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Former Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond joined EA for a very good reason. Raymond, who produced Ubisoft’s original historical stealth-action title in 2007 and its 2009 sequel, moved across to EA’s Motive Studios in July of this year. Her only confirmed project to date was the as-yet untitled Star Wars …
Read More »EA announces new UFC game
EA has revealed that it has another UFC title in the works. In a post on Facebook, the publisher posted a logo for the game (pictured) alongside today’s date, Tuesday November 10th. Expect more details today. The firm’s first UFC game launched in June 2014 and was exclusive to the …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 launches in February
EA and Popcap’s surprise hit Plants vs Zombies shooter spinoff Garden Warfare will receive a sequel release in early 2016. PvZ Garden Warfare 2 will feature the 24-player Herbal Assault mode, 4 player co-op Graveyard Ops mode, a dozen new multiplayer maps, six new character classes, and over 100 unique …
Read More »VIDEO: EA shows off new live-action Star Wars Battlefront trailer
EA has unveiled the latest tease for Star Wars Battlefront, which takes the idea of disappearing into the game quite literally. The publisher previously teamed up with PlayStation to do a live-action advert featuring the iconic X-Wing ship and bin-shaped robot R2-D2. This time, it’s Pitch Perfect, Into The Woods …
Read More »EA: ‘Battlefront will be an integral part of the Star Wars universe’
Who would’ve thought, five years ago, that a new Star Wars title would be one of the most anticipated games of 2015? Yet, here we are, with Star Wars Battlefront set to be one of – if not the – biggest titles of Christmas. Gamer anticipation has unsurprisingly been building …
Read More »We could be seeing EA games on Nintendo’s NX
EA is looking into ‘any and all opportunities’ to develop software for Nintendo’s upcoming new hardware, the NX. That’s according to the publisher’s CEO Andrew Wilson, who was asked during a recent investor call whether EA plans on supporting NX. This comes after EA has all but abandoned Nintendo’s Wii …
Read More »Mirror’s Edge Catalyst delayed by three months
Release date moved to May 24th
Read More »EA ups Star Wars: Battlefront forecasts as Ultimate Team drives earnings
Publisher EA now expects upcoming shooter Star Wars: Battlefront to sell 13m units this financial year. Previously it had predicted the game, out next month, would sell between 9-10m units. Over 9.5m players took part in the recent beta and pre-orders are said to be very strong. EA also reckons …
Read More »Mirror’s Edge pushed back three months
EA has delayed the release of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst. The game had been set for release on February 23rd but will now instead arrive three months later on May 24th. Years ago, we set out an ambitious vision for Mirror’s Edge Catalyst,” senior producer Sara Jansson said. Achieving that vision …
Read More »Developer wants EA to OK a next-gen Darth Maul game
Red Fly Studios was once making a Darth Maul game for PS3, 360 and Wii. Now it wants to bring the project back to life. The developer’s Dan Borth took to Reddit yesterday to confirm that his team is working on resurrecting” the project and is currently working on a …
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