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Before working on Battlefield Hardline, Visceral Games were known as the developer who brought the world Dead Space It's quite a tonal shift for the company moving franchises, so here's hoping they can pull off the change. So, Dead Space is going to make an appearance in Battlefield Hardline In this video about character design, at[...]

Battlefield is known for having quite a few Easter eggs hidden within it, from Dinosaur roars to full-bodied Megalodon. Battlefield Hardline has taken the cake though The game is thought to be bringing humour back into the Battlefield franchise and this new easter egg seems to confirm that Hosted by jackfrags, this video shows 'The American Dream',[...]

Oddly, there has been no word from either Microsoft or EA about the offer, but the current idea is that this is to celebrate the game's first birthday which is today. The Season pass, Frontier's Edge DLC, Expedition DLC and IMC Rising are all free so to claim your digital goods, hop over to links. Even if you don't have an Xbox One,[...]

I can't imagine this will be the entire game, but any Dragon Age: Inqusition for free is a good thing. Here is a trailer announcing the trial and Game of the Year awards Inqusition won Hey, we're one of those 'over 100', so it obviously comes highly recommended by me. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ8Re57sm1I&ocid=Evergreen_Social_Twitter&cid=Evergreen_Social_Twitter[/youtube] [...]

Battlefield Hardline has really snuck up on me The game is out in just over a week, bringing a cops and robbers concept to Battlefield gameplay. Still, despite creeping up on us, Visceral Games seem to have jumped the gun a little with this 'launch' trailer  These things are usually left for a day or two[...]

One of the more interesting things that we are yet to see too much of is the 'cop show dynamic' in Battlefield Hardline. There are going to be 10 episodes

Oddly, the police won 57% of the time, which is obscure considering that both teams are equal to the best of my knowledge Anyway, check the infographic out here. Visceral Games also put out this developer diary, garnering some favorable responses to the game. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPUQqK0ZAAQ[/youtube] I'm still not sold on Hardline personally[...]

Mass Effect is a not really known for its online functionality Most people are busy enough with the hour stealing solo campaign Of course, Mass Effect 3 had that better than expected multiplayer mode, but I'd be surprised if it was the real selling point for most people. In that vein, it looks like Mass Effect[...]

  Alright, I'm throwing up a rumour warning here, but my gut tells me that these are probably based in reality. MakingStarWars, who have a pretty good track record with movie leaks, have posted up a long list of potential reveals surrounding DICE's new Star Wars: Battlefront There is all kinds of stuff in here, down to[...]

That number has now been dwarfed, by an updated total. Announced on the game's official Twitter, it turns out 7 million total players turned up to play the cops and robbers Battlefield across all platforms. Thank you to the 7 million who played the #HardlineBeta: http://t.co/gvewcoe7fI RT if you played Beta pic.twitter.com/ziAW0vK84f — Battlefield (@Battlefield) February 10, 2015 This[...]

Honestly though, I don't know how much it benefited EA, Respawn or Xbox One in the end The game had stellar drop off after a few weeks and now the online community has a deeply dedicated but 'smaller-than-you'd-expect' player base. Well, according to EA CFO Blake Jorgensen (via GameSpot), a new game will likely come and it[...]

I remember the asymmetrical multiplayer game Shadow Realms being announced at GamesCom last year and thinking, "Well, this doesn't feel like a Bioware game" Granted, it was a new IP under a different Bioware division, but it never felt like it fit properly under the Bioware banner. It seems it is to stay that way too[...]

He said: Wow, we've passed 5 MILLION players in the #BFHardline beta! So proud of our team Glad you're having fun and keep that feedback coming. — Steve Papoutsis (@leveluptime) February 8, 2015 Those are huge numbers I'd be interested to see the retention on that number and see the average number of games played by each player[...]

From flipping a rocket into your RPG to flicking bullets into you magnum to using your hidden third arm to reload and to using the force, there is some real extravagance on display here. Take a look at these videos below to see what I mean: Via Hazard [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHpyOgCkfAI[/youtube] Via Battlefield Daily [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4cj51Ixw7w[/youtube] Via WeathGuy42 [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUe7Wh7G31o[/youtube] Via Gibs O Matic [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG4O9lVst7Q[/youtube] I'll be interested to[...]

