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Respawn Entertainment is looking to expand both inside and outside of the Titanfall universe. A Titanfall 2 has since been long-rumoured, with studio boss Vince Zampella confirming the game’s development last March after EA confirmed it had been signed on as publisher. Respawn has listed a number of jobs relating …
Read More »EA Access is now available on PC
Publisher EA has launched a PC version of its Access subscription service. EA Access debuted on Xbox One in 2014. For 3.99 per month gamers are given unlimited access to a growing catalogue of titles. Now PC gamers are able to get involved with the access via EA’s Origin PC …
Read More »EA extends paid parental leave for US devs
Employees now offered up to 10 full weeks of time away
Read More »Develop Studio Sales Charts: Star Wars leads DICE to December success
Battlefront creator is biggest studio over Christmas period as Treyarch falls to second
Read More »Adele’s 25 pips FIFA 16 to become the biggest UK entertainment launch of 2015… if we pretend digital doesn’t exist
Unsurprising, Adele’s 25 album was the UK’s biggest entertainment product of 2015 with 2.6m sales, according to retail trade body ERA. But it was very close between the smash hit album and the video game FIFA 16. FIFA 16 sold over 2.5m units, and was on sale for a much …
Read More »‘I’m going to call Battlefield 5 as the top selling game for 2016’
Analyst Michael Pachter has said that 2016 presents EA’s best ever opportunity to dethrone Call of Duty from the top of the annual software charts. Speaking in a recent episode of Pachter Factor, the analyst predicted that gamers’ who felt let down by 2014’s Call of Duty: Ghosts will be …
Read More »PlayStation’s Murray Pannell joins 2K as VP of publishing
2K Games has hired PlayStation’s UK marketing director. Murray Pannell, who has held senior marketing roles at Ubisoft, Xbox and Electronic Arts, will be the firm’s new VP of publishing. He takes the role ahead of the departure of 2K International’s general manager Neil Ralley. Ralley has led the 2K …
Read More »EA’s Unravel hits stores in February
EA’s arsty title Unravel has been given a February release date. In a new trailer, the publisher has revealed that Coldwood’s quirky yarn-based game will be coming to stores on February 9th. The title will set back gamers $19.99 (14) and is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront, and why the battle for Christmas No.1 has never been more important
It’s that time of the year again when MCV – and our competitors – start talking about who will be the Christmas No.1. Every 12 months we try, and fail, to get people to care. Sure, seeing the bookies make ridiculous odds on which game will make the top spot …
Read More »Peter Moore heads up EA’s new eSports division
Industry veteran becomes EVP and Chief Competition Officer for the 'Competitive Gaming Division'
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