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EA’s mobile boss Samantha Ryan took to the stage at the firm’s E3 conference and confirmed that a Star Wars mobile title is on the way. Entitled Galaxy of Heroes, the collectible card title features charaters and space ships from the prequel and classic trilogies. Players can ‘collect, battle and …

The follow-up to third-person shooter spin-off Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will bloom early next year. Six new character classes, completely with new weapons and abilities, will be introduced in Garden Warfare 2. These include the Imp, a super-fast character, and the SuperBrainz undead Superman-a-like. And in a turn of …

Battlefront wasn’t the only Star Wars EA game to have news at this year’s E3. MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is getting an expansion in the form of Knights of the Fallen Empire, Revealed on-stage, the expansion is said to be a ‘massive’ add-on, adding new recruitable companions and …

The publisher has unveiled a new IP, puzzle platformer Unravel. From Sweden studio Coldwood Interactive, the title casts players as a character made of red yarn called… Yarny. The character unravels as you move, and consumers need to use Yarny’s wool-based powers to solve puzzles. According to creative director Martin …

EA has given some details about its new Need for Speed title at its E3 media briefing. The firm describes the title as the ‘definitive Need for Speed’, including the customisation options of the Underground series, alongside the world of Carbon. Need for Speed is set in Venture Bay – …

EA has kicked off this year’s E3 press conference in style, teasing the next Mass Effect game. Set to jaunty country music, the short trailer showed an armor-clad figure flicking between planets. They were then catapulted through a wormhole, before turning to reveal the iconic N7 logo on their armor. …

Latest entry in blockbuster franchise slated for release in holiday 2016

Bandai Namco has finally confirmed the recent leaks – Dark Sous III is on the way and will be with us in early” 2016. Despite previous rumours, it will be making its way to PC – as well as PS4 and Xbox One. It is also described by the publisher …

The best line-up in Xbox history”. That was the promise Microsoft made in the run-up to E3 2015, and it’s hard to argue that it failed to deliver. At this stage last year I was trying to look at the positives of what was ultimately a lukewarm E3 2014 from …

Rod Fergusson introduces next entry in the series, plus remastered edition of original Gears of War