Playing video games is like learning a language I know to those of us who play them, it may not seem that way, but they really are If you hand a controller to someone who's never played a game before you will see this in action Using one stick for movement and another for camera[...]

I really like the whole DICE Summit rigmarole each year The talks that come out of the event about video games and technology are always fascinating I've only caught one or two from this year as they've happened over the last two days, but I'll no doubt fall back into the show when I get[...]

It's game day as the Seahawks and Patriots are set to go at it for SuperBowl XLIX down in Phoenix That means a few things Overblown adverts, lots of awesome trailers for upcoming movies, a huge half-time show, the aforementioned big game and of course, lots and lots and lots of predictions. On that front, there have[...]

While it certainly brings high paced action, there is nothing about it that has grabbed me yet. Add on top of that the political drama surrounding a game that appears to be about heavily militarized police and you have a cocktail for a shaky release environment At least from my perspective. Having said that, I'm going to[...]

The teaser trailer was just 32 seconds long, but it was for sure exciting. Since then, we haven't really heard much There was a trailer at E3 2014, but that was mostly about the game's developer, DICE, messing around in the Star Wars warehouse. It's looking like we might hear from the game before too long though[...]

Bioware are one of the best developers of creating epic scale adventure with compelling narrative That's a potent mix, especially when supported by the quality of content they are synonymous for. I have to say though, I'm a little surprised by the news Dragon Age: Inquisition is the developer's most successful launch ever Gamespot reported that[...]

They were real standouts in the soundtracks of Skyrim, World of Warcraft and Dragon Age: Inquisition. Speaking of the latter, fans had been asking where they could pick up the game's tavern music as it didn't come bundled onto the Original Soundtrack release In a blog post on their community website, Bioware have answered those asking with a[...]

The game stripped significant portions of content that were available in The Sims 3 with only minor tweaks made in the way sims interact It wasn't a great trade off and many loyal fans have been in a tiff every since. That is why I'm quite surprised EA are putting the game up for free over[...]

The game was on of the most popular simulators when it came out in 1997 and I know it still has quite a few fans who wouldn't mind seeing an updated version. If you can't find an old copy of the game or are having trouble running it on your newer operating systems, fear not EA[...]

By Jared Cornelius As September comes to a close it's a good time to look back at the metric ton of triple A games we got this month Destiny, Disney Infinity, and Hyrule Warriors just to name a few.  That's not even taking into account the smaller titles that got released like The Long Dark, Shadow Run: Dragonfall Director's Cut and The Waste Land.  September is one of[...]

Lots of release dates and corporate goings on dominate the gaming world this week, but for the most part they are good! Release dates and new games are always a good thing, especially as hostility in the gaming community continues. Oh yeah, and Destiny, Destiny, Destiny, Destiny, Destiny, Destiny, Destiny, Destiny, Destiny etc Speaking of… Destiny Generates[...]

By Jared Cornelius Well gang here we are in the first week of September and it's finally time to wave the summer goodbye.  I've been reminding you about summer's impending end for almost four weeks now, so let's look to more pleasant things like video games.  In contrast to last week where we had something for everyone[...]

By Sage Ashford Gamescom is a video game trade show held annually in Germany that's often billed as the "world's largest" due to the public nature that runs contrary to the U.S.-based annual fair, E3.  The conference was held this year from August 5th to the 9th, and featured both Sony and Microsoft doing complete press[...]

Feel free to check out our channel and subscribe do you don't miss a thing! This week, we're looking back at what happened at this year's E3 and telling you what we thought about it. EA gave us reminders of all the projects they were working on and teasers for some new ones They were just that[...]

By Phil Harris Nestled amongst the three console press conferences, Ubisoft and EA, take a chance to show their wares and its always worth picking out some of the highlights from E3. Every year EA Sports wheels out the latest version of all their franchises with enough hyperbole to fill twelve baskets I'm a fan of sports[...]

By Jared Cornelius So the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 as it's commonly referred to is coming up in LA in a few weeks, and we're sure to find out a whole mess of new information on games and systems.  E3 is almost always the year's biggest gaming event for the console makers and publishers, and each year they vie for your[...]