Enlarge / EA has convinced a set of class action lawyers that there isn’t a secret algorithm affecting the results for FIFA Ultimate Team squads like this one. (credit: Electronic Arts) A group of California players has dropped a class-action lawsuit accusing Electronic Arts of secretly using a “Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment” (DDA) to secretly affect […]
The team at Swedish game studio Hazelight has spent nearly a decade making cooperative adventure games—and doubling down on the “co-op” tag by requiring two players for their games to work. But where 2013’s Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons offered a refreshing morsel of co-op adventuring, 2018’s A Way Out buried its most clever moments in […]
Enlarge / Some good Dragon Age news, at least from our perspective. (credit: EA / Sam Machkovech) As it turns out, EA’s recent bloodbath over online BioWare multiplayer games was larger than we thought. And in today’s case, a behind-the-scenes report seems to offer good news on that front. After yesterday’s official confirmation from EA that […]
Enlarge / Tears of an Anthem clown. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Bioware / Getty Images) The story of EA and Bioware’s beleaguered action-RPG Anthem has apparently ended. According to an official Bioware blog post, the ambitious jetpack-combat game’s “overhaul” project is dead. The staff that had been assigned to rebuild the game into a better […]
Enlarge / Getting up close and personal with Reapers in 4K. (credit: EA) The long-awaited Mass Effect Legendary Edition bundle will be available for Xbox and PlayStation consoles and PC on May 14, publisher EA said today. BioWare, the developers of the fan-favorite Mass Effect trilogy, confirmed in November that a 4K remaster was on […]
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Ubisoft shoving EA out of the way in announcing its upcoming Star Wars game project. Ubisoft will be publishing an open-world Star Wars game developed by The Division studio Massive, the companies announced in a Wired story this morning. Details are sparse, as even the specific characters and setting have […]
Enlarge / Very very recently, in a game industry not very far away… Star Wars games will now be gathered together under the revitalized Lucasfilm Games banner. An announcement today on StarWars.com highlights the new Lucasfilm Games logo, which will appear in all future titles surrounding the Star Wars franchise. A new sizzle reel highlights […]
Volume Impact 4 trailer. We understood that it had been forthcoming , and today we’ve got confirmation: a fresh Mass Impact match is in the horizon. It had been declared with a teaser trailer throughout the night’s Sport Awards broadcast. What we need is a brief preview free of gameplay but one which nonetheless makes […]
Expand (charge: BioWare) Casey Hudson, BioWare’s general director, also Mark Darrah, the executive director of this Dragon Age franchise, are leaving the business prior to the close of the calendar year, BioWare announced today. EA executive Laura Miele declared the departures at a corporate site article . “I wish to thank Casey and Mark for […]
Expand (charge: BioWare) BioWare now confirmed among those worst-kept keys in video games, also announcing an HD remaster of this Mass Impact will soon be coming to Xbox and PlayStation games consoles, in addition to PC, at 2021. The business also amazed fans, but by announcing {} all-new Mass Impact match is also from the […]