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One of the best ways to fully immerse yourself in a flight-sim is by using a joystick or HOTAS set up. Not all games end up supporting these controllers but fortunately for Star Wars fans, the upcoming Squadrons will be supporting these peripherals for enthusiasts – on both PC and …

EA’s Madden NFL 21 recently made headlines when it became the lowest rated video game of all time on Metacrtic based on user-score. Despite this, it appears as though the critically panned American Football title was unaffected by these reviews, as Madden NFL 21’s first week sell-through is 20% higher …

There have been persistent Mass Effect Trilogy remaster rumours for quite some time now. Evidence seemingly popped up earlier this year with the announcement of a newly updated Mass Effect art book, but we’re now heading towards late 2020 with no official announcement from EA. Apparently, the remaster is still …

For years, EA steered clear of Steam, instead making those that desired to play the publisher’s titles download its own Origin launcher. Last year however, EA and Steam announced a partnership, finally bringing many of the publisher’s biggest titles to the PC market’s biggest store front. Though the transitionary period …

Ever since the launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One back in 2013, fans have been clamouring for a remaster of the Mass Effect Trilogy. While rumours of its existence have been circling for what feels like forever, the elusive remaster might finally be arriving in October – as …

It has been three years since EA shut down Visceral Games and cancelled a very promising Star Wars game helmed by Uncharted director, Amy Hennig. As the years go by, those who were at Visceral during that time are becoming more open to talking about the cancelled project and the …

After moving on from Knights of the Old Republic many years ago, a team at BioWare decided to move into the MMO space, bringing Star Wars: The Old Republic to live. Previously, the game had only been available through its own dedicated launcher but last night, the long-running game made …

At the end of last month, Dan McCulloch announced that he would be leaving Microsoft after a 15-year long career at Xbox. During that time, McCulloch helped lead the Xbox Live team and now, he is moving onto a new challenge- Skate.  In a tweet today, McCulloch revealed that he …

When EA released its first Star Wars game back in 2015, many fans expressed concern at the publisher’s ability to do justice to the legacy of the games that came before it. Since then however, EA has seemingly managed to impress fans with its latest outings such as Star Wars …

During the recent EA Play 2020 stream, Electronic Arts announced that it would be bringing a number of its games to the Nintendo Switch. Four of the games were announced during the stream, though we now know what the other titles set to arrive on the hybrid console are planned …

Last week, EA officially unveiled Star Wars: Squadrons, with a gameplay showcase taking place during EA Play Live. With its multiplayer focus, this may seem like one of those microtransaction-baked live service games that EA seems to love so much but it turns out, that won’t be the case here.  …

One of the best ways to fully immerse yourself in a flight-sim is by using a joystick or HOTAS set up. Not all games end up supporting these controllers but fortunately for Star Wars fans, the upcoming Squadrons will be supporting these peripherals for enthusiasts.  Star Wars: Squadrons is coming …

Back in March, details about a surprise EA Star Wars game began to leak. At the time, we knew this game under the codename ‘Project Maverick’ but now, EA has confirmed it, with a reveal for Star Wars: Squadrons set to come in a few days time.  Initially, Squadrons released …

For the past few years, more and more titles have begun to accept and adopt cross-play between consoles and PCs. Until now however, EA had yet to join in. Finally, following the footsteps of games such as Modern Warfare, Minecraft and Rocket League, Need for Speed Heat will be adding …

With E3 scrapped for this year, most major publishers are focused on holding their own events. EA is no different, as the publisher made plans to host EA Play Live next week to showcase upcoming games. However, like many other planned events this month, EA has decided to push it …

Last month during Inside Xbox, EA announced that it would be supporting free next-gen upgrades for some upcoming games shipping on current-generation consoles and the upcoming Xbox Series X/PS5. It didn’t take long for players to notice the catch involved though, as there was just a small window to upgrade. …

Late last year, just ahead of the launch for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, EA announced that it was coming back to Steam. This rollout kicked off with Star Wars and today, over 25 games from EA’s back catalogue are also joining Valve’s platform.  “We want to make it easy …

EA earned itself some good PR last year with the release of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and this year, it looks to continue that streak by bringing back the Command & Conquer series in the form of a remaster. The upcoming RTS re-release will also be very open to …

Just a couple of days ago, EA announced that it would be supporting free next gen upgrades for some upcoming games shipping on Xbox One/PS4 and Xbox Series X/PS5. However, unlike Microsoft’s smart delivery system, EA will be doing things differently, meaning there is a catch. Madden NFL 21 is …

With the next generation of consoles soon to be on the way, many people have once again turned to wonder how developers plan on transitioning from one generation to the next. While the current console generation saw a litany of remasters being sold to audiences, it seems as though the …

Back in January, Mass Effect remaster rumours began popping back up, in part thanks to a cryptic tweet from BioWare. Now, the rumour mill is spinning once again, thanks to some quotes shared during EA’s latest financial earnings call.  Yesterday during EA’s quarterly financial report, the publisher told investors that …

For many years EA held the license allowing them to publish Tetris games on mobile platforms. This year however, the contract finally lapsed, with San Francisco based developer ‘N3twork’ taking over to produce an entirely new Tetris game for mobile. While the game initially operated with a one-time payment to …

While E3 won’t be going ahead this year, publishers are still planning their own Summer showcases for upcoming games. EA will still be going ahead with its annual EA Play event in June, although this time around, it will be a digital-only event, rather than a larger gathering. EA Play …

DICE has recently been winding down on-going development for Star Wars Battlefront II and Battlefield V, with those teams moving on to new projects. One such project will indeed be the next Battlefield, which should release next year. EA previously said that a new Battlefield would be coming in the …

When it comes to remastered games coming to Nintendo Switch, we are used to seeing sacrifices made in resolution, graphical settings and frame rate. However, that seemingly won’t be the case for Burnout Paradise Remastered, which manages to pack in plenty of the upgrades present on Xbox One and PS4. …

Today as part of Stadia Connect, it was announced that EA would begin bringing its games to Google’s cloud gaming platform. This will start off with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and a range of EA Sports titles, including Madden NFL and FIFA.  Exact release dates are unclear at this …

Battlefield 5 first arrived way back in late 2018, being the first game in a long time to not feature a ‘Premium Pass’ for DLC. In the months following launch, DICE has been releasing free content updates, and as the most recent chapter comes to an end, the studio has …

Anthem may not have been the big successful new IP that we wanted from BioWare but older fans of the studio will have something to look forward to soon. Recent job listings show that BioWare is currently staffing up for a new project based on one of its “most prestigious …

Just last week, reports indicated that while EA had cancelled an unannounced Star Wars game, the publisher has two more in the works. One of those is supposed to be a sequel to 2019’s Jedi: Fallen Order, while the second game was described as a ‘smaller, more unusual’ project. Now …

Given how disastrous the launch of Star Wars Battlefront 2 was, a sequel wasn’t necessarily expected for 2020. However, it turns out that EA was working on a spin-off of sorts, although that game has been cancelled, as has the game that was rising from the ashes of Ragtag, the …