{"id":35447,"date":"2012-04-04T11:27:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T09:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=35447"},"modified":"2012-04-04T18:04:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T16:04:25","slug":"a-wealth-of-ea-games-heading-to-windows-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/35447-a-wealth-of-ea-games-heading-to-windows-phone","title":{"rendered":"A wealth of EA games heading to Windows phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Phone owners will be glad to know that some of EA\u2019s most popular mobile titles are heading to the Windows marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>The 21 EA titles will debut on Nokia Lumia phones before any other Windows phones, giving the Nokia holders something to cheer about before everyone gets access to the games.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the six games already on the Marketplace, upcoming games such as the perennial favourite Plants vs. Zombies, Need for Speed, Trivial Pursuit, The Sims and Mirror\u2019s Edge will be available.<\/p>\n<p>EA is also working to bring 10 independent games to the marketplace through Chillingo\u2019s wide reach in the indie world, though there are no specifics on those titles yet.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the decision to partner with Nokia, EA\u2019s VP of New Platforms, Glenn Roland, said that the decision was a \u201cno-brainer\u201d, as the publisher wants to be \u201con the platform that has the most potential\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the entirety of the interview with Glenn Roland on <a href=\"http:\/\/conversations.nokia.com\/2012\/04\/02\/lumias-a-playtime-paradise-says-gamings-leading-publishers\/\">Nokia\u2019s official site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The games may be coming in a little late after their release, but at least Nokia and other Windows phones will be getting some love from one of the biggest game publishers.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.givememind.com\/a-horde-of-ea-games-coming-to-windows-phone-soon\/\">Give Me Mind<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/reviews\/43581-nokia-lumia-800-review.html\">Nokia Lumina 800 review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/34737-rovio-says-no-angry-birds-space-for-windows-phone-then-changes-mind.html\"><strong>Rovio says no Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone, then changes mind<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/34665-from-the-bogs-4-cool-mobile-gaming-titles.html\">From the bogs: 4 cool mobile gaming titles<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/33616-crytek-is-working-on-a-mobile-game.html\">Crytek is working on a&#8230; mobile game?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic Arts showing some love to Nokia and other Windows phones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":35451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,2226],"tags":[31,3200,3201,3202,3199,3197,849],"class_list":["post-35447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-mobile","tag-active","tag-ea-games","tag-ea-mobile-games","tag-mirrors-edge-mobile","tag-mobile-games","tag-nokia-lumina","tag-windows-phone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35512,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35447\/revisions\/35512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}