EA warns investors of ‘slowdown’ after EA Sports FC and Dragon Age underperform

EA has warned investors to expect a downturn ahead of its Q3 fiscal report after key franchises EA Sports FC and Dragon Age failed to meet expectations.

In a preliminary fiscal report, the publisher explained it had anticipated mid-single-digit growth in live service net bookings but is now projecting a "mid-single-digit decline."

The company noted its 'Global Football' business (which includes FIFA replacement EA Sports FC) accounts for the majority of the change.

"Global Football had experienced two consecutive fiscal years of double-digit net bookings growth. However, the franchise experienced a slowdown as early momentum in the fiscal third quarter did not sustain through to the end,…

HTC and Intel bringing WiGig wireless tech to the Vive

HTC is partnering up with Intel to bring the computing giant's WiGig wireless virtual reality tech to the Vive. 

As reported by VRFocus, HTC will also be manufacturing the wireless accessory, and has promised to have a proof of concept on display during next month's E3 conference.

There aren't many details out in the wild right now, but HTC has confirmed that the WiGig will be based on the 802.11ad standard and will work solely in the interference-free 60GHz band. 

That should ensure latency of less than 7ms in any environment, and allow multiple Vive wearers to share the same space.  Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches