Announcing its financial report for the first quarter of 2020, US-based video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that some games will receive updates to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X for free. The company also announced that it plans to release 14 new games in a year.
14 new EA games will arrive from May 2020 to April 2021
FIFA 20 has reached more than 25 million players, EA said, while the popular American football game Madden NFL 20 has reached the highest number of players in Series history. EA announced that Apex Legends, the Battle Royale game, which is in competition with productions like PUBG and Fortnite, was among the most downloaded free games on PS4 last year.
EA announced that they had made a profit of $ 498 million in the first quarter of 2020 and $ 1.7 billion throughout the year. Commenting on the report, EA Chief Executive Andrew Wilson said last week that they planned to roll out the gamut on more digital distribution channels, based on their announcement with Google Stadia.
Some EA Games games will have free upgrades for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
In the period between May 2020 and April 2021, Wilson stated that they will release a total of 14 new games, four of which are the sequel rings of the current series, and that some games will have free upgrades for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
EA also announced that EA PlayLive 2020 will be performed digitally on June 11 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event, which will feature major launches and developments, is expected to introduce many highly anticipated productions such as Star Wars: Project Maverick and FIFA 21.
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