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EA Earnings Call Sheds Light On Financial Agreement With Respawn, Titanfall DLC Confirmed

Publishing company Electronic Arts confirms during a recent third quarter 2014 earnings call that downloadable content for newly opened studio Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall is already in development.

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Abash3779d ago (Edited 3779d ago )

As a Gundam fan, the only DLC I'd approve of is them adding "Beam Sabers" to Titanfall

TomShoe3779d ago (Edited 3779d ago )

Welp, EA knows what to do. It's time to start milking!

http://www.kenyanmagazines....

Blachek3779d ago

I don't mind seeing DLC development prior to release so long as it's just concepts and brainstorming... but I disagree that resources like designers & programmers should be committed to it before the game itself is in stores.

Everybody should be on board making this game run as smoothly and beautifully as possible until release.

The only circumstance that committing these resources to DLC makes sense is if they have moved past their respective portion of development.

truefan13778d ago (Edited 3778d ago )

My goodness people on this site are pathetic, when is the last multiplayer heavy game without DLC. Did you people really doubt there wouldn't be DLC for this game. DLC is here to stay whether you like it or not, the funny thing is YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT. I think I only bought the DLC once for COD and still enjoyed my experience.

TheGreatAndPowerful3778d ago

Wow what a shitty deal.

"The publisher does not expect to start having to share revenue with Respawn until some time in fiscal year 2015, which begins on April 1, 2014"

H0RSE3778d ago (Edited 3778d ago )

@Blachek

"I don't mind seeing DLC development prior to release so long as it's just concepts and brainstorming... but I disagree that resources like designers & programmers should be committed to it before the game itself is in stores."

- do you know how game design works? Not everyone is working on the game till the last second. Some of the dev team are all done doing what needs to be done, like the concept artists and the story writers, perhaps the sound team, etc. Instead of "sending these guys home," sort of speak, they are put to work on other projects. This is why DLC is typically being worked on before the main game has shipped. Just because the game isn't in stores yet, doesn't mean everyone on the team still has work to do on it.

UnHoly_One3778d ago (Edited 3778d ago )

@thegreatandpowerful

That's less than 3 weeks after launch.

I'm not sure why that's such a bad deal.

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Spurg3779d ago

I sorry but EA isn't the only one that does that.

Goro3779d ago

I didn't say they were...

Muffins12233778d ago

#xYuzaz

Yet you said "typical Ea"...why not say something like "Im tired of companys doing stupid shit like this" instead of calling out one company.

Philoctetes3779d ago

Pretty much all shooters have map packs. EA deserves criticism for lots of things, but I don't think they should get grief for making completely standard DLC, now that the game is done.

Blachek3779d ago

I hope they recreate what they did with BF3 and refine it slightly.

I would never pay for a map-pack, but I would pay for more game modes, class options, and weapons... so long as they weren't a gimmick.

Goro3778d ago

Yes but other companies aren't stupid enough to reveal DLC is being developed 2 months before the game even releases. It's just asking for backlash.

GTgamer3779d ago (Edited 3779d ago )

Its not about the DLC its about how many times are they gonna be DLC, who wants to buy a game then realized they got 15 more DLC's to buy for stuff that should been in the final game looking at you BF3 I have never felt so segregated from my friends until I played COD and BF3.have you ever been invited to a game and got kicked because you dont have that map pack Sad days those were.

Muffins12233778d ago (Edited 3778d ago )

Typically every company....DLC is everywhere.Hell its better than being able to buy in game currency for online like you can in gta 5 yet your not being a little bitch about that and attacking rockstar for it,10x times worse than what ea did here.

#its been confirmed by EA that they wont have buyable in game currency for the game and not do the pathetic thing rockstar did....

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CYCLEGAMER3779d ago

Wait, are these guys even don't with the game yet...lol???

Kenshin_BATT0USAI3779d ago

Well it's coming out early March, and it'll be Feb in 3 days. Certification takes about a month, so yeah, they should be done with the main game at this point.

CYCLEGAMER3779d ago

If they are done with the game then why are they putting out a beta??

Blachek3779d ago

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Because if certification takes a month, they would have approximately 30 days with their product in front of additional eyes. Giving them a month to produce a patch that can help with any balancing tweaks, pathing errors, level design flaws, and system glitches or exploits that testers encounter in that time.

Kenshin_BATT0USAI3779d ago

I don't get why I'm getting disagrees here. It does take a month usually for certification to be done. That is a fact.

Kenshin_BATT0USAI3779d ago

No idea why they're putting out the beta now. Either they're very confident or just stupid.
Probably just for stuff they can either hotfix or patch once the game is out. Day one patches are a bit of standard now.

Philoctetes3779d ago

It's not really a beta -- it's demo.

Queasy3779d ago

The headline is wrong on two accounts.

1) EA said "planning" DLC not "in development."
2) That is not the same headline as the article linked.

grassyknoll3779d ago

Beta basically means demo in this case.

Muffins12233778d ago (Edited 3778d ago )

Beta is meant to raise hype and maybe a little bit feedback on balancing out guns or something,it might take them a few minutes to do that idiot....

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DanielGearSolid3779d ago

Wonder how much they'll charge...

famoussasjohn3779d ago

Probably the standard $14.99 for single map packs or get Premium for $49.99 and get all of them.

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws17d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman17d ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath217d ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

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isarai23d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga22d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole19d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville20d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens5222d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_22d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville20d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM22d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka22d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_22d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long26d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz0926d ago (Edited 26d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.