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While raids are not new for MMOs, the scale and shooter aspects mixed with the complexity and teamwork of stuff like World of Warcraft activities really create something a bit special That's why it sucks they are so hard to experience From not just the high light level expectation but also needing to get six[...]

While several game companies are utilizing modern technology to ban or blur out toxic words in multiplayer chat, and for good reason, EA has decided to make a rather interesting call when it comes to Battlefield V For those of you unaware, Battlefield V is the sequel to 2015's Battlefield 1 (video game sequel numbering conventions are about[...]

A short but prolific portion of today's Nintendo Direct featured a series of announcements about third party games coming to the Nintendo Switch in the coming year Newly announced titles include Sid Meier's Civilization VI, NBA 2K19, NBA 2K Playgrounds 2, Just Dance 2019, and LEGO DC Super-Villains We also recieved additional information on other third party Switch games like Mega[...]

EA is reportedly under criminal investigation by the Belgian authorities as the publisher has seemingly refused to take loot boxes out of its games. The relationship between game publishers and Belgium has been a fraught one of late Valve, Blizzard and 2K have all somewhat reluctantly removed loot boxes from their games in the country after[...]

Every time BioWare talks about Anthem and its lack of usual BioWare features, players start panicking about Dragon Age 4 and the next Mass Effect and what Anthem could mean for them While Producer Mark Darrah spent a lot of time at PAX West last week talking about how Anthem isn't Mass Effet or Dragon Age, fans took to twitter to ask questions[...]

DICE has finally drawn the curtain back on Battlefield V's Battle Royale mode just a little, revealing the name Firestorm. Questions about Battlefield V's Battle Royale offering for the year have dogged the game since its announcement Last year and early this year, it was impossible to get away from the genre with many titles clamouring to[...]

Madden publisher Electronic Arts has announced the Jacksonville Tribute Fund and Livestream today which is meant to honor the victims of the recent shooting in Jacksonville, FL The shooting occurred during the Madden NFL 19 tournament this weekend when a competitor opened fire on the assembled competitors and spectators. As part of the tribute, EA is donating[...]

Other notable appearances were on Geonosis, where the Elite Corps were sent to assist Anakin Skywalker in retaking the planet. The 327th Star Corps were known for their distinctive yellow markings on their armor Led by Jedi General Aayla Secura, they would take part in multiple battles across the Clone Wars Notably, they were part of[...]

Just ahead of Gamescom tomorrow, EA DICE announced that the Battlefield V Open Beta will begin on September 4th for early access players with full access to all players opening on September 6th The Open Beta will showcase the Rotterdam map on Conquest mode as well as the Arctic Fjord map on both Conquest and Grand Operations[...]

EA and Chief Design Officer Patrick Söderlund have announced that Söderlund will be leaving the publisher. Söderlund has been a longtime servant for EA From interviews to press conferences, he was never afraid to get in front of an audience and be one of the key faces of EA[...]

A very angry user on Reddit is accusing Electronic Arts of deleting their account containing hundreds of games they've had for years According to their post, which we have a snippet of here for you to read, the player in question woke up one day to find their account completely deleted When they hit up[...]

EA Sports has announced that FIFA 19 is getting an interesting new survival mode that has users losing players as they score. Survival game elements really have found their way into just about every genre There are countless examples of games that have adopted elements from the big boom of Survival games a few years ago,[...]

EA has come out and apologised for censoring Colin Kaepernick's name in a song in Madden 19, saying that it was done in error over fears of rights usage. Colin Kaepernick has been a controversial figure in the world of sport and politics for the last few years He started the trend of NFL players kneeling[...]

EA has announced that its release, A Way Out has seen an impressive 2.6 million players play the game. credit//Electronic Arts A Way Out was a bit of a divisive release The game had lovers, as well as detractors, but few would argue it isn't unique The game sees two players taking over the role of brothers[...]

UPDATE: We received an update from DICE and EA's PR letting us know that the blog has been updated and that the post originally contained outdated information as they are still developing the game We have been told that Grand Operations will be available at launch We asked if the mode would be included in[...]

