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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Dead Space Remake with ray tracing mod in 8K on the GeForce RTX 4090 looks incredible

Dead Space with the Complete RT ray tracing mod for PC running in 8K at 60 FPS with DLSS 3 on a GeForce RTX 4090 is impressive stuff.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will arrive on PS4 and Xbox One in the coming year

EA's CEO let us know in an earnings call that Jedi: Survivor will be coming to PS4 and Xbox One in part due to demand from the gaming community.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Jedi: Survivor was made in only 3 years, and during the pandemic no less

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was made in just 3 years of development, created during a pandemic alongside one of the most notoriously stubborn rights holders.

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Star Wars Jedi Survivor's PC launch under fire, EA 'working on fixes'

EA has issued an apology for the state of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on PC, says fixes are on the way though no timing is given so it could be a while.

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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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EA says Apex is a 10-year franchise: 'There's a lot of new things we can do'

Electronic Arts sees Apex Legends as a 10-year franchise and hypes up more growth over the years including 'new modalities of play'

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EA delays Jedi Survivor by a few weeks, now launching in April

Jedi Survivor has been delayed a few weeks to give Respawn extra time to polish the game, but the core experience has been 100% completed on all platforms.

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Jedi Survivor gets the best upgrades possible for maximum Jedi carnage

Cal Kestis will be able to wield two lightsabers, a grappling hook, and even equip new attachments like a cross-guard to make a claymore lightsaber.

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EA isn't quite ready to make Battlefield 2042 free-to-play yet...but it should

Battlefield 2042 isn't going free-to-play any time soon (although it probably should), but EA is bringing the game to Game Pass which should help KPIs.

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From Star Wars to Iron Man: EA to make 3 big new Marvel games

EA is making a bunch of new projects for Disney, including new Star Wars games and three big new action-adventure games set in the Marvel comics universe.

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Need for Speed Unbound: 4K60FPS racing with rebellious graffiti style

Criterion Games makes its triumphant return to the Need for Speed series with NFS Unbound, a new advanced street racing sim with a rebellious style.

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Devs behind Dynasty Warriors are making a new Monster Hunter-like game

Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Force is trying their hands at a Monster Hunter-like game, and EA is publishing Wild Hearts, the new game.

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EA to mold franchises around 4 concepts: Play, create, watch, connect

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson confirms the publisher will shape its major franchises around four business concepts: Play, Create, Watch, Connect.

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EA and Marvel working together on 'several new games'

Electronic Arts and Marvel are teaming up to work and collaborate on several new games including an Iron Man project and possibly even Black Panther.

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Star Wars Squadrons devs EA Motive making new Iron Man game

EA Motive, the team behind Star Wars Squadrons and the excellent, fluid vehicle combat in Battlefront II, are working on a new Marvel Iron Man game.

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Halo co-creator is bringing campaign back to Battlefield franchise

After Battlefield 2042's disastrous online-only release, EA is bringing campaign back to the Battlefield franchise...and the co-creator of Halo is helping.

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NBA 2K23 will slam dunk your SSD with a huge 152GB required

Visual Concepts is demanding 152GB of your SSD storage for NBA 2K23 on the Xbox Series X/S consoles, and that's all before the inevitable day one update.

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Amazon buying EA? 'There's nothing going on,' CNBC reporter says

Early reports say Amazon will purchase EA and make an announcement today, but CNBC sources shoot the rumor down and say 'there's nothing going on'

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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 says Skate went free-to-play to better cater to Gen Z, Gen Alpha

EA discusses why Skate is going free-to-play outside of the more obvious microtransaction-fueled live service business models.

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EA's future singleplayer games may not feature microtransactions

EA CEO Andrew Wilson clarifies that singleplayer games are designed to meet a specific need for storytelling and escapism.

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DICE: We deserve to be a powerhouse in FPS, that's what we will do

DICE's new general manager Rebecka Coutaz promises the triumphant return of the Battlefield franchise with EA's new foundation.

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EA's new college NCAA football game coming summer 2023

Electronic Arts' collegiate NCAA video game series is due to come back in Summer 2023, after a decade of franchise dormancy.

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Jedi: Survivor supports raytracing on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S

Respawn's new Star Wars Jedi: Survivor game is exclusive to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S and will support real-time ray tracing.

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Apex Legends has made over $2 billion in lifetime earnings

Apex Legends has made more than $2 billion in revenues since launching in 2019, making it one of EA's best franchises ever.

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Dead Space remake release date is in January 2023

The new Dead Space remake will release in January 2023, Electronic Arts today announced, but the game is still in pre-alpha.

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Codemasters and Criterion team up for new Need for Speed game

Racing pros at Codemasters are teaming up with Criterion Games to lay out the future of the Need for Speed game franchise.

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EA plans Lord of the Rings smartphone game to bolster mobile earnings

Electronic Arts has renewed its license with Middle-Earth Enterprises and is planning a new Lord of the Rings smartphone 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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Respawn has multiple projects in incubation including a new IP and FPS

Respawn is still working on its mysterious new IP that aims to create 'adventuring until the heat death of the universe'