If you’re a fan of racing games, then Electronic Arts has some very good news for you. The game publisher is moving to release new racing games every year, and the development teams at Codemasters are a big reason why that’s possible. As discussed during an investors meeting this week, …
Read More »Borderlands Studio Gearbox Acquired By Embracer Group For Up To $1.3 Billion, 2K Remains On Board
Veteran American studio Gearbox Software has been acquired by the Swedish company Embracer Group in a sale valued at up to $1.3 billion. As part of the buyout, Gearbox is getting the money, or “rocket fuel,” as the company said, to “fuel Gearbox’s powerful creative engine.” Despite the buyout, 2K …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Started As Standalone First-Person Shooter
At the height of Mass Effect’s popularity, EA and BioWare toyed with making a standalone first-person shooter multiplayer game. The project was called Mass Effect: Team Assault, or META, and it was the prototype that eventually became the multiplayer mode in Mass Effect 3. The Gamer reports that Mass Effect: …
Read More »Mass Effect Legendary Edition: Everything We Know About The Remastered Collection
The Mass Effect trilogy is returning almost 10 years after BioWare wrapped up the story of Commander Shepard in its sci-fi RPG series. BioWare is re-releasing all three of its original Mass Effect games as the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, which brings a host of improvements to the original games …
Read More »EA Is Not Worried About BioWare, But Acknowledges Some "Blips"
Electronic Arts has stressed that it has no worries about the future of BioWare, despite recent high-level staff turnover and a few “blips” in the company’s development history over the years. EA CEO Andrew Wilson said during an earnings briefing (via GI.biz) that that BioWare is an “incredible studio filled …
Read More »Valorant 2.02 Patch Notes Are Live Now
The 2.02 patch for Valorant aims to start the process of fixing running accuracy, along with shifts to the Competitive system to help ensure players are reaching the proper rank faster while stabilizing the battle for top ranks. One of the first things the patch is touching up is rifle …
Read More »Resident Evil Acknowledges Fan Thirst, Reveals Lady Dimitrescu's Official Height
Ever since she was first revealed in the Resident Evil Village Showcase, the game’s “tall lady” antagonist Lady Dimitrescu has been all anyone is talking about, already appearing in multitudes of fan art, comics, and cosplay. Now, a tweet from the official Resident Evil account has acknowledged that collective fan …
Read More »Control Had A Secret That Vexed Players For Months — Here's What It Meant
Note: This post contains spoilers for Easter eggs in Control and a bunch of story points of its latest DLC expansion, AWE. If you want to uncover all that story on your own, you might want to come back after you’ve completed both Control and the AWE DLC. When Control …
Read More »The First Three People To Solve This Control Puzzle Got A Real-World Prize
a lot of material that links Control to Remedy’s 2010 game Alan Wake Note: Beyond there are minor spoilers for Control, but which are not related to its story. However, if you’re looking to discover everything the game has to offer for yourself, you may want to stop reading before …
Read More »EA Sports Launches Madden Super Bowl Prediction Instagram Effect
EA Sports has rolled out a new Instagram effect that allows fans to get involved with the drama and excitement of predicting a winner for this year’s Super Bowl. The Madden Prediction effect created by EA Sports cycles through a series of scores for the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa …
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