Live Gamer announced that EA has selected them to power their micro-transactions. Live Gamer’s Elements micro-transaction platform will be integrated with its global IT systems and augment its existing e-commerce capabilities for EA studios worldwide.

“We selected Live Gamer due to its unique e-commerce functionality and payment methods which will augment EA’s current e-commerce capabilities,” said Dennis Self, EA’s Chief Information Officer. “With that, EA is committed to its efforts to enable global online gaming capabilities, and Live Gamer provides us with additional capabilities to do that.”

“EA is synonymous with some of the most popular video games of all time. EA has also embraced and innovated new business models in the game industry since its pioneering efforts in online gaming and now extending to their entrance into social gaming,” said Andrew Schneider, President and Co-Founder, Live Gamer. “We are honored to be part of EA’s efforts to further evolve the industry and offer gamers new and exciting online experiences.”