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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

Tiburon shuns Ignite tech for game engine behind Battlefield

EA has given consumers their first glimpse at the fourth game in the Mass Effect series. Concept footage for the new game was shown during EA’s press conference, and you can see it below. The game’s developer BioWare discussed a ‘vast open world’ for the new game. They also mentioned …

Team says this will be "the biggest game Criterion has ever made"

Considering the pressure Microsoft faced to banish the demons of last year’s show, the platform holder can probably consider this year’s event a success. The bumper Halo: The Master Chief Collection will be music to the ears of the Xbox faithful, bundling Halos 1, 2, 3 and 4 into one …

BioWare offers behind-the-scenes glimpse of next entry into blockbuster sci-fi series

Studio working closely with LucasFilm on hotly anticipated return of sci-fi shooter