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Easy Anti-Cheat responds to Apex Legends pro players being hacked mid-game
The developers behind Easy Anti-Cheat responded to the recent Apex Legends hack that occurred during the Apex Legends Global Series.
Apex Legends pro player hack sparks grave warning for millions of gamers
Professional Apex Legends players were hacked mid-tournament, resulting in the NA finals being postponed and grave warnings for gamers.
Apex Legends pro players get hacked during NA finals, EA confirmed 'compromised'
Apex Legends pro players have been hacked mid-game by two individuals, sparking a response from Electronic Arts that has now postponed the tournament.
Top Apex Legends team rejected by US immigration despite EA official vouch
A professional Apex Legends team from Australia has been denied entry into the United States despite an official from EA vouching for credibility.
EA says players are 'rapidly shifting' to live services, open world games, massive communities
Electronic Arts says that player behavior is shifting to huge online-driven multiplayer experiences with monetization, open worlds, and big communities.
Respawn's Mandalorian FPS has been cancelled, sounded like an evolution of Star Wars 1313
Electronic Arts has cancelled Respawn's unannounced Star Wars first-person shooter, and reports indicate that it was set in the Mandalorian series.
EA shuts down Ridgeline Games, Criterion now handling Battlefield singleplayer campaign
Electronic Arts shuts down Ridgeline Games shortly after Marcus Lehto leaves the studio, and now Criterion is handling Battlefield's singleplayer content.
EA plans to lay off 11% of workforce by March 2025
Electronic Arts announces its second layoff of fiscal year 2023, this time 5% of EA's workforce will be let go as it restructures towards cost-cutting.
Next Battlefield game will have a free-to-play battle royale mode like Warzone
The next Battlefield game that's expected to release in October 2025 is expected to arrive with a dedicated free-to-play battle royale mode.
Respawn working on Mandalorian bounty hunter FPS, reports say
Apex Legends, Titanfall and Star Wars Jedi developer Respawn is reportedly working on a new Mandalorian shooter for Disney and Electronic Arts.
Industry insider explains why EA's 'Immortals of Aveum' was a $125 million flop
A former developer on Electronic Arts' 'Immortals of Aveum' has explained why they think the game was an 'awful idea' that resulted in a financial flop.
Mobile gaming to break $110 billion in 2024
Analyst group Data.ai expects King's mega-popular Candy Crush Saga to break $14 billion lifetime in-game revenues by the end of 2024.
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.
Timesplitters dev Free Radical Design shut down as Embracer cuts costs
Timesplitters 4 developer Free Radical Design has been shut down just 2 years after re-opening, studio shuttered as part of Embracer's cost control.
PS5 Pro devkits arrive at third-party studios, Sony expects Pro specs to leak: Report
Sony reportedly expects PS5 Pro specifications to leak sometime this month or into early 2024 as more third-party studios receive PS5 Pro devkits.
Capcom now charging $69.99 for new AAA games
Capcom used to be one of the last publishers to keep their games at $59.99, but that's over now: Dragon's Dogma II becomes Capcom's first $69.99 game.
EA is officially working on letting players voice their own in-game characters
Electronic Arts has filed a new patent that aims to enable players to voice their own in-game characters through a new voice input feature.
GeForce NOW adds over 50 games in November, with several coming from Xbox and PC Game Pass
GeForce NOW's library of supported games continues to grow at an impressive rate, and alongside new titles there's a lot more Xbox love coming in November.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite dev may be working on another third-person sci-fi Alien game
Aliens: Fireteam Elite developer Cold Iron Studios is working on a new project, and it could be another game set in Ridley Scott's horror franchise.
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.
Gaming nears $350 billion annual revenues, EA exec says
Electronic Arts president of EA Entertainment Laura Miele shares eye-opening figures for the games industry while discussing growth vectors for gaming.
Opinion: Disney buying EA? Now isn't the time for media giants to buy pure-play publishers
Now isn't a great time for any media company--whether it be Disney or someone else--to spend billions on an acquisition in the pure-play video games space.
Analysis: How Epic Games' grandiose ambitions led to mass layoffs
Despite multiple companies investing billions into Epic Games, years of overspending and chasing ambitious models have led to mass layoffs at the company.
Fortnite maker Epic Games lays off 870 workers, CEO says Epic is 'far short' of sustainability
Epic Games lays off nearly 900 workers to help stem a flood of spending and higher costs as the company leans into user-generated content and new projects.
