EA’s trash talk hyping Battlefield 3 over Modern Warfare 3 has turned heads through the industry. Activision CEO of publishing Eric Hirshberg took time in his Gamescom 2011 keynote address to say the mudslinging isn’t helping anyone make better games. Hirshberg didn’t mention any names, but didn’t really need to. When Hirshberg noted a competitor said he wanted to see the Call of Duty franchise “rot from the core,” it was obvious he referred to comments made by EA CEO John Riccitiello.

3D content, whether it’s in games or movies, hasn’t been widely accepted by the public. Studios are pushing the technology into its products regardless of whether or not it’s beneficial to the overall experience. For Electronic Arts, 3D gaming hasn’t taken off in any meaningful way.

Harmonix may be responsible for wonderful games such as Rock Band and Dance Central, but the company is not pulling its weight. Viacom announced it intends to sell Harmonix because Viacom wants to focus its attention on other forms of entertainment. Viacom’s CEO also said the videogame industry requires an expertise Viacom doesn’t have. Music games have also been on a downward slump over the past couple years. This no doubt played a role in Viacom’s decision.

Electronic Arts is on the lookout for the next big thing in home entertainment. We’re seeing everything going 3D these days and some still question the validity of 3D content. At the same time, we’re seeing more televisions becoming internet enabled. Google TV and Apple TV are just two examples of products that stream internet content to your television. EA thinks there’s an opportunity for profit in IPTV in the gaming industry.

Electronic Arts’ Medal of Honor has drawn the ire of some military personnel for including Taliban fighters as playable characters in multiplayer.

Outspoken EA CEO John Riccitiello made his opinion known at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference September 15, 2010.

Often criticized for releasing the same type of games year after year, Electronic Arts gave us one of 2008′s truly unique games in Mirror’s Edge.

And the gaming consumers let out a collective yawn.

Despite so-so sales, EA CEO John Riccitiello remains committed to this new property…

Considering the news of so many game companies closing or downsizing, any individual who confidently held the opinion that the game industry is recession-proof has to eat considerable amounts of crow as his or her theory continue to be proven erroneous.

However, there is one individual who continues to believe that this industry is recession-proof, and that is John Riccitiello, the CEO of EA. In fact, he believes that the industry will eventually find its way out of this economic mess (despite his own company’s sizable losses and layoffs).

Riccitiello made it clear why…

Not many attendees were impressed with this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). During an interview held Thursday, (July 17, 2008) Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s senior managing director and general manager of entertainment analysis and the development division, told MSNBC that even though many fans of long running Nintendo franchise games such as Mario, Zelda or even StarFox were upset he felt that E3 was no longer a place for those types of game.

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EA has decided the best way to preserve its ascendancy by making a big acquisition – or, at least, try to. The publisher announced on Sunday (February 24, 2008) that it has placed a $2 billion acquisition-bid for Take-Two Interactive at $26 per share. Take-Two rejected the offer, posting a response on its site.

EA also released excerpts from the offer letter (dated February 19, 2008) written by its CEO John Riccitiello to his Take-Two counterpart Strauss Zelnick:

It’s no mystery that this industry needs innovation and that games that provide that do well but hearing that from a high ranking executive is another thing entirely. It just might be what the video game world needs.

In his first public comments since returning to Electronic Arts in April, John Riccitiello lays down an ultimatium. He said that other game makers must change how they…