Tech

Schumacher, Senna, and co-op multiplayer are new additions for F1 2021

Enlarge / This year’s installment of the official Formula 1 game, F1 2021, arrives on PCs and consoles on July 16. (credit: Codemasters) If you’ve ever wanted to race with Formula 1 legends like Michael Schumacher or Ayrton Senna, your wish could come true later this summer—sort of. The iconic drivers and their driving styles […]

Tech

Knockout City is the best team-deathmatch game we’ve played in years

You can practically hear the sound of a giant rubber ball smacking against a poor shlub in this capture from this week’s thrilling new online multiplayer game Knockout City. [credit: EA / Velan ] Knockout City is the best team-deathmatch game I’ve played in years. It celebrates and elevates the genre’s roots in ways that […]

Tech

EA confirms it isn’t secretly “fixing” FIFA matches

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 […]

Sport

How EA Sports rebooted its college football franchise without NCAA licensing

The near eight-year cries for college football’s return to our video game consoles were answered earlier this week. EA Sports announced, initially in very few words, that college football was returning to the brand for a game to be made in the near future. Notably, EA Sports avoided placing the four letters ‘NCAA’… Read more…

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition 4K remaster coming May 14

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 […]

Sport

Please turn this Pro Bowl Madden stream into a regular thing

No, this isn’t a case to keep the Pro Bowl in a virtual setting forever. Hopefully, someday soon, we’ll get to travel normally so the players who’ve earned it could make the trip to Orlando. But the NFL Madden Stream worked, as far as quality content goes. Read more…

Tech

“Mass Impact Will Yield:” Teaser trailer sets a new (Older ) Management for Your Protagonist

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 […]