year which began on April 1 this year and will run through March 31, next year.

EA Labels president Frank Gibeau says that in addition to announced games like Battlefield

4, Madden 25, FIFA 14, NCAA Football 2014, NHL 14, and The Sims 4, other upcoming games

include new entries in the NBA Live and Need for Speed franchises.

He says: "We're very focused on getting into the NBA business in a significant way this

year."

We can expect more details at E3 next month.

Last year's NBA Live 13 ended up being cancelled. The last NBA Live, NBA Live 10, was released

in 2009.

A next-gen Need for Speed, meanwhile, was outed by job listings last October

Gibeau did imply that these new games could be for PlayStation 4 or the next Xbox, noting

that "regarding next generation consoles, we are under a non-disclosure agreement with

our platform partners. However, we're planning a full reveal at E3 including more next-generation

titles in development for fiscal year 2014. This will include breakthroughs in graphics

and gameplay for some of our biggest franchises including Battlefield, FIFA, Madden, NBA Live,

and Need for Speed."

In addition to the 11 console and PC games, EA will also release 15 new mobile games during

the fiscal year, including Plants vs Zombies 2 and "a new game from the Bejeweled team."

Gibeau clarified that we shouldn't expect any new Star Wars games in this fiscal year.

So not before March 31, 2014.

As far as what else EA has planned, we do know Respawn Entertainment's first game will

be shown at E3. You can expect any other announcements to come at EA's E3 press conference, which

will take place on Monday, June 10th.

You can watch the press conference live on IGN with pre- and post-show analysis and special

guests.

Until then, stay tuned to IGN.