EA lands on dubious list of ‘most hated companies’


  • TECH
  • Friday, 23 Feb 2018

Electronic Arts Tiburon in Maitland, on Thursday, June 4, 2015. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

MAITLAND, Florida: The videogame company Electronic Arts, which builds some of its major titles in Maitland, has landed on a dubious list of America's most-hated companies. 

The fallout appears to stem from the company's recent scuffle with gamers over in-game purchases, a strategy that EA pushed hard in its popular Star Wars Battlefront II title. 

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