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The on-off dreams of a remastered version of the Mass Effect trilogy appear very much to be again turned to off. "We’re a company that is focused on delivering for the future," EA COO Peter Moore has now told IGN, as reported by PCGamesN. "We’ve got incredibly talented dev studios …
Read More »BioWare: ‘The MMO market has never been bigger’
The director of Star Wars: The Old Republic insists that the MMO market is more popular than ever. The MMO sector has seen declines amongst its traditional big hitters, such as Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. Yet James Ohlen tells MCV that the recent success of Activision’s Destiny and Ubisoft’s The …
Read More »Mass Effect Andromeda trailer’s female trailer star shows industry progress, BioWare says
Did you notice how there was precisely zero fuss made about the female star who appeared in the Mass Effect Andromeda trailer? Pretty cool, huh? Back in 2011 EA, with much fanfare, proclaimed that a female version of original Mass Effect trilogy hero Shepard would star in one of Mass …
Read More »EA: ‘Story Mode is the biggest new addition to FIFA since Ultimate Team’
Each and every year, around E3 time, EA reveals what’s new with the latest FIFA. Usually, these are tweaks to the physics and core gameplay, or – recently – innovations within the lucrative Ultimate Team mode. But this year’s changes to FIFA are more significant than we’ve seen in years, …
Read More »Video: EA unveils new Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer
New footage for sci-fi RPG Mass Effect: Andromeda was amongst EA’s announcements during its EA Play conference yesterday. This new ‘developer diary’ trailer includes behind-the-scenes footage and some cut scenes. Developer Bioware promised bigger revelations about the game later this year and added that the game will have ‘more freedom’ …
Read More »E3 2016: EA’s seven-studio Star Wars assault includes VR, new BioWare title
Sizzle reel teases more Battlefront content, Respawn’s lightsaber game, first glimpse of Visceral’s project
Read More »E3 2016: Mass Effect dev diary shows the making of Andromeda
Improved facial animation and motion capture tech feature in two-minute teaser
Read More »Ex-EA, BioWare, Trion and Blizzard community manager Claudia Adams-Esgrow passes away
Adams-Esgrow worked on games including World of Warcraft, Star Wars: The Old Republic and Rift
Read More »The man who built Thedas: Interview with David Gaider
The lead writer behind BioWare's Dragon Age discusses how he crafts fantasy worlds
Read More »BioWare, Bungie, Naughty Dog, Swery and more join 2017 ‘Men of Game Dev’ calendar
‘The Grand Canyon. Mount Everest. The Great Barrier Reef. You know them as some of the seven natural wonders in the world. When you see the Men of Game Development for 2017, you'll need to make room for another twelve’
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