EA's Writer's Strike Survival Guide

Electronic Arts have just released a press release capitalising on the current Hollywood writer's strike. Well it 's kind of natural that many would turn to alternative entertainment such as gaming, even though gaming is becoming the dominant form of home entertainment these days.

Here's the piece with a nice pack of current and upcoming releases:

As the writer’s strike continues to torpedo scripted television, EA is heating up the videogame market! According to a survey released last week from new-media consultancy Interpret, TV viewership has suffered because of the strike, while 26% of people surveyed said they are spending more time playing video games. Games are the perfect alternative to TV – especially as Burnout Paradise, one of the best games of the year, just hit store shelves yesterday. Here are a few more games to fill the void in the winter/summer TV schedule…

Hit the road and capture your friends’ mugshots as they blaze through town in Burnout Paradise

·     Genre: Racing

·     Date: Available Now!

·     Platform: PS3 & Xbox 360

Join the army… the Army of Two

·     Genre: 3rd Person Shooter

·     Date: March 2008

·     Platform: PS3 & Xbox 360

Take the role of Commander Shepard in the award winning science fiction epic Mass Effect

·     Genre: Action RPG

·     Date: Available Now!

·     Platform: Xbox 360

Witness the rise of the Brotherhood through intense live-action sequences starring Natasha Hendstridge (Species) and Carl Lumbly (Alias) in Command & Conquer 3 Kane’s Wrath

·     Genre: Real-time Strategy

·     Date: March 2008

·     Platform: PC & Xbox 360

Fight for Order or Chaos in Warhammer Online  

·     Genre: MMORPG

·     Date: June 2008

·     Platform: PC

With zero barriers to entry, now even you can be a hero on the battlefield in Battlefield Heroes

·     Genre: Cartoon Shooter

·     Date: Summer 2008

·     Platform: PC

Set off on an adventure to control the super-natural power of Tiberium

·     Genre: First-Person Shooter

·     Date: September 2008

·     Platform: PS3, Xbox 360 and PC

Scare the crap out of your friends in Dead Space

·     Genre: Survival Horror

·     Date: October 2008

·     Platform: PS3, Xbox 360 & PC

Explore your own personal universe in a box with Spore

·     Genre: Simulation

·     Date: 2008

·     Platform: PC, Mac, NDS & mobile

Step into an open world of action, adventure and mayhem in Mercenaries 2

·     Genre: Shooter

·     Date: 2008

·     Platform: PS3, Xbox 360, PS2 & PC

The spoils of war can be yours in Battlefield Bad Company

·     Genre: Action/Third-person shooter

·     Date: 2008

·     Platform: PS3 and Xbox 360