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A new Battlefield: Hardline promotion has kicked off today in the UK’s GAME stores. It asks that customers pay a visit to their local GAME and use a new feature in its mobile app to sweep the store for evidence”. Once said evidence is discovered, users must watch a trailer …
Read More »Battlefield Hardline beta closes, having served 7m players
EA has said that 7m people played the recent Battlefield Hardline beta. As of early Monday the beta had welcomed 6m players. It was originally planned to close on Sunday night but was extended by an extra day. So here we are – millions of heists, hotwires and captured control …
Read More »EA teases multiplatform release for Titanfall 2
Titanfall 2 looks more likely than ever to be heading to PS4. "Last year it was on the Xbox only; in the future, we haven’t yet announced, but we’ll probably have another Titanfall game,” EA CFO Blake Jorgensen told the 2015 Technology, Internet & Media Conference, as reported by GameSpot. …
Read More »Tablets could overtake console power in three year’s time, EA says
The acceleration of tablet power will broaden the market appeal of core game, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen has said. "What gets us the most excited is the power, the computing power, of mobile devices and the speed at which that’s growing," he told the 2015 Technology, Internet & Media Conference, …
Read More »EA: Tablets will overtake consoles
Publisher's CFO Blake Jorgensen believes tablets could become more powerful than dedicated games devices
Read More »BioWare Austin cancels Shadow Realms
Studio moves focus to Star Wars: The Old Republic
Read More »EA, Bioware cancel Shadow Realms
Bioware has announced its episodic, co-operative PC game Shadow Realms is no longer in development. Bioware Austin general manager Jeff Hickman confirmed the cancellation of the game today in an update on Shadow Realms’ official site. "While the team did amazing work on the game concept and we got lots …
Read More »Over 6m people tried the Battlefield Hardline beta
Gamers got the chance to try EA’s next Battlefield game this weekend, and the numbers suggest significant interest in the multiplayer FPS. Developer Visceral Games said that over 6m players tried the open beta that kicked off last week on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, and concludes …
Read More »EA Montreal struck by layoffs
Source claims studio could be shut down
Read More »EA: ‘Games are too tough to learn’
Publisher's chief creative officer says two hours is too long to introduce game mechanics and controls
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