Capcom may start charging $70 for new games after all, president says prices are too low
Capcom CEO tells CESA that video game prices are too low compared to the immense rising costs of game development, signalling a price hike may happen.
Jedi 3 in development at EA and Respawn, Cal Kestis actor says
Cal Kestis actor Cameron Monaghan lets slip that he is currently working on the third Jedi game, confirming the series is a trilogy as Respawn intended.
Google, Apple, and Valve game revenues revealed in Xbox leaks
Microsoft reveals how much gaming revenue that the top 10 biggest companies make, including Google, Apple, and even estimates for Valve's Steam platform.
Top Star Wars game director leaves EA, puts Jedi trilogy in question
Stig Asmussen, game director of two of the most successful Star Wars games ever made, has left Respawn and his departure may jeopardize trilogy plans.
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.
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.
COD HQ may be Call of Duty's games as a platform future, may mimic Halo Master Chief Collection
Activision's new Call of Duty HQ infrastructure looks to unify multiple engine-built COD games for ease-of-use and discovery, may be similar to Halo MCC.
Call of Duty may have over 5x more monthly active players than Apex Legends
Apex Legends is one of the most popular shooters on the market today, but it apparently pales in comparison to the leading Call of Duty FPS franchise.
EA's FC24 will feature 19,000 players across 30 leagues
Electronic Arts' new non-FIFA FC24 football game will feature 19,000 footballers, 700 squads, and 30 leagues, not unlike the previous FIFA 23 game.
EA working on largest pipeline of games in its 41-year history
Electronic Arts is apparently working on the largest pipeline of new games in the publisher's multi-decade history, including new re-imagined Battlefield.
Microsoft-Activision deal closure may spark gaming acquisition spree
Jefferies managing director Andrew Uerkwitz comments on how the Microsoft-Activision merger closure could spur companies to make more acquisitions.
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.
EA opens new studio Cliffhanger Games to work on Black Panther singleplayer AAA game
Electronic Arts opens a new studio, Cliffhanger Games, in its EA Entertainment label to make a singleplayer Black Panther game with an original story.
Nintendo conquers console publishing revenues, beats Sony by $3 billion, Xbox by $3.8 billion
Data from the FTC v Microsoft evidentiary hearing shows how much of a lead Nintendo has over PlayStation and Xbox in terms of first-party revenues.
Skydance could resurrect best parts of the cancelled Boba Fett and Visceral Star Wars games
Skydance is cooking up a new Star Wars game with key developers behind two key cancelled Star Wars projects: Visceral's Star Wars and Star Wars 1313.
EA's new monetization tactic may include Nike's FOMO lootboxes
EA is teaming up with Nike's Swoosh virtual collectible business, and the publisher needs to clarify things as soon as possible to avoid controversy.
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.
Comcast could enter the $200 billion video games market, analysts speculate
Analysts speculate that Comcast's next big investment strategy could be in gaming, possibly with an acquisition that could be used for transmedia content.
Intellivision Amico update: 'We can't solely depend on a console business model'
Following mass layoffs, Intellivision gives a dire-sounding update on its Amico console plans and confirms it will release games on other platforms.
Ubisoft's new Star Wars game could launch this year
Ubisoft's untitled Star Wars project is reportedly set to launch sometime in the next 12 months and be a part of Ubisoft's Fiscal Year 2024 slate of games.
EA says gamers are selectively buying blockbusters as inflation wracks economy
WIth game prices increasing to $70 and disposable income shrinking, consumers are gravitating to big blockbuster franchises for their game purchases.
Saudi Arabia now holds $3.1 billion in EA stock
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund now holds nearly 25 million shares of Electronic Arts company stock, with a share value that exceeds $3.1 billion.
EA: Game IP is like comic books, lots of opportunities to grow across decades
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson outlines the future of EA franchises and IPs, likens EA's plans to how Marvel stretched comics franchises across decades.
EA indifferent on Activision merger: 'We'll still be Xbox's #1 publisher'
Electronics Arts CEO Andrew Wilson says the company is indifferent on whether or not the Activision merger goes through, says EA is #1 publisher on Xbox.
Publishers reveal how expensive games are to make, discuss AAA game budgets
Some of gaming's top publishers reveal their AAA game budgets, some of which exceed hundreds of millions of dollars for both development and marketing.
Square Enix indicates it will continue making exclusivity deals with PlayStation
Square Enix management indicates it will continue the current 'multi-platform strategy' that it has established, which includes PlayStation exclusivity.