Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Battlefield 4 Will Comming On 26 March 2013

The fans of computer games first person shooter (FPS) multiplayer is certainly no stranger to the Battlefield. Series of war games in which players can take a variety of combat vehicles are very popular all over the world.

Well, based on an official invitation sent to Gamespot, the fourth of the game series will be shortly announced soon by the developer, Electronic Arts and DICE.

The event took place in San Francisco, USA, on 26 March. Game will be announced in the Game Developers Conference 2013 which took place from 25 to 29 March.

Currently there is no much information about the game. What is clear, Dice plans to release a beta version of Battlefield 4 in the third quarter of this year. Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen could say that this game looks "stunning" in the Playstation 4.

Game sites kotaku leaked images below which claimed the box art true of Battlefield 4.

Picture showing a soldier who was running while carrying a sniper rifle and a pistol, in front of an armored vehicle. Theme blue-kunign ala Battlefield 3 re-used here.

One picture of a scene (in the yellow box that hovers near the images of soldiers) describe the city of Shanghai. Perhaps, the Chinese side will be lifted further in Battlefield 4.

Dropbox Buy Mailbox

Dropbox cloud computing service providers do not want to get caught up in the media business online data storage only. They plan to buy Orchestra, a company that makes email managing application Mailbox, Friday (03/15/2013).

Mailbox is now only available for the iOS operating system. Lately, he's on the rise as well as anticipated. Mailbox management is seen as the best email application for your Gmail account on the iPhone.

Startup founded by Scott Cannon and Gentry Underwood, who has received a capital investment of 5.5 million of its investors and individual investors.

Two founding Dropbox, Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, stating their suitability to work with a team of developers Mailbox. "After spending time with Gentry, Scott and his team, they have the same mission as Dropbox, to solve the problem of hidden and rearrange the things we do every day," said the two founders of Dropbox on the company's official blog.

Both sides did not mention the value of acquisitions Dropbox Mailbox. However, according to the news broke, the acquisition value of 100 million U.S. dollars.

Facebook and Yahoo is also reportedly interested in acquiring Mailbox, but Dropbox came out as the winner.

Until now, Dropbox has not announced development plans for Mailbox. But, if an email management company and leading provider of unified cloud computing, could be a powerful force.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Electronic Arts CEO resigns

Electronic Arts (EA) announced that their CEO, John Riccitiello, resigned from his position as of 30 March 2013.

The reason for the resignation Riccitiello unknown. He served as CEO of EA since April 2007. Although Riccitiello will leave the company, but he is optimistic about the future of EA who nurtured world-class development team.

"EA is an outstanding company with creative and talented employees, and an honor for me to serve as CEO. I am proud of what we did together, and after six years, I was now the right time to be looking for a new leader for the EA to bring companies in innovation and subsequent growth, "wrote Riccitiello said in a statement.

Riccitiello's departure along with a new SimCity game problems, called by his players unsatisfactory because of problems on the server. Yet , at the same time, EA announced SimCity has sold over 1 million copies since its launch two weeks ago.

Riccitiello is not new to EA. He had joined the giant producers since October 1997 as President & COO. In 2004, Riccitiello decided to turn away from EA, then in 2007 he returned to the office of a relatively classy as CEO.

Now, not only the letter of resignation Riccitiello until kejajaran directors, he is also rumored to have sent a farewell email to his officers at EA.

Gaming companies like EA and Activision Blizzard, which previously focused on game consoles, dropped in the middle of the mobile era, in which users begin to switch play free games from smartphones and tablets. EA has acquired berusahan stub (startup) to invest in the game and mobile lines, but they were ambushed by a well-established mobile players, like Rovio and Zynga.

"We have missed the internal operating plan that we set a year ago," said Riccitiello in a letter of resignation. "EA shareholders and employees expect better, and I am responsible for all the loss."

Former EA CEO Larry Probst who now serves as executive chairman, believed by the company to find a new CEO.
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