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Star Wars KOTOR remake is still in development at Saber Interactive, even after recent sale

The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is alive. Even though Embracer has sold developer Saber Interactive, the studio is still working on it.

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EA devs are free to develop on any engine they choose, publisher says

Electronic Arts says that its development teams are free to choose whatever engine they'd like to use, even if it's not EA's first-party Frostbite engine.

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New Dragon Age Dreadwolf teaser shows huge next-gen graphics upgrade

BioWare celebrates Dragon Age day with a new teaser trailer for Dragon Age Dreadwolf with impressive next-gen visuals, confirms full-on reveal timing.

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New Mass Effect 4 teaser is driving fans wild

BioWare celebrates N7 Day by kicking off a scavenger hunt with a new Mass Effect 4 teaser trailer that has sent fans scouring the footage for clues.

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Criterion working on Battlefield, but Need For Speed isn't going anywhere

Including Criterion, EA now has four studios working on the future of Battlefield, but a new Need For Speed experience is also in early planning stages.

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Dragon Age 4 may not release until Summer 2024, Mass Effect team helping development

BioWare's next Dragon Age game, aka Dreadwolf, may not release until mid-2024 at the earliest but it could also be delayed further into EA's FY25 period.

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Key Dragon Age writer let go as BioWare lays off 50 workers

BioWare has let go of one of the most important and pivotal Dragon Age developers as the company starts its 50-person layoff across all studios and teams.

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NetEase opens 10th studio T-Minus Zero, helmed by BioWare co-founder

Chinese live service gaming giant NetEase opens yet another U.S.-based studio, this time with BioWare and Certain Affinity vet Rich Vogel at the helm.

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BioWare writer leaves after 21 years with the studio

Jay Watamaniuk, who helped write Mass Effect, Anthem, and Star Wars The Old Republic, has left BioWare after more than 21 years with the RPG developer.

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BioWare to focus exclusively on singleplayer games, new Mass Effect in pre-production

BioWare sheds Star Wars The Old Republic so it can focus on what it does best: high-quality, emotional narrative-driven singleplayer RPG experiences.

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Xbox 2023 showcase: Hopes, dreams, and predictions

With tomorrow's showcase, Microsoft has a valuable opportunity to swing back in a big way and turn around the current discourse on the Xbox brand.

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BioWare experimented with AI-powered story and dialog, but it ended in disaster

Dragon Age writer David Gaider says that BioWare had experimented with procedurally-generated dialog and quest/story beats, but the results felt soulless.

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Dragon Age writer David Gaider felt newer-age BioWare resented its writing team

Ex-Dragon Age and BioWare writer gives a better idea of what it was like to help write narratives for the studio, says BioWare 'quietly resented' writers.

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Dragon Age Dreadwolf to deliver ambitious power fantasy with meaning and choice

BioWare takes on a dauntingly ambitious task of trying to make all skill and passive unlocks feel meaningful for player progression in Dragon Age 4.

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Dragon Age 4's opening act may show the downfall of the Grey Wardens

The opening sequence of BioWare's new Dragon Age Dreadwolf roleplaying game could chronicle the fiery downfall of the Grey Wardens' Weisshaupt Fortress.

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Dragon Age 4 may recreate one of Mass Effect Andromeda's worst mistakes

The current build of Dragon Age Dreadwolf apparently makes an agonizingly bad decision that breaks the beloved squad mechanics from previous BioWare RPGs.

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EA cancels new Titanfall Legends singleplayer game to help save $140 million

Electronic Arts is reducing costs by cancelling multiple video game projects & laying off teams of devs casualties include an Titanfall singleplayer game.

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EA cuts costs by $140 million to stay slim in worrisome economy

During the holiday period, Electronic Arts has instituted strict and disciplined cost-cutting to keep spending under control during uncertain economy.

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Dragon Age producer: Microsoft-Activision merger is probably bad in the long run

Dragon Age producer and ex-BioWare game developer Mark Darrah believes Microsoft buying Activision-Blizzard is 'probably a bad thing in the long run'

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Dragon Age dev: I feel microtransaction market is doomed to eventually collapse

Ex-Dragon Age producer Mark Darrah believes the microtransaction and free-to-play market is doomed to eventually collapse...but not any time soon.

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BioWare reiterates that Mass Effect 5 is a singleplayer RPG

BioWare reconfirms the new Mass Effect game is a singleplayer project, but it's still in pre-production phases of planning and has not entered production.

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The next new Dragon Age game can now be played from start to finish

Dragon Age 4, aka the new Dragon Age Dreadwolf, has now made a major development milestone and is one big step closer to being released in gamers' hands.

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EA didn't mention Battlefield 2042 a single time in Q1 earnings call

Electronic Arts management didn't mention or discuss Battlefield 2042 a single time during the recent Q1 2022 earnings call.

