At press time, EA shares are up 15.59 percent (+$2.87) to $21.28 for the day. This represents the company's highest stock value since the end of 2011.

EA's new partnership with FIFA will give the publisher exclusive license for future games through 2022. As part of the recent EA-Disney pact, EA will make new Star Wars games for consoles, PCs, tablets, and mobile. Battlefield developer DICE and Dead Space studio Visceral Games are currently working on the new games, powered by the Frostbite 3 engine.

EA's stock is hot today and if the company can execute its near- and far-term goals, growth will only continue, according to the publisher.

"As we enter a new fiscal year, EA is well-positioned for dynamic growth on next generation consoles, PCs, and mobile platforms," executive chairman and interim EA CEO Larry Probst . "With world-class games, a rapidly growing digital business, and top-notch creative talent, we are excited about EA's strategy for FY 2014 and beyond."

In an effort to reduce costs, EA recently , or around 930 people. The publisher will pay $16 million in severance expenses as a result.

EA is not the only game company to see its share value rise today. Grand Theft Auto parent publisher Take-Two Interactive is up 3.8 percent (+$0.60) to $16.35 today, while Activision is up 2.8 percent (+$0.42) to $15.36.

From: www.gamespot.com

During a post-earnings financial call today, Electronic Arts chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen said the firm will not publish any new Star Wars games during the company's fiscal 2014, which runs April 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014.

EA yesterday that will make EA the exclusive developer of "core" Star Wars games. These games will be delivered on "all interactive platforms" and will run on the Frostbite 3 game engine.

No story or gameplay details about any of the new Star Wars projects have been divulged thus far.

Though there will not be any new Star Wars games in fiscal 2014, EA said today that it will release 11 major titles in the year (compared to 13 last year) and 15 mobile titles for iOS and Android. These were not specified.

From: www.gamespot.com

According to comments from Frostbite technical director Johan Andersson (via ), early tests left much to be desired.

"[Frostbite 3] has never been running on Wii U," Andersson said on . "We did some tests with not too promising results with [Frostbite 2] & chose not to go down that path."

The will run on the Frostbite 3 game engine. These titles were not named outright.

Other upcoming games running on Frostbite 3 include .

From: www.gamespot.com

According to comments from Frostbite technical director Johan Andersson (via ), early tests left much to be desired.

"[Frostbite 3] has never been running on Wii U," Andersson said on . "We did some tests with not too promising results with [Frostbite 2] & chose not to go down that path."

The will run on the Frostbite 3 game engine. These titles were not named outright.

Other upcoming games running on Frostbite 3 include .

From: www.gamespot.com