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credit//Respawn Entertainment EA and Respawn's Titanfall battle royale, Apex Legends, has only been live for a week and has already passed the 25 million player mark Of those 25 million, 2 million players have been playing concurrently at least once in the first week of service, which is pretty darn incredible In addition, Respawn teased some upcoming Valentine's[...]

The co-op mode is a major part of Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes update and will be a permanent mode in the game. Combined Arms lets players for teams with up to three friends to tackle eight different PvE missions set behind enemy lines, with four different objectives across four maps The co-op mode is a great[...]

credit// EA Electronic Arts announced today that Academy Award-nominated director Neill Blomkamp (known for his work on District 9, Elysium, and Chappie) has directed an original live-action short film based on BioWare's Anthem Called Conviction, the film brings the vast world of Anthem to life an original story set decades before the beginning of the game. Blomkamp's Conviction will go live on February 14th on[...]

credit// Respawn Entertainment   [rwp_box_recap id="0"] EA and Respawn Entertainment announced their free to play battle royale game Apex Legends just last week, and promptly released the game immediately after the reveal stream. Going into Apex Legends, we didn't expect much While battle royale games were the genre of 2018, we've played Fortnite, PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds, and Call of Duty Black Ops 4's Blackout mode enough[...]

credit// EA EA and Respawn Entertainment's brand new battle royale game, Apex Legends, has only been available for a few days, but within the first 72 hours the game hit several milestones Not only did the battle royale hit the 10 Million Player mark, but also reached concurrent player counts of over 1 million. Respawn's Vince Zampella left a message[...]

credit//BioWare The latest gameplay reveal for BioWare's multiplayer shooter Anthem focuses on the endgame content players will be able to enjoy once they finish the campaign Endgame content is make or break for MMO-like multiplayer shooters, and has been one of the biggest problems for games like Destiny and The Division. As you might expect, the endgame experience[...]

credit//Respawn Entertainment   Respawn Entertainment and EA's free-to-play battle royale Apex Legends was announced earlier today and went live at the same time However, because Apex Legends is an EA title, naturally everyone is wondering about the microtransaction system Luckily, you won't be paying by the bullet, and the real-money transactions will be limited to cosmetics and additional characters. Respawn[...]

EA is aware of the situation as they've been posting updates throughout the day. We're adding more server capacity to the #Anthem demo right now Hang tight while we work to get everyone into the game. — EA Help (@EAHelp) January 25, 2019 We're looking into the infinite loading issue with the #AnthemGame demo In the meantime, try[...]

credit// EA Anthem's Lead Producer Ben Irving has confirmed that matchmaking will be available for all in-game activities, making it better than the original Destiny in that capacity. There is matchmaking for every activity in the game https://t.co/D32Ty8YCQ8 — Ben Irving (@BenIrvo) January 13, 2019 While we aren't totally sure exactly what content Anthem is bringing (all we've seen[...]

If you're somehow one of the people hoping for loot boxes to appear in Anthem, you're fresh out of luck, they're still not coming to the game In what is a Twitter conversation kinda worth checking out, BioWare Lead Producer Michael Gamble got into an argument with a fan who claimed after the game was released,[...]

In case you're wondering about paying for the DLC, all Tides of War content comes to Battlefield V players free of charge. Chapter 2 brings new multiplayer modes, new vehicles, new weapons, a new Grand Operation, and even the ability to play the campaign in co-op The first event to start off Lightning Strikes is Squad Conquest,[...]

2019 has only just begun, but that means its the perfect time to talk about the game's we're just dying to get our hands on Much as we'd love to list every single game coming out in 2019, the point of this list is to be highllights of the things we really love, so it does reflect[...]

BioWare held another live-stream for Anthem this week which focused mainly on the game's various strongholds Players will be able to interact with the strongholds, which essentially function as dungeons within the game world of Anthem Each stronghold offers a challenge with better rewards than you might find elsewhere in-game The stream mostly showed a team of[...]

The post was written by EA DICE's Daniel Steinholtz and covers the entire process of how concept art is intertwined throughout the development process, from brainstorming to matching movie references, rendering images and fitting the art into the massive Star Wars legacy. As Steinholtz writes: At DICE, we take a lot of pride in the visuals going into our[...]

