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CEO Andrew Wilson acknowledges the "disconnect" for those who grew up with series' earlier games

EA has admitted that it made mistakes with its free-to-play Dungeon Keeper remake for smartphones. The game was roundly criticised earlier this year for its use of microtransactions, with Peter Molyneux – designer of 1997’s original Dungeon Keeper – describing it as ridiculous”. The game also employed some questionable ratings …

Anti-cheat system Punkbuster has incorrectly banned some innocent players of Battlefield 3. The third party software is designed to automatically identify players who are cheating and ban them automatically. As the software isn’t owned or operated by EA, overturning the bans is proving tricky. We are investigating an issue of …

The problems that have beset Battlefield 4 since launch will not be repeated when Battlefield Hardline arrives. That’s the pledge of Visceral Entertainment’s lead multiplayer designer Thad Sasser, who has told PSLifestyle – as reported by CVG – that the issue is a top priority for the studio. "A lot …

Battlefield 4 launched with a number of major bugs and issues, which forced developer DICE to suspend all DLC development until it could get the game working. It generated a significant fan backlash, and one that EA boss Andrew Wilson agrees with, calling the state of the game ‘unacceptable’. "For …

Investors have responded kindly to the latest reported results at US retail, as game companies such as Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts are seeing strong increases in share prices this week. Games Industry reports both Activison and EA hit 52-week highs on Tuesday. At time of writing, Activision was trading …

Everyone’s talking about revolution, evolution, technological masturbation or format holder flagellation. Apologies to John and Yoko, but that means it must be time for E3. As ever there are many games reaching their third, fourth or even fifth iteration. Spawning so many sequels is a great testament to the success …

Visceral’s entry into the world of Battlefield doesn’t automatically mean that gamers can expect a new Battlefield title every year. The Dead Space developer was named as the studio behind this year’s Battlefield: Hardline. The presumption being that the series had been put into a two-year development cycle with DICE …

For the first time since the year 2000 there will be no new FIFA game on PS2 this year. Eurogamer reports that FIFA 15 will be released on PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Vita, 3DS and Wii some time later this year (almost definitely September). Note that Wii …

The Battlefield studio says it’s looking to include players into the development of the shooter as early as possible. EA has already rolled out a Battlefield Hardline beta for PS4 and PC users – which in itself could be considered early access – but DICE is now looking at early …