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The video game industry is banking on big releases, such as the juggernaut that is Grand Theft Auto VI alongside the Nintendo Switch 2, to kickstart a turnaround. However, until both hit the market and can have the effect industry analysts are hoping for, it looks as if studio closures and job losses will continue...
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Some of the most popular and long-running game franchises run quietly in the background with a loyal fan base. A good example of this is The Sims, which has been a staple for gamers for a whopping 25 years. The Sims 25th anniversary is now celebrating this milestone with new content updates and themed...
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Even as EA is working on ways to revive Battlefield, it hasn’t forgotten it has a successful competitive multiplayer experience with Apex Legends. The development team released its first blog post of the year detailing some of the improvements players can expect. Specifically, when it comes to combatting cheaters...
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The Battlefield franchise has been a cornerstone of the first-person shooter genre for much of its history. Although lately it’s finding it difficult to compete amongst a flood of free-to-play, competitive online games. Even as one of its contemporaries, Call of Duty, continues to thrive. EA is hoping to turn the...
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Gamers are eating good recently, with great game releases like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Dynasty Warriors Origins, Synduality: Echo of Ada, and Marvel Rivals. The industry as a whole is in a dire state, though, as major AAA publishers launch flop after flop into the market. EA is no exception, and it's...
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In a support document, Electronic Arts (EA) announced plans to shutter its Origin launcher in a few months, which raises the questions of what will happen to game libraries and accompanying mods. The good news is, your account and games (such as Star Wars: Jedi Survivor and others) will all transfer over to the EA app...
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Electronic Arts is making big claims about how it leverages AI for its business, as it looks to keep current projects on track, according to the presentation executives made during this year’s Investor Day. CEO Andrew Wilson stressed the importance of AI, noting that “this remarkable technology is not merely a...
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In a surprising move, EA will be bringing Star Wars: Jedi Survivor to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The company is also going to be releasing an update for the PC version of the game, which it says “will bring enhancements to the game’s technical performance, controls and more, plus a variety of quality-of-life...
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EA joined a growing list of tech companies, such as PlayStation, in 2024 to announce it would layoff a significant amount of its employees, and the year has barely begun. While EA announced this week it would lay off 5% of its workforce globally (around 670 employees), along with “sunsetting” several games and...
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We're barely two months into 2024 and it's already shaping up to be a tough year as it applies to job security in the tech industry. Unfortunately, layoff announcements have been coming in at a steady pace. Google, eBay, Discord, Riot Games, and Sony PlayStation have all announced reductions in head counts over the...
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Electronic Arts made it very clear before Star Wars Jedi: Survivor even released that there would be multiple game patches over the course of several weeks, the first of which dropped on launch day across all platforms. Starting today, EA plans to push out its fourth patch, which will deploy first to PlayStation 5 and...
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Game developer and publisher Electronic Arts (EA) has been having quite a troubled time in the last few years. The launch of Battlefield 2042 was met with a less-than-enthusiastic response from fans, prompting the company and significant development subsidiary, DICE, to issue a public response. In turn, EA has decided...
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One of the best horror games in the last 15 years was Dead Space and yesterday we got a sneak peak at what is coming for its remake. After checking out the amazing visual, we are excited.
October 14th was the 14 year anniversary of the popular survival horror shooter. For the anniversary, Electronic Arts, and Dead...
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The old adage that cheaters never prosper clearly didn't take online PC gaming into account, because things like aimbots and other sketchy tools continue to be a big problem. Fortunately, game developers and publishers take the issue seriously and are constantly coming up with anti-cheat mechanisms. As such...
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Truth be told, it's harder than it looks to be witty on Twitter. Not everyone shares the same sense of humor, and you have to be careful not to cross any lines and say something stupid. So with that in mind, we're hesitant to give Electronic Arts too much grief over a recent tweet poking fun at single player games. We...
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Imagine yourself inches from the pavement, travelling at speeds upwards of 200 miles per hour, taking gut wrenching turns at more than 180 miles per hour. If that sounds like fun, but you'd rather do it from the comfort of your PC, imagine no more. Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) has announced the newest game installment...
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In the past, the Battlefield series from EA and DICE has been incredibly well-received and well-played, but when Battlefield 2042 launched, things seemed to change. Between quality issues and bugs galore, players who picked up Battlefield just as soon put it back down again, and moved on to other games that have come...
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EA and FIFA have collaborated on video games together for over twenty years. However, this relationship may soon be at an end. Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson recently remarked that the FIFA license has been an “impediment” to the growth of the franchise.
Wilson argued that the relationship between FIFA and EA...
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Crytek has confirmed it is actively developing the fourth major installment in the Crysis series, which raises the obvious question, can your PC run it? You'll eventually find out, though probably not this year—Crytek says Crysis 4 is in the early stages of development and that it will be a while yet before it...
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Battlefield 2042 is now just a week away from launching, and if you're planning to play, be on the lookout for hardware driver updates that could improve the experience. Specifically, GPU driver updates. To that end, AMD is pushing out is Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.11.2 driver package, and with it comes some...
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Players who are anticipating the launch of Battlefield 2042 will have to wait a little bit longer, following news of a delay. In a message posted to Twitter, Dice Studio GM Oskar Gabrielson broke the news, saying the new release date is November 19, 2021. That amounts to exactly four weeks from the game's original...
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The devastating security breach publisher Electronic Arts disclosed earlier this month may have been worse than initially thought. Not in terms of the scope of how much data was stolen (which is a lot), but in regards to EA possibly having prior knowledge that its systems were at risk, and allegedly choosing not to...
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