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It's been an interesting day for Electronic Arts and Bioware, with both companies releasing interviews today talking about their hopes that Anthem will learn from their respective failures For EA, that means learning from Star Wars: Battlefront II's micro-transactions debacle For Bioware, Mass Effect: Andromeda is the game they need to take notes from, and Bioware's Casey Hudson has[...]

8 Circuit Studios, which is comprised of industry veterans formerly at Nintendo, Microsoft and EA, is attempting to create an efficient cryptocurrency ecosystem to benefit gamers, developers, and publishers alike One of their goals includes the creation of a metaverse. By using the Ethereum blockchain, 8 Circuit Studios is able to create, attribute and safeguard digital[...]

EA has announced that their E3 2018 press conference EA Play will begin at 11 a.m PDT on June 9th The conference will be streamed live for those of you at home As always, primary spots will be given to industry and press, but preregistration has opened today for EA Play 2018 The press conference will[...]

credit//Electronic Arts Hazelight Studios and EA Originals' A Way Out is absolutely more than just a playable prison-break movie — it is also a proper pastiche of games within games. A Way Out has something for literally everyone You've got sports games, board games, 8-bit retro throwbacks, and even skill-based mini-games. All throughout your prison-break, escape, and revenge shenanigans in A[...]

We've all heard that BioWare and EA are working on the next Dragon Age game, but despite comments made by people on the development team, Dragon Age 4 is still not official Hell, we don't even know if the game will actually be called Dragon Age 4 The fact is, despite numerous comments and even leaks of artwork,[...]

credit//Electronic Arts A Way Out is yet another EA Originals "indie" title, but this one is a co-op prison break game You can't play it single-player, you either need to have a friend play with you locally or online You can also get matched randomly with another player through live matchmaking, but that's not as fun[...]

The series still has many fans though, and the question of whether EA could do another always seems to rear its head around E3 time It's not hard to see why either The racing genre is dominated by 'sims' like Gran Turismo, Forza and Project Cars, which while fantastic games, are all rushing to be[...]

Star Wars Battlefront 2's microtransactions are about to make their return, but they've seen a massive rework now only affecting cosmetic items. credit//EA Star Wars Battlefront 2 famously had a bit of a PR disaster when it landed The game was excessively monetised and hit at a time when the audience was talking about microtransactions in a[...]

UFC President Dana White has been revealed as a playable character in EA Sports' UFC 3 as part of the latest roster update on Xbox One and PS4 You can select Dana in the Light Heavyweight division, and test out how the most visible man in the UFC would stack up against his athletes. Dana White employs a[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] EA and Zoink's Fe is a cute pseudo-indie game that essentially requires you to accept that language is a gameplay mechanic As my roommate decreed, it is the world according to our cat, where you yell at things until you become friends Because you start as a small alien dog creature who rode in on[...]

In a recent interview, Floyd Mayweather said that he is trying to make a new boxing game. Boxing games are always great fun Even though it's not a sport I follow particularly closely, EA's Fight Night series has always been a great little title to mess around in That being said though, the franchise has laid dormant[...]

The Sequel to EA DICE's Battlefield 1 was revealed as Battlefield V by confidential sources yesterday, and since then, we've gotten a bit more information on what to expect from the game. Battlefield V will take place during WWII and will be something of a direct sequel to Battlefield 1, just given the content[...]

Zombies: Garden Warfare 3 is coming, at least if this Amazon item description is to be believed. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare has always held a little spot in my heart The concept of taking the tower defence game as well as it unique flavours, and porting it to a team shooter always caught my attention[...]

According to a new report by GamesBeat, the new Battlefield game will be Battlefield V and will take place during WWII Which makes it a pretty good sequel choice to Battlefield 1, which took place during the First World War. As GamesBeat reports: It was previously known as Battlefield 2 internally at EA[...]

A DICE developer has come out and said publicly that the reveal trailer for the next Battlefield trailer is in production. EA hasn't been shy about talking about the upcoming Battlefield While it was always obvious another game was coming this year, just because of how the franchise cycles, EA has talked openly about the title's[...]

