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Prequel running on publisher's Frostbite engine

The follow-up to 2008 free-running game Mirror’s Edge finally has a release date. Billed as neither a reboot nor a remake, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst will nonetheless serve as a prequel to the first game, telling the origin story of Mirror’s Edge protagonist Faith. However, unlike that game, EA highlighted the …

A trailer detailing the multiplayer mode of EA’s Star Wars Battlefront has been uploaded ahead of its planned announcement at E3. As spotted by Videogamer, the video shows off the title’s multiplayer mode in the Hoth levels from The Empire Strikes Back. The trailer shows events from both the Imperial …

Ultra-popular kids franchise Despicable Me is getting another mobile spin-off. Minions Paradise is based on the titular yellow creatures, and will see them working together on an island after crashing a ship in order to survive. There’s item crafting and other activities such as fishing, water slides and exploration. EA …

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 …

Team of 14 working on title for PS4, Xbox One and PC

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 – …