EA Mobile launches multiple Blackberry titles

EA Mobile has launched a handful of its popular mobile title on the Blackberry App World for Blackberry enabled devices. It’s good to see EA bringing its games to mobile platforms besides iPhone – not everyone uses the iPhone, after all.

The first games to land on Blackberry include Bejeweled, Need for Speed Undercover, RISK, SCRABBLE (in the US and Canada only), Tetris, Tetris Mania, The Sims 3, and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR. Hopefully they’ll bring DOOM RPG and other original titles to the platform as well.

The Week Ahead: Nov. 17 - 23

This week’s plethora of releases offer something for gamers of all stripes. Highlights include Animal Crossing: City Folk, Need For Speed Undercover, Rock Revolution, Ultimate Band, Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party and Tomb Raider Underworld.

Also of interest to RPG fans is EverQuest II: Shadow Odyssey, Rune Factory 2: Fantasy Harvest Moon, Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods, Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, Luminous Arc 2, The Last Remnant and Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir.

Sure, there’s some potential crap rolling out this week but things are looking interesting. Full list after the jump:

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Need For Speed - The Event

Today at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Electronic Arts announced Need for Speed Live, a festival and competition that celebrates car culture - and of course, EA’s popular racing franchise. This first-time event will be open to the public and will be hosted next summer at the Brands Hatch Circuit located near London, England. The weekend-long experience will be showcase of entertainment, videogames, music, car shows and displays designed to appeal to fans of racing games, fans of exotic cars and motorsports enthusiasts.

Need for Speed Live will invite the world’s top drifters and time attack cars from across Europe, North America and Japan to gather in one location to compete in a battle of the continents. Need for Speed Live will also include demonstrations by some of the world’s most famous race and exotic cars in a manufacturer time attack exhibition.

More Need For Speed Undercover Details

EA’s Black Box studio revealed new details about the latest action racing game in the Need For Speed series, Need for Speed Undercover. Need for Speed Undercover will let players race through speedways, dodge cops and chase down rivals as they go deep undercover to take down an International crime syndicate - in other words, the latest game finally returns to its roots. The new game brings back the series’ trademark police chases and introduces the all-new ‘Heroic Driving Engine’ - a technology that generates racing moves at 180 miles per hour during highway battles.

Other promised features include an open-world environment featuring over 80 miles of roads, an enormous highway system where combat driving will unfold, high-speeds, high-stakes chase sequences, a new A.I. mechanic that will provide realistic and high-energy action driving, aggressive and intelligent cops whose sole purpose is to take down the player quickly, deep car customization, real-world damage and realistic driving physics, and some of the hottest licensed cars on the market including the Audi R8, BMW M6 and Lexus IS-F.

Need for Speed Undercover is being developed by Black Box in Vancouver, B.C., and will be in stores in North America on November 18 and in Europe on November 21. The game will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PlayStation 2, DS, PSP, PC and mobile.

EA’s Games Convention Line-Up

Like many other publishers, Electronic Arts is show its goods at the Leipzig Games Convention this week in Leipzig, Germany this week.

At its press conference scheduled tomorrow, EA plans to give presentations on FIFA 09, The Sims 3, SimAnimals, Boogie SuperStar, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Littlest Pet Shop, Monopoly, Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Dragon Age: Origins, Need For Speed Undercover, and a sneak peak at RAGE from EA Partner, id Software.

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Need for Speed Undercover Gets Sexy

Electronic Arts and Black Box announced that Need for Speed Undercover will feature international movie star, Maggie Q, as the lead character. EA promises that Need for Speed Undercover will bring the franchise back to its roots, with cop chases, hot cars and highway battles. Sounds sexy.

Maggie Q, who has starred in Mission Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard, plays Federal Agent Chase Linh, a “handler” who recruits and guides players as they go undercover. Players will take on dangerous jobs and compete in races in order to infiltrate and takedown an international crime syndicate.

“I’ve always been a fan of racing games and working on Need for Speed Undercover was an amazing experience,” said Maggie Q. “I was so impressed by the scope and quality of the overall production that goes into a videogame these days. It was like any other day on a Hollywood set; I felt right at home. The Black Box team is doing tremendous work here and I can’t wait to see the final game.”

Need for Speed Undercover is being developed by Black Box in Vancouver, B.C., and is slated to be in stores North America on November 18 and in Europe on November 21. The game will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP, PC and mobile platforms.