Think about how many hours you've spent playing the Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic series of video games? Why? Because you're probably going to be adding more time to that tally. Electronic Arts' CEO, John Riccitiello, revealed that they were working on a new KOTOR MMO in an interview during E3 2008. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

In a previous article, we mentioned that John Riccitiello, the CEO of Electronic Arts, gave out more information regarding the upcoming Godfather video game at the William Blair and Company investor conference. Well, apparently, this wasn't the only thing information he gave out. He also let slip a general timeframe on when BioWare's MMO project is slated to be out. For more on this, check out the full article.

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.

A few weeks ago, Valve's Gabe Newell, an advocate of the PC gaming platform, spoke well of Nintendo's next generation console. It was at that same time that he wished to make a game for the platform, of which an MMORPG was hinted at. Now we hear Paul Barnett from Electronic Arts who opines that Nintendo could be the company to resolve the console MMO problem - despite SOE's recent efforts with The Agency, and Funcom with Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures.

The vice president of Electronic Arts' Jeff Brown said some pretty strong words regarding Activision and Vivendi's decision to leave the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). He also reaffirmed EA's loyalty to the ESA and said that this year's E3 will most likely be successful. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

People on the other side of the world (specifically, Australia, New Zealand and countries in Southeast Asia) don't have to feel left out once EA Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning goes live this Fall. Electronic Arts gave everyone a pleasant surprise by announcing plans to create dedicated regional servers for the Oceanic region upon the game's release. More details on this in our full article.

It's one thing to look at the past in order to learn from it; it's quite another thing to examine the present and to see which direction you're heading toward. In the light of recent developments, various game industry insiders have taken to doing precisely those things. More reflection ensues in the full article after the jump.

Some sad news on the online gaming front. We've recently learned that the rebranded version of The Sims Online, now known as EA Land, will be shutting down on August 1. Learn more about this after the jump.

This shouldn't be surprising, folks, but we know not everyone's inclined to take in a daily dose of business trivia so here's a little primer: EA was just like any other small-time company back in their infancy. In order to build up their portfolio they needed a third-party investment firm to financially back them. We know that EA is at its prime time today, so would it be startling to see ol' Bing (a.k.a. William Gordon), co-founder of EA, joining the venture capital firm that gave them a chance to shine? Nope, not at all. 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.