In a post on EA's Star Wars: Battlefront II blog, DICE looked back at how the game has changed over the course of 2018 before confirming their plans for the upcoming year Throughout 2019, Battlefront II players can look forward to the introduction of Count Dooku, Anakin Skywalker, and even more clone troopers. For the year in review[...]

The game is set to unleash a whole new live world onto players, one filled with nature and mystery It's looked pretty neat since its reveal, and with the storytelling pedigree of Bioware, a lot of people are hoping it can bring a great, more traditional story to the genre There are still a lot[...]

What the moment to moment is a real question mark, and also, how Bioware's story pedigree will find its way into an online world. Well, during the Game Awards, Bioware took to the stage to show off a new trailer This trailer seems focused more on the story than previous looks, as we get a nice[...]

A few days back, the developer teased that Dragon Age news would be coming this month, but a new report seems to indicate the reveal will happen this week. As VentureBeat reports: Dragon Age 4 — or whatever name it'll carry — is at least three years away, according to sources familiar with the studio[...]

The Reddit post by the Battlefield team at DICE directly quoted Bihan on the TTK and TTD issue: The TTD experience is one of our high priorities right now and there are a lot of important and complex pieces that are being investigated to identify any issues in that area, including netcode. We are also expanding the scope[...]

EA is offering a deal for PC players that will allow them access to Battlefield V for seven days (or 10 hours). Personally, I think Battlefield V is the best game in the series this generation I was enamored by its focus on team play, as well as its vision moving the series forward However, that[...]

Bioware has given fans a glimmer of hope as the developer says it has plans for Mass Effect.   While I liked Mass Effect: Andromeda a fair bit, it's clear that its legacy isn't going to be one that is fondly remembered The game launched in a troublesome state, it clearly being rushed out the door before[...]

While it is clear its efforts are pretty firmly focused on Anthem for the time being, word that Dragon Age is brewing in the background hits every couple of months This is promising for fans of Bioware RPGs, who were worried about the multiplayer focus of the developer's new pet, Anthem However, as for concrete information[...]

BioWare has been rather quiet on the subject of Anthem in the last few months as they work toward release, however, they're breaking that silence tomorrow with a new livestream The stream will focus on the changes made to the game since we last saw it, with an all-new look at the hub town Fort Tarsis[...]

[rwp_box_recap id="0"] The quiet moments are what really caught me Battlefield V is a game full to the brim with down and dirty combat Seeing 10s of soldiers storm one point amongst screams and artillery fire is as exhilarating as it is horrifying However, there is magic in those brief moments before a game starts or[...]

Electronic Arts and the Union of European Football Associations announced the eChampions League, a tournament expansion for EA Sports FIFA 19 The eChampions League is designed to be a brand new, authentic way for millions of football fans to connect to the UEFA Champions League. The eChampions League adds to the growing list of competitions that make[...]

DICE, and especially EA, could use a win after last year's Star Wars: Battlefront II microtransaction disaster that saw industry-wide conversation That game has had a rough go of it, and so have several other big EA properties in the last year or so Of course, the sports franchises and Ultimate Team will always do[...]

EA has let on that Respawn Entertainment could release two games next year, likely in the form of Titanfall 3 and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Jedi. Titanfall 2 remains one of the best first-person shooters of the last few years The game's campaign and multiplayer were excellent, but it was placed in a  busy Fall schedule and it[...]

Bioware has revealed that Anthem is getting a live stream next week to outline the game even further. There still seem to be a fair few questions around Anthem and how the game will function moment to moment We've seen extended gameplay that looks excellent, but right now, the overall structure seems a bit vague[...]

EA developer DICE used the Battlefield twitter account this morning to share details on the single player War Stories campaign mode for the upcoming Battlefield V Earlier this week we got a teaser trailer showing us many of the different War Stories locations, and yesterday gave us a new single player gameplay video that gave a more[...]

EA and developer DICE released a new trailer this morning that takes a long look at Battlefield V's single player War Stories campaign Just like Battlefield 1, V's War Stories will use an anthology format where each story takes players to different fronts in the war to take part in completely different aspects of World War II's various[...]