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Games industry veteran and Respawn Entertainment founder, Vince Zampella, has passed away. Zampella had been a leader at Infinity Ward before forming his new studio, Respawn Entertainment, and then joining EA.  According to NBC Los Angeles, authorities have confirmed that Zampella's vehicle had been involved in a crash in the …

It has been almost three months since EA's Board of Directors announced that it had received a $55B buyout offer. Last night, EA took the next step towards closing the deal, with shareholders officially voting to approve the buyout. As first spotted by Stephen Totilo, EA's shareholders have now voted …

Prior to making an official bid for Warner Bros. Netflix was reportedly interested in acquiring Electronic Arts, Disney and Fox.

Following the disappointment that was Battlefield 2042, EA / DICE came back bigger and stronger than ever with the recent release of Battlefield 6. While the game is already a certified success, EA themselves have now claimed Battlefield 6 to be “the best selling shooter game of the year.”

EA is rumoured to be working on a remaster of sorts for the decade-old Sims 4 instead of a proper dedicated Sims 5 sequel.

While BioWare didn't reveal much about the next Mass Effect game during N7 Day, the company did leave a series of hints in its blogpost for fans to decode. Now, those fans have succeeded, uncovering a link to a new piece of Mass Effect 5 concept art. The art, titled …

After a ton of hype and anticipation, Battlefield 6 finally arrived to huge success, selling over 7 million copies in its first week while amassing a concurrent player count of almost 750,000 on Steam alone. Though already confirmed to be the biggest launch in series’ history, we’ve now gotten some additional details on just how much more successful BF6 is compared to prior entries.

Earlier this week, an analytics firm predicted that Battlefield 6 had sold over seven million copies during its first five days on the market. Now, EA appears to have official numbers in hand, brandishing Battlefield 6 as the biggest launch in series history. EA has confirmed that Battlefield 6 sold …

We already knew that Battlefield 6 was doing well, thanks to the game's record high Steam concurrent player numbers. Now, analysts predict that the game sold as much as seven million copies during its first five days on the market.  As cited by GI.biz, Alinea Analytics estimates that Battlefield 6 …

While I had a very smooth experience with Battlefield 6 in the run up to launch day, all of my testing had been done within Steam, so it came as quite a surprise when the game unlocked on Friday and PC players were having issues with the EA App. The developers have been quick to fix entitlement issues for those impacted and to smooth things over for those locked out at launch, there will be some freebies given out to players. 

We saw the Steam player numbers skyrocketing in Battlefield 6 during the game's open beta. Now with the full release upon us, it appears to be the most successful Battlefield launch on PC to date, even beating out the lifetime peak player count for Call of Duty on the platform.  …

Despite lacking the FIFA name, EA Sports FC26 has reportedly already sold over 10 million copies in under two weeks - 60% of which was on PlayStation.

Just weeks following its Early Access launch, EA has confirmed that Skate has already surpassed a total of 15 million players.

For the first time in many years it feels as though Battlefield might truly be back, with the upcoming BF6 seeing tons of excitement only amplified by the recent open beta. With just under a week to go, analysts have started to weigh in on Battlefield 6’s launch potential – believing the game could sell over 5 million copies in its first week.

Battlefield 6 is set to launch on October 10, 2025, with its first major free content update, Season 1, arriving on October 28 across all platforms. The season will unfold in three phases, each introducing new maps, modes, weapons, vehicles, and features designed to expand the multiplayer experience while also …

Over the weekend, reports claimed that a group of investors were in 'advanced talks' to acquire EA in a deal worth roughly $50 billion. Now, EA has confirmed this to be true, with plans to sell to a consortium of investors for $55 billion. 

Over the past five years, there have been numerous reports claiming that EA has been looking for a buyer. At one point, they were apparently in talks to join the Disney group, but that ultimately fell through. Now, it is claimed that a group of investors are looking to spend …

We've known for a while now that Battlefield 6 will feature a proper single-player campaign, something that has been missing ever since Battlefield Hardline. However, EA has been quiet on the subject, focusing much of its recent marketing around the multiplayer side of the game. That changed last night with …

While many developers have expressed issues with the Xbox Series S, Battlefield 6's developers claim that the lower-specced machine helped to optimise the game.

Battlefield 6 is due out in less than a month, but EA is still hard at work testing big parts of the game. In a recent playtest, the game's custom Portal mode and server browser were put to the test. Now this month, EA is looking to put the finishing …

Labs testers will be able to check out BF6’s Battle Royale mode starting this week, with EA confirming map details; total players; objectives and more.

It's the news that skateboarding fans have been waiting 15 long years to hear. EA and developer Full Circle have officially announced that their new free-to-play title, simply called Skate, will be launching into early access on September 16th for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles. The release date was revealed …

The Battlefield 6 open beta was a huge success across both of its weekends. DICE has had a week now to collect all of the stats and as predicted, this beta set new records for the franchise.  The Battlefield 6 open beta set a record high player count across all …

Ahead of Battlefield 6’s full launch, EA has released one final major update for Battlefield 2042 – including a free battle pass.

The top 20 best-selling games throughout Europe have now been revealed. Despite much negativity surrounding Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed Shadows still managed to beat out every other major release so far this year. The Game Business has published its list of the top 20 best-selling games of the year, focused exclusively …

EA appears to want to follow in Call of Duty’s footsteps, with a new Battlefield game releasing every single year - à la Call of Duty.

While Titanfall 3 is nowhere to be seen, Respawn has announced that wall-running is coming to Apex Legends via a limited time mode.

The Battlefield 6 Open Beta returned today for the second weekend of public playtesting. Unfortunately, those looking to get an early start, there have been matchmaking issues present today, something that EA is looking to quickly address.  The second weekend for the open beta started today but early players were …

DICE and EA are looking to take cheaters more seriously than ever before with Battlefield 6. The new game will include a new anti-cheat system and so far, it appears to be doing a very good job, resulting in hundreds of thousands of bans during the open beta weekend.  The …

BioWare is in a very tough spot at the moment, having released two critical and commercial flops in Anthem (2018) and Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024). In an effort to try and turn things around a bit, BioWare had pitched a set of remasters for the original Dragon Age games, …