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Ian Milham also helped head up Battlefield 4 and Hardline during his 10-plus years working at EA
Read More »Recruiter Hot Seat: EA Motive
Senior recruiter Rebecca Davis talks about the perks of working at EA’s brand new studio, Motive, with working on ambitious Star Wars titles being just one of the many benefits
Read More »Metal Gear and Call of Duty dominate Gamescom
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and Metal Gear Survive are amongst the biggest games of Gamescom so far. Before the show, Infinite Warfare’s ‘Zombies in Spaceland’ trailer was released, racking up over 1m page views on YouTube – making it by far the biggest trailer. On the first day of …
Read More »EA: Titanfall 2 is Call of Duty’s true rival, not Battlefield
Call of Duty’s biggest competitor this Christmas is Titanfall, EA has told MCV @ Gamescom. EA’s CMO Chris Bruzzo said that Battlefield 1 may be the bigger game, but it is actually a very different beast Titanfall 2 is also being developed by Respawn, a company founded by former Infinity …
Read More »A Mass Effect remaster? EA says HD remakes are go
A remastered version of BioWare’s Mass Effect Trilogy could be in the works at EA. Last year EA COO Peter Moore explained that remakes of old games did not then interest the publisher, saying: It feels like pushing stuff out because you’ve run out of ideas. I don’t know where …
Read More »Heard About: Mirror’s Edge Catalyst
John Broomhall discusses the sound of Faith with EA DICE audio director James Slavin
Read More »Former long-time EA dev Hilleman joins Amazon Game Studios
Industry veteran Rich Hilleman has jumped ship to Amazon Game Studios following his departure from EA after more than three decades at the publisher. Hilleman joined EA as a support specialist in 1982, becoming its 39th employee. He later went on to work on the John Madden Football and NHL …
Read More »LucasFilm orders Galaxy in Turmoil dev to strip Star Wars from its Battlefront game
An unofficial sequel to Star Wars Battlefront 2 will not be allowed to use the Star Wars name or take place in its universe. Developer Frontwire announced plans to release the game for free on Steam last month. However, it will be of little surprise to hear that LucasFilm has …
Read More »Amazon Game Studios snaps up former long-time EA creative director Rich Hilleman
Hilleman was publisher’s 39th employee when he joined in 1982, going on to work on its Madden and NHL franchises
Read More »Sound Thinking: CDPR, Supermassive, DICE and Coldwood reveal how to perfect your audio design
Often considered as inferior to visual flair by developers, quality audio design is just as important to delivering an engaging virtual experience. We ask aural authorities for their advice
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