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EA has released a video offering a detailed look at the singleplayer component of Battlefield: Hardline. Perhaps keen to emphasize that there are a lot of differences between the new title and the troubled Battlefield 4, the 12-minute short shows players arresting NPCs and feigning surrender. Of course, it’s not …

Bandai Namco has released the first footage of Dark Souls 2’s second piece of DLC. Called Crown of the Old Iron King, it features yet another new batch of enemies and is described in the Gametrailers video below as being even tougher than the already challenging Crown of the Sunken …

Shadow Realms is the name of the new IP on the way from EA’s BioWare. It’s a PC exclusive and is due out some time next year. It appears to be set in the modern day, but is still heavy on demons and magic. EA says the game hopes to …

Publishers becoming increasingly focused on 'go big or go home bets' over smaller creative titles, says Tameem Antoniades

CEO Eben Upton on the story behind the tiny computer and how it can make an impact on education

EA has confirmed a release date for FIFA 15 in Europe. And it will come as no surprise – it’s September 26th, falling in line with more or less every other FIFA release in living memory. Remember that this year’s PC version will be based on the same next-gen Ignite …

A new Dragon Age: Inquisition trailer has been released to keep the excitement levels up. The game will be released in November following a slight delay of just over a month – time that developer BioWare says will offer the opportunity for a final bit of polish. This latest short …

Ubisoft’s latest trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Unity takes a look at the atmosphere for digital Paris. There’s vistas, revolutions, death and some insanely large jumps that make our ankles ache just to look at them. Take a look:

Sony has released the first ever gameplay footage of upcoming PS4 outing Bloodborne. The game isn’t a sequel to either PS3 original Demon’s Souls or From’s multiplatform follow up Dark Souls, but clearly doesn’t stray too far from the successful formula. There are differences, though. The setting is quite distinct, …

We round up the biggest news and themes from last night’s press briefing in Cologne