EA EU VP Soderlund says new installment in DICE's slow-starting first-person action adventure will see release "for sure."

Electronic Arts made a number of gambles on new intellectual properties last year, all to varying degrees of success. One such risk that has yet to make a mark is Mirror's Edge, a parkour-inspired first-person action adventure developed by Swedish studio EA DICE. Upon its launch on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in November, the title generated positive review scores, but has barely sold over 250,000 units to date in the US. (It was also released on the PC early this year.)

Still, EA has not yet given up on the new franchise. In December, ... Read more »

The long-anticipated ghoul-catching adventure joins a full-band rhythm game remix comp, and box-peripheral-based Wii party game; America's Army 3 also reports for duty.

Now that the dust has settled after the flurry of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, there is a relative calm in the game industry. But there's something strange in the neighborhood, and gamers can expect to call up the long-awaited Ghostbusters game coming out on Tuesday. Dropped by Activision, the game was resuscitated by Atari and will be available for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo Wii. Players will run through the ghost-infested streets of Manhattan to recruit the original cast of the famous Ghostbusters team. With an array of whimsical electro-gadgets that'd make Nikola Tesla's head spin, players will attempt to retake Manhattan from the grips o ... Read more »