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New feature a 'breakthrough in latency free, multi-device online gaming', says Ubisoft exec

EA’s new Battlefield game was properly shown off during the firm’s pre-E3 press conference today. Battlefield: Hardline, created by Dead Space developers Visceral, is out this year and gamers can access the Beta on PS4 and PC today. A trailer for the game was shown demonstrating Heist mode. Lots of …

Ubisoft has unveiled two new Just Dance games at E3. The first is Just Dance 2015, which will launch on all platforms (including Wii U) and features all the enhancements you’ve come to expect from the annual product. Now gamers can appear in the game themselves and others can dance …

EA’s big Star Wars title may not be out in time for next year’s big movie. The publisher opened its pre-E3 press conference with Star Wars: Battlefront, the game that’s currently in development at EA Dice. But the game is clearly nowhere near finished. In fact, we won’t know anymore …

Square Enix has announced its second Lara Croft game of the day: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.The game is the sequel to the critically popular digital game, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. The title is developed by Crystal Dynamics and will launch on PS4, Xbox One …

EA’s next golf game sees the franchise move away from its Tiger Woods origins and into more…. unusual areas. EA’s next PGA tour title is built using the Frostbite engine and will let players explore and wander around the course. But the best thing is the new fantasty courests, featuring …

EA has announced the release date for The Sims 4. The upcoming PC game will be available from September 2nd. EA also showed a new video of its hit lifesim, which is one of the publisher’s biggest ever franchises, which included some bizarre moments, such as killing sims by making …

Criterion Games is working on a new first-person extreme sports game. The developer, known for the Need for Speed and Burnout franchises, was shown during EA’s pre-E3 press conference in Los Angeles. The untitled game seems to allow players to move from choppers to planes to bikes to jet skis …

From the moment Phil Spencer took to the stage and referenced his ‘friends’ over at Sony and Nintendo, you knew Xbox was playing the humble card. And that’s fair enough, because they had been humbled. Last year’s E3 was a disaster for the platform holder, a mistake they must not …

DICE reveals more about how it is reimagining the popular parkour series