from Google and Microsoft.

Yesterday, October 29, Electronic Arts (EA) published financial statements for the last three months. We have made a brief extract from the published documents.

Gaming giant Electronic Arts has signed a contract with Valve. According to its terms, EA games will become available to users of the Steam platform.

Technical testing of Project Atlas starts on Wednesday. This is a cloud gaming service from Electronic Arts.