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While DICE had previously attempted bringing Battle Royale to Battlefield with Battlefield V's Firestorm mode, it didn't quite take off. This time around, EA is adopting an approach that closely resembles Call of Duty Warzone, by spinning off the Battle Royale mode into a free-to-play game.  Through datamining the early …

While EA Sports has thrived in most sports categories, the company has struggled to break into Basketball over the past decade. During the Xbox One/PS4 generation, two NBA Live games were released but there has been a drought since then, leaving NBA2K to dominate the market, and progressively get greedier …

Battlefield 6 is well into development at this stage. EA is gearing up to reveal the game properly later this summer, but leaks have already spoiled a few surprises, including the first gameplay footage from the single-player campaign.  Battlefield 6 will include a single-player campaign and better yet, it appears …

For the past six months, EA has been loudly playtesting Battlefield 6 with large pre-alpha gameplay sessions leading to numerous gameplay leaks. Now, Battlefield 6 has reportedly hit a new development milestone, and more content is hitting the Battlefield Labs testing platform.  According to Battlefield Labs playtesters speaking with Insider …

EA's Skate games were a staple of the Xbox 360 era. A few years ago, EA announced its return after more than a decade. The game has been in open development since, with frequent playtests being held. Now, the latest version of Skate is just a few months away from …

Fans were excited for the return of Dragon Age last year. Unfortunately, Dragon Age: The Veilguard had stripped away much of what made the previous games great. It turns out the majority of those issues stemmed from a 2017 decision from EA executives, forcing BioWare to tap into the multiplayer …

Following the announcement of its cancellation last week, insiders have offered additional details on EA’s ill-fated Black Panther project.

Earlier this week, EA revealed that it has closed down one of its single-player studios, Cliffhanger Games, and cancelled its Black Panther title. This game was one of three planned Marvel game projects and despite its cancellation, EA says there will still be three games on the way.

This week, EA made the surprise announcement that it was shutting down one of its newest studios, Cliffhanger, and cancelling their in-development Black Panther game. Moving forward, EA says it will be slimming down its portfolio to focus on a few select franchises.  Naturally, these franchises are all the big …

In an unfortunate announcement, EA’s Black Panther game has been cancelled – and its development studio 'Cliffhanger Games' fully shuttered.

The official World Rally Championship gaming brand is set to return to a familiar home, with French publisher Nacon announcing it will publish new WRC games over a six-year timespan. This news follows the startling revelation last month that Codemasters would discontinue development support for EA Sports WRC and cease …

EA Motive has been slowly working away on its next major game, based on Marvel's Iron Man. Recent job listings have given us a little insight into the plan for the game. 

Less than two months on from launch, Hazelight Studios’ Split Fiction has sold over 4 million copies so far - meaning 8 million total players.

Earlier this year, Nintendo revealed the Switch 2 and alongside the console, it also announced plans to raise the prices of new first-party games, like Mario Kart World, to $80. Last week, Microsoft confirmed its own plans to also follow this pricing model. Surprisingly, EA is not jumping on this …

EA has not been shy about its plans for the next Battlefield game. The company announced development had begun over a year ago and in recent months, it has been holding public playtests as part of its new Battlefield Labs early access programme. Now, EA is confirming that the next …

Development continues on the next installment in the Battlefield series, and Dice is now ready to ramp up community involvement significantly. Their playtesting program, dubbed “Battlefield Labs”, which aims to bring players into the early stages of multiplayer development, is set to invite many more individuals to participate throughout May. …

In an unexpected shift for a studio long synonymous with the genre, Codemasters is officially stepping away from rally racing simulators. While Formula One has become their primary focus under EA, rally sims have been an integral part of Codemasters' identity for decades, from the days of Colin McRae Rally …

EA has announced plans to cut hundreds of jobs in the coming months. Respawn is restructuring as part of this effort, which has led to the cancellation of an unannounced Titanfall game.

If you have signed up to DICE's new testing platform, Battlefield Labs, then it is time to check your inbox as EA and DICE have sent out another wave of invites ahead of the next playtest. 

Despite trying multiple times, Ubisoft is once again attempting to create their own Battle Royale shooter – heavily inspired by Apex Legends.

Respawn Entertainment has been quietly working on a Star Wars strategy game for a few years now in collaboration with Bit Reactor, a studio founded by former XCOM developers. Now, just days ahead of the game's unveiling at Star Wars Celebration, we have a proper title – Star Wars Zero …

With EA’s Sports titles confirmed for Switch 2, the publisher has detailed whether these versions will be comprehensive ports, or simply a roster update.

Back in the day, EA would make a little extra money from Battlefield by offering Battlefield Premium, a membership that provided instant weapon unlocks, XP boosts and more. Now according to dataminers, this system will be making a return in the future. 

Respawn Entertainment has been quietly working on a Star Wars strategy game for a few years now in collaboration with Bit Reactor, a studio founded by former XCOM developers. Now, a number of screenshots have leaked online, giving us an early look at the game. 

For the first time in over a decade, Plants vs. Zombies is set to come to a suite of new and old devices, with PvZ Reloaded having now been rated in Brazil.

Just one week since launch, Hazelight Studios' Split Fiction has already sold over 2 million copies - translating to 4 million total players.

Despite still being in a closed alpha state, EA is adding microtransactions to the upcoming SKATE according to messages sent to play testers.

Just two days on from launch, Hazelight Studios’ latest co-op title Split Fiction has already sold over 1 million copies.

A few weeks ago, EA officially announced Battlefield Labs, a new testing program intended to show more transparency on plans for future Battlefield titles and allow developers to gather feedback much earlier in the development process. Thousands of fans have already signed up to participate and now, the first playtest is ready to begin. 

It seems COD isn’t the only series trying to replace its voice actors with AI, as the French dub team for Apex Legends were given new agreements focused on AI.