Former Executive Vice President of EA Sports Andrew Wilson has taken over as the publisher’s CEO, EA announced today. Wilson delivered a brief message to employees, shareholders, and customers in a message posted to EA’s news blog. Wilson took over EA Sports in August 2011 and has been with the …
Read More »Dead Space 3 review
Dead Space built its reputation on tension. In previous entries, it came in the forms of fear and anticipation. But in Dead Space 3, tension comes in a different flavor. Here, it’s created by the stress of fighting wave after wave of Necromorphs, sometimes in groups so large that you …
Read More »Need for Speed: Most Wanted release date, open world gameplay revealed
EA is showcasing nearly a dozen new titles at their press conference today, but we were looking forward to few of them as much as Criterion’s latest racer, Need for Speed: Most Wanted. The biggest announcement of the full reveal was that this will in fact be an open world …
Read More »Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckonings Teeth of Naros DLC release date set for April
38 Studios and Big Huge Games are conjuring up a new expansion for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Dubbed the Teeth of Naros, the DLC will beckon adventurers to the similarly named home of the Kollossae giants, where they will contend with new dangers and a mystery surrounding a long dead …
Read More »Mass Effect 3: Rare weapons are yours for the earning in first N7 Challenge Weekend
EA’s announced the first N7 Challenge Weekend for Mass Effect 3, which will begin tonight at 5pm PST and run until 5am Monday. This weekend’s Challenge is Operation Goliath, in which players will work to take down Reaper squads and unlock rewards previously only available through the game’s Collector’s Edition. …
Read More »Mass Effect 3s Take Back Earth trailer brings it home
We’re still a long way from a Mass Effect movie, but if it’s anything like this new CGI promo for Mass Effect 3, consider us there on opening night. In the meantime, rejoice in the digital human apocalypse to come with BioWare and EA’s latest “Take Back Earth” trailer: Like …
Read More »Syndicate co-op demo infiltrates Xbox Live and PlayStation Network today
Wonder how Starbreeze Studios is handling Syndicate’s multiplayer missions? Wonder no more, as EA has uploaded a demo of the spy game’s 4-player co-op mode to Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation Network, with the latter version to arrive for PS3 players by the end of the day. Explaining the lack …
Read More »Exclusive: New Old Republic trailer outs possible ability to play as other factions races with the Legacy System
The new video for Star Wars: The Old Republic shows off a bunch of upcoming additions to the game, but, at first, it looked light on actual new information. We knew there were going to be new Warzones, and they had already said that Guild Banks were coming. After watching …
Read More »Everything you need to know about The Old Republics 1.1 “Rise of the Rakghouls” update
Next week the first major content patch for The Old Republic goes live, sporting a slew of fixes, changes, and additions to BioWare’s MMO. In preparation for the January 17 update we talked to Gabe Amatangelo, Lead Flashpoint, Operation, and PvP Designer for Star Wars: The Old Republic about what …
Read More »Syndicate denied classification in Australia
The Australian Classification Board has refused classification for EA’s Syndicate, citing the game’s focus on dismemberment and gunplay as some of the main reasons it exceeds the country’s 15+ maximum rating requirements. With no plans to re-submit a friendlier version of the Starbreeze developed reboot, things do not look good …
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