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EA makes smaller Dragon Age, Mass Effect add-ons free for PC gamers

Electronic Arts is retiring BioWare Points, and has made all smaller-scale Dragon Age and Mass Effect DLC add-on content free.

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The Last of Us remake may have been completed without crunch

New Last of Us Part I remake was apparently developed and finished without any crunch at Naughty Dog, who is famous for crunch.

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Mass Effect 5's story to be led by masterful Deus Ex writer

BioWare has recruited Mary DeMarle as senior narrative director, and it's likely she will lead the next big Mass Effect game.

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Mass Effect 5 now in early development phase, no updates for a while

BioWare now says its new Mass Effect game has entered early phases of development, possibly moving past prototype stages.

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New game economy job listing hints Dragon Age 4 is singleplayer-only

A new game economy job listing for BioWare's next-gen Dragon Age project strongly indicates it is a singleplayer-only RPG.

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BIoWare hiring 7 new developers to work on next Mass Effect game

BioWare is on a hiring spree and plans to recruit 23 people for multiple teams, and 7 of these devs are working on Mass Effect 4.

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EA cancels its EA Play Live summer show: 'Things aren't lining up'

Electronic Arts has cancelled its annual E3-timed summer event because its projects 'just aren't lining up to show everything'

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Mass Effect 5 release date is years away, game in early pre-production

The next Mass Effect sequel is only in pre-production phases and won't be ready for release for at least a few more years.

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Dragon Age series has lost two executive producers in 3 years

Dragon Age executive producer Christian Dailey leaves BioWare, is the second game producer to depart in the last 3 years.

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Dragon Age 4 enters 'middle stage' of production, may be ready in 2024

BioWare has made significant progress with Dragon Age 4 and the game is currently in middle stages of development production.

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EA has 3-4 unannounced games to release in FY23 period

Electronic Arts confirms it has 3-4 unannounced new projects in a 'deep pipeline of content' slated to release in FY23 period.

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Embracer Group's most important new acquisition isn't a game developer

Embracer Group's most important new gaming acquisition isn't an actual video games developer, but a tool-maker for games.

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Mass Effect 4 may use Unreal Engine 5 not DICE's complicated Frostbite

BioWare might use Unreal Engine 4 and UE5 to build its new Mass Effect 4 game, not the complicated Frostbite engine from DICE.

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Dragon Age 4 is still a single-player focused RPG, BioWare confirms

The new Dragon Age sequel is still primarily a singleplayer-driven RPG, BioWare has re-confirmed in a post to the community.

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Battlefield 2042 executive producer leaves DICE after 14 years

Battlefield executive producer Aleksander Grondal departs DICE after 14 years with the company amid big internal dev shakeup.

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Amazon wants to make a Mass Effect TV show, do gamers want to see it?

Amazon wants to make a Mass Effect TV show for its Prime Video service, but Electronic Arts hasn't greenlit the project yet.

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Battlefront 3 was never greenlit by EA, new singleplayer games coming

DICE reportedly pitched a concept for a Battlefront 3 multiplayer game but EA never greenlit the game due to high royalty fees.

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NVIDIA on GeForce Now database leak: Games used for internal testing

NVIDIA comments on a database leak that exposed unannounced games, says the list was used for 'internal testing and tracking'

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Of course EA isn't involved with the KOTOR Remake, why would they be?

Neither EA nor BioWare is involved with the new Knights of the Old Republic Remake, but former KOTOR devs are helping out.

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Gamers think Halo Infinite should be delayed to get co-op campaign

Gamers criticize 343 Industries for planning to launch Halo Infinite without co-op campaign and forge, call for a game delay.

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Dragon Age Netflix series could set the stage for Dragon Age 4

BioWare will return to the high fantasy world of Dragon Age sometime in 2023, and a new Netflix show could help fill in the gap.

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Billion-dollar monetization giant EA shifts towards singleplayer games

Billion-dollar monetization titan Electronic Arts is now re-embracing singleplayer as it sets up profitable online tentpoles.

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Antivan Crows and Andarateia may be in Dragon Age 4

New Dragon Age 4 concept art teases a possible new location, and the deadly band of assassins known as the Antivan Crows.

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Dragon Age 4 and Mass Effect 4 won't be at EA Play Live

Don't expect to see Dragon Age 4 or the new Mass Effect at EA Play Live, BioWare says. That show will be dominated by Battlefield.

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BioWare's new GM is laser-focused on rebuilding studio's reputation

BioWare gets a seasoned new general manager that's focused on building great games and restoring the studio's reputation.

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EA teases new IPs and games that will lean into user-generated content

Electronic Arts is working on a number of new IPs and franchises to complement heavy-hitters like Madden, FIFA, and Apex Legends.

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EA opens new studio for an open-world game, Shadow of War exec to lead

EA opens a new studio in Seattle to work on a fresh open-world action game, and hires an ex-Monolith exec to lead the project.