22-year veteran of Bioware, who recently left the company, James Ohlen has said that even if Anthem were to fail, he doubts EA would close the company. EA has a not totally undeserved reputation for buying up fan favourite developers, creating a few games with them and then shutting the companies down The publisher can certainly be[...]

Nexon has decided that it will scrap three years of work on the Asian market-focused Titanfall Online in favour of moving on to other projects. A few years ago, creating spinoff online games for the South Korean market is not all that uncommon Halo (albeit in Russia) and Call of Duty have ventured into that realm, creating[...]

Electronic Arts, better known as EA, has announced that Industrial Toys will be joining the company Industrial Toys is a creative team of game makers based in Pasadena, California — not a toy manufacturing company, as you might expect from the name The studio is led by Alex Seropian, who was previously the founder and CEO[...]

#AMAAAA pic.twitter.com/bBdzIKo0H5 — Anthem (@anthemgame) July 7, 2018 This is great to hear as there had been some complaints about the prominence of the numbers in the game brewing They certainly make a lot of visual noise in a world that is so beautiful so I understand it It's great that BioWare has given that choice to[...]

EA has released an extended version of the Anthem E3 demo shown on stage, extending the sequence and fights. We finally got a decent idea of what the moment to moment of Anthem looked like at this E3 The demo and the accompanying presentation helped flesh out the classes and goals of a team, as well[...]

EA has announced that Unravel 2 now has a trial across PC and console that will allow players to play a portion of the game for up to 10 hours. The first Unravel game was a charming little venture It wasn't without fault, with several annoyances but it clearly had a heart and soul to it only[...]

The Grand Operations mode was playable at EA Play this year, and while they're supposed to be these lengthy strategy matches, they honestly feel a bit more like squad mode Battle Royale than anything else Okay, sure, they're epic multi-day strategy matches, but the massive scale of them does feel a bit Battle Royale-esque You've[...]

FIFA's creative director has spoken about cross-platform play for the series, saying the idea is certainly being talked about internally, even if it is making no promises that it will happen. Cross-platform play is one of gaming's hottest topics right now More and more games are getting in on the ability to let players from various[...]

Thanks to BrandWatch, we have the breakdown of the most talked about games during the EA, Microsoft, Bethesda, and Square Enix conferences, with the most talked about games being Anthem, Kingdom Hearts III, Fallout 76, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider respectively. The statistics for the individual shows are: EA 14,930 mentions overall 82% of gender-categorized Twitter authors were male, 18% female The moment[...]

So far, EA and DICE have been pretty content to show off the multiplayer modes, gameplay, and setting of Battlefield V while telling us a bit about its live service updates, Battle Royale mode, lack of loot boxes, and extreme lack of a premium service At the Xbox conference, and for a bit after at EA[...]

EA and Coldwood simultaneously revealed and launched Unravel Two during EA Play today The innovative single player and co-op puzzle platformer was developed by the Swedish studio that brought Yarny to life in 2015's indie hit Unravel The sequel builds directly off the original game and centers on the bond between two Yarnys, which can be played[...]

EA have announced their second game in the EA Originals program during their E3 press conference called Sea of Solitude. A few years ago, EA proved it could have a personable and smaller scale showcase during its E3 press conference when it announced Unravel It was a new look for the publisher, who is synonymous with[...]

At the end of EA Play today, the publisher spent quite a deal of time on BioWare's newest project Anthem, which is rather ambitious for the studio. Anthem is a social, coop sci-fi shooter with a strong focus on the single-player campaign That's a first for BioWare. The studio described it as "not an MMO, not a single[...]

During EA's E3 press conference, it was announced that Command and Conquer was back, although as a mobile game. Comand and Conquer has had a rough go of it in recent years The last game, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, didn't land too well, and it was one of the only games in the series[...]

During EA Play today, a representative of Respawn Entertainment was hanging around the theater and gave a brief rundown of the studio's rumored Star Wars project While we don't have a trailer or a logo, we do have a name and some brief details about the game Respawn's game is called Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order and will[...]