Electronic Entertainment Design And Research (EEDAR) is the Californian company the giant videogames publishers like Electronic Arts, Activision and Ubisoft turn to, to predict whether their next game will be a hit (or whether a particular feature to be implemented will be worth the investment). Now, the company’s President Geoffrey Zatkin has revealed that only four per cent (see update below!) of videogames they’ve analysed actually made money.

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Electronic Arts may be planning a range of new mobile games releases this winter, but that doesn’t mean everything is sweet and dandy between Nokia and the publishing giant. Speaking publically at the 2008 Nokia Games Summit in Rome, EA Mobile’s Peter Parmenter was far from restrained when highlighting the shortcomings in the N-Gage service and frequently pointed out the superiority of the rival iPhone service.

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In an interview with CVG, Shingo “Seabass” Takatsuka, creator of the Pro Evolution Soccer series (currently prepping the 2009 edition for release), has said he would use rival FIFA’s game engine if he could.

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When will this expansion pack madness end? Following the strategy it has adopted with The Sims, Electronic Arts is to release its first expansion pack for Spore in November 18, according to a listing that was briefly placed on its own US download store (and following brief listings on US Amazon and other retailers).

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It’s been blamed for a teen crime spree but Grand Theft Auto could also be blamed for getting Obama into the White House. Gamepolitics has revealed how several high profile games industry figures intend to vote.

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