Hot off EA CEO John Riccitiello's announcement of a new Need For Speed game, some less exciting revelations were dropped. The publisher revealed that two of their premiere titles won't be coming out until early 2009. The games in question are BioWare's Dragon Age and Pandemic's Saboteur. More details after the jump.

Just how rough a year was 2007 for the Need for Speed franchise? Well, things with Need for Speed ProStreet (PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii) got so bad that it forced EA's hand to reform the distribution of manpower in its Vancouver studios. There will be twice the staff and longer development periods to allow devs to increase quality on their projects. More in the full story up ahead.

During a recent investor's meeting this week, Electronic Arts' CEO John Riccitiello made comments regarding Boom Blox and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. More details on the exec's statements are available in the full article.

Ever since John Riccitiello took the chair as Chief Executive Officer of the largest game publisher in the world, he hasn't been content sitting in his position of power. No - he's been crusading for a new reform over Electronic Arts over the several months, and it's starting to shake things up within the company's walls. Right now, he's at it again: EA's games are to favor quality over ship time in 2008 and beyond. More at the full story.

Electronic Arts' John Ricitiello made a bold statement regarding the state of entertainment media. He spoke of video games and movies. With the way things are developing now, he said that Hollywood needs video games more than it needs them. Find out the details in the full article.

Battlefield Heroes was the first of surprises in the PC gaming scene in 2008, after the World War II, third-person strategy shooter's recent unveiling caught the attention of thousands of gamers around the globe. And we were no exception - Digital Illusions CE (DICE) pulled an awesome three-hit combo: the cartoonish art style, online multiplayer game concept, and - gasp! - a free-to-play business model. But how exactly will all this work for DICE? Get the answer at the full story.

Time for our daily dose of what's up in the industry we gamers call home. The latest word out in-between cubicles is that a former EA executive-turned-McAfee top brass is returning to the arms of the superstar publisher. But what changes things from jumping ship three years ago is that this time he's to take on the role of Chief Financial Officer and executive vice president of the largest game publisher to date. Get some more scoop at the full story.

News from the business side of video games (gaming's still a business after all): Electronic Arts' Chief Financial Officer Warren Jenson recently left the company, which has some analysts worried over the company. This concern has its roots in EA's ongoing bid to take over Take Two Interactive. Details in the full article.

If you've been keeping up with Electronic Arts' efforts to buy out Take-Two Interactive, then we've got an interesting bit of behind-the-scenes news for you. It seems that EA's own John Riccitiello views the takeover bid as an offered helping hand to the publisher, and this in itself is not going good with quite a few of this industry's leading analysts. Check out all the details in the full article and see what you think about this little hubbub.

If you've been keeping up with the Take-Two buyout malarkey from Electronic Arts, then you'd know that EA is now targeting the shareholders after Take-Two gave them the cold shoulder. Now, we get the look at just what's driving this offer, with the word straight from EA Chief Executive John Riccitiello himself. All the details after the jump.