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The CEO of EA has again denied claims that the decision to scrap Visceral’s Star Wars game and close the studio was linked to a strategic move away from single-player gaming. “You may have heard the conversation around single player versus multiplayer or single player versus live service and [Visceral’s …

Star Wars Battlefront 2 expected to perform well as shares drop by 3 per cent

Publisher EA has challenged the narrative that it cancelled Visceral’s Star Wars game because it was a single-player experience. Speaking to Kotaku in a wide-ranging peace about the development struggles endured by the title, executive vice president Patrick Söderlund said: “This truly isn’t about the death of single-player games — …

The publisher sends a takedown request over multiplayer servers keeping old Battlefield titles alive

Speaking to Waypoint Radio, Manveer Heir said he's seen people "literally spend $15,000 on Mass Effect multiplayer cards

FIFA 17 and FIFA 18 both take home awards for video game soundtrack and video game trailer respectively

This week’s news that EA has chosen to shutdown Visceral Games and its unnamed, narrative-driven Star Wars title is the talk of the games industry. Pretty much everyone, myself included, is in agreement that the game didn’t fit with EA’s strategy of capitalising on games-as-a-service titles (GaaS) which retain player interest for …

The studio was working on a new Star Wars title but closure rumours that surfaced earlier on Kotaku were later confirmed by EA

The developer who has been involved with almost every Bioware game since Jade Empire says its time to "move on"

In a recent interview with GameReactor, EA executive vice president Patrick Söderlund admitted the company “played it safe” with FIFA 17. This year, however, EA is going “all in” with FIFA 18, and as we sit down with lead gameplay producer Sam Rivera at Gamescom, it becomes clear exactly what …