EA has announced its plans for EA Play, the event held alongside of E3 It was said that both the new Battlefield and Anthem will be there in some capacity. Is it E3 time already? It seems to come around quicker and quicker each year EA has been running EA Play for two years now[...]

A developer of Burnout Paradise Remastered has come out and said the game won't have microtransactions. EA has had a tumultuous time with microtransactions in recent months Their rather disastrous launch of Star Wars Battlefront II was well publicised, with the community (and even some politicians) weighing in on the problematic nature of the loot boxes[...]

EA has announced Burnout Paradise Remastered for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with a PC version to follow. The announcement proves the previous Burnout Paradise rumors did have some truth to them. The remaster will include all eight pieces of DLC, including the Big Surf Island update So you can enjoy the complete version of the game with updated graphics[...]

credit//EA The latest patch for EA DICE's Star Wars: Battlefront II is live with some big changes, including a new game mode, arcade maps, and three new Hero appearances. The full patch notes were posted today and detail the new features as well as bug fixes, and hero and villain gameplay balances. Jetpack Cargo is the new mode that will have players[...]

EA Originals Fe has gotten a new trailer to celebrate the game's official launch. Fe has been kicking around for a few years, getting its announcement at E3 during EA's press conference back in 2016 I was in the room when it was announced and not unlike Unravel, another EA Original, it really was a breath[...]

According to Nintendo France, EA is "satisfied" with the sales performance of FIFA 18 on the Nintendo Switch Nintendo also teased further announcements to come in that vein. Talking to French outlet Les Numeriques, Philippe Lavoué, general manager of Nintendo France,  said that FIFA 18 on the Switch was a "test match" for EA, which is satisfied with the[...]

The first of EA's best horror series is free to download right now on Origin Yes, you can get Dead Space for free right now. You can head here to add the game to your account It's always nice when EA lets you pick up a game for free, and if you haven't played it, Dead Space should be one[...]

According to a DICE developer, Star Wars Battlefront II is getting Clone Wars content sometime in the future. credit//EA In terms of art-style, Clone Wars and Battlefront II couldn't be farther apart Despite coming all from Star Wars, one is hyper stylised CG, the other is a technical powerhouse trying to simulate photo-realism as best it can[...]

No online game is impervious to cheaters, and while Battlefield 1 hasn't had problems on quite the same scale as say PUBG, they still have to clean out cheaters from time to time to keep the fight fair And it's even had some positive results, as the game has seen cheating reduce since last year. Sean Merson,[...]

EA has made a link between its FPS games and the monster success of PUBG, leading many to wonder if we will see a riff on the Battle Royale genre in one of their upcoming games. Battle Royale is everywhere right now Teams are scrambling to see if they can find the right spin on the[...]

EA has said the Respawn Entertainment's mysterious Star Wars game is due out sometime during the fiscal year 2020. We've not had a lot of information about Respawn's Star Wars title since it was announced way back in 2016 We know it's being headed by Sony Santa Monica veteran Stig Asmussen, but other than that, we've remained[...]

Publisher EA has confirmed that Bioware's upcoming Anthem has seen a delay into 2019. credit//BioWare Last week, we got word via Kotaku that it was likely that Bioware's newest IP was getting delayed into 2019 as the game had been having a little trouble coming together as fast as it needed to It wasn't in peril, rather[...]

Ronda Rousey will still be in the upcoming UFC 3, despite her recent appearance and contract agreement with the WWE. Rousey made her (not so surprising) debut for the WWE over the weekend to see out the Royal Rumble pay-per-view It was a big moment as the company confirmed one of the biggest names in sports, full[...]

You might know Electronic Arts best as EA, the publisher behind Battlefield 1, Star Wars: Battlefront II, and even Mass Effect: Andromeda. "Some of the names being thrown around as possible acquisitions by Microsoft are, frankly, astounding, even unthinkable," the article's author Colin Campbell writes "But the fact that they are doing the rounds is instructive[...]

The director on EA's upcoming Fe, Andreas Beijer, has come to bat for the publisher saying they've been a great working partner. EA has had a rough go of it in recent months With the closure of Visceral, the Star Wars: Battlefront 2 debacle and several other high-profile PR nightmares, the company has seen a bit[...]