E3 '07: EA lines up slate

By Emma Boyes, GameSpotPosted Jul 11, 2007 9:28 am PT

The megapublisher reveals E3 intentions; variety includes Sims Societies, EA Playground, The Orange Box, and Skate.

Electronic Arts will be showcasing a wide variety of its upcoming titles at this year's Electronics Entertainment Expo, the company announced today. These will include a mix of new and established IP, and a bevy of new casual games titles.

Games on show at the Barker Hangar will include EA Sports popular franchises Madden NFL 08, NBA Live 08, NASCAR 08, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08.

Driving game Burnout Paradise will also be playable in the hangar. Other titles include SimCity Societies for the PC, Valve's Half-Life 2: The Orange Box, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Crysis, and Hellgate: London. The new Simpsons game will also be demoed on three platforms, along with around 12 other titles including third person co-op shooter Army of Two, Boogie, MySims, The Sims 2 Castaway, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Need for Speed ProStreet, Skate, and Rock Band.

There will also be an as-yet-unnamed EA casual trivia game for the Wii, along with the introduction of several mainstream casual games for mobiles, handhelds, and the Nintendo Wii, including Bejeweled mobile, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix mobile, Madden NFL mobile, The Simpsons: Minutes to Meltdown mobile, and NBA Live 08 mobile.

The company recently rebranded itself into four separate studios, EA Games, EA Sports, a dedicated Sims label, and EA Casual Entertainment.

Kathy Vrabeck, former Activision Publishing president, was recently announced to be heading up the company's casual games division, and will be hosting today's press briefing, to discuss the company's new strategic direction.

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something1257
Posted Sep 15, 2007 2:32 am PT

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spencdiamonds
Posted Sep 10, 2007 11:17 am PT

K EA games is making Half-life orange box for PS3 but VALVe is making the PC and the 360 version.
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jasonmasico
Posted Aug 29, 2007 8:28 pm PT

Mercenaries 1 was insane.Now with EA involved....It's GONNA BE HELL!!
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p00phead
Posted Aug 17, 2007 8:58 pm PT

NBA LIVE ? MORE LIKE NBA DEAD 2K GAMES ARE GONNA WHIP YOUR @SS
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Posted Aug 17, 2007 8:56 pm PT

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Bones495
Posted Aug 13, 2007 12:09 pm PT

aarrg when is orange box coming out!! and how much will it cost?
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dewmandew7
Posted Aug 11, 2007 12:02 pm PT

I can't wait for the Orange Box.
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ldavidtw2000
Posted Aug 9, 2007 5:52 am PT

At least they made some changes in ProStreet, unlike Carbon..
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joemerchant2006
Posted Jul 23, 2007 10:16 am PT

I heard from a forgotten source that EA wasn't going to make NASCAR games anymore, is that true?
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nbaluvr17
Posted Jul 22, 2007 9:03 pm PT

NBA LIVE SUCKS ITS FAKE, PHONY AND NBA 2K8 IS GONNA KILL NBA LIVE
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mingfu
Posted Jul 21, 2007 5:28 pm PT

I need this!!!
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packernation31
Posted Jul 20, 2007 12:59 pm PT

I'm inyerested to see about army of two
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wicked29
Posted Jul 19, 2007 1:02 pm PT

A great list of games but still..The NBA LIVE franchise continues to disapoint and it doesnt seem like there will be much progress made this year either. 2k's the way to go for basketball once again.
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amareen18
Posted Jul 19, 2007 9:13 am PT

theirs seems to be great list of games from ea this year
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bubblesbarry182
Posted Jul 17, 2007 6:28 pm PT

NHL NHL NHL NHL
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forget_2_rememb
Posted Jul 15, 2007 8:26 pm PT

im pumped as hell for army of two... i need a new co-op game besides gears
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TEX-MEX
Posted Jul 14, 2007 7:39 pm PT

EA rules!!!!!!!
#1 in creating sport games to date.
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Khoo1992
Posted Jul 13, 2007 8:14 am PT

EA seems have good titles at E3 this year...
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DouglasBuffone
Posted Jul 12, 2007 9:44 am PT

EA seems to have some good games this, unlike in other years past where they just rely on long running franchises only.
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