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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 – …

Latest entry in blockbuster franchise slated for release in holiday 2016

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 …

But no details given on what partnership entails

There’s a new version of Minecraft on the way made specifically for Hololens. Although the gameplay differences between the new version and the original aren’t clear, the benefits of the Hololens tech certainly are. The user is able to move the game from surface to surface. In a particularly impressive …

Banjo-Kazooie creator Rare has come out in full force at Microsoft’s E3 press conference. The studio unveiled Sea of Thieves, an ambitious open-world title taking place in a Caribbean-like sea-and-island world. The announcement trailer for the game showed multiple players crewing a pirate ship and exploring an island, finding treasure …

Crystal Dynamics took to the stage at the E3 Xbox media briefing to show off the first gameplay from the upcoming Rise of the Tomb Raider. The footage featured Lara and a friend climbing a perilous icy mountain in a quest to find a lost city. Other locations include a …

Steam’s popular (but controversial) Early Access program now has a console equivalent. Xbox Game Preview will allow console gamers to buy games before they are completed and are still in active development. Crucially, however, Microsoft wants to do this in, its own words, a way that makes sense” – that …