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Dragon Age And Mass Effect Studio Lays Off 50 Devs, Claims Games Are Unaffected
23.8.2023
Storied RPG developer BioWare is downsizing. The studio announced on August 23 that it will cut 50 roles as it continues production on both Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 4, telling fans it needed to take a more “agile and focused” approach to game development. Read more
Dragon Age And Mass Effect Studio Lays Off 50 Devs, Claims Games Are Unaffected
23.8.2023
Storied RPG developer BioWare is downsizing. The studio announced on August 23 that it will cut 50 roles as it continues production on both Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 4, telling fans it needed to take a more “agile and focused” approach to game development. Read more
The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Madden NFL 24
15.8.2023
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Hogwarts Legacy 6 Months Later: Is Anyone Still Playing?
11.8.2023
Hogwarts Legacy launched on February 10 of this year and was an instant sales hit—so much so that it’s still the highest-selling game of 2023, even with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in the mix. Though Switch exclusivity is likely part of the reason why Zelda can’t catch up to...
9 Things You Should Never Say To A Mass Effect Fan
10.8.2023
If you have a friend or significant other in your life who won’t shut up about how they’re on their umpteenth playthrough of the Mass Effect series, chances are you’ve slipped up and said something you probably shouldn’t have, possibly even questioning their love of BioWare’s space opera.Read more
Jedi: Survivor Fan Ruins Permadeath Run In Worst Way After Maxing Out Skills
3.8.2023
A Twitch streamer ended his Star Wars Jedi: Survivor permadeath run somewhat controversially after taking fall damage. The streamer, GoodGame_Ethan, already went through the (time-consuming, grind-heavy) trouble of acquiring every skill point in the first level. And though the fall isn’t what...
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Is Coming To PS4, Xbox One
2.8.2023
Respawn and Electronic Arts’ popular single-player Star Wars sequel, Jedi: Survivor, is making the leap from current-gen to the older PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles.Read more
The Sims 4 Glitch Is Making Horses Horrifying
25.7.2023
If it isn’t riddled with a bunch of off-putting glitches, did publisher EA even release a new The Sims 4 expansion pack? The latest pack, Horse Ranch, which came out on July 20, appears to be crawling with a number of bizarre bugs players have been drawing attention to since the add-on was...
Women Are Staying In FC 24 Ultimate Team, Go Cry About It
18.7.2023
EA FC 24, the first post-FIFA soccer game from the sports mega-publisher, isn’t out until September 23, but the team behind it is already putting out fires lit by giant adult babies. Read more
Hot New Steam Shooter Is The First Good Battlefield Game Since 2016
5.7.2023
A simple new low-poly online PvP military shooter that plays a lot like Battlefield 3 and only costs $15 might not seem like the next big thing. But in fact, it is, and after playing it for a week I get why: It’s just a really good shooter focused on gameplay and chaos. Read more
The Story Behind Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s Infamous Fan-Favorite Boss
3.7.2023
Rick the Door Technician might not be the most powerful or dangerous enemy in Respawn’s fantastic sequel, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. But he is a fan favorite who, in a game filled with great boss fights, provided one of the game’s most memorable and shortest. Read more
Oh Snap, The Sims 5 Looks Like It's Going To Be Free-To-Play
28.6.2023
An Electronic Arts job listing for a role related to The Sims 5, the upcoming entry in its popular life-sim series, appears to confirm that it will launch as a free-to-play game.Read more
The Sims 5 Prototypes Give Us A Taste Of What’s Next For The Life Sim
27.6.2023
At Tuesday’s Behind the Sims stream, fans got another look at the hotly-anticipated sequel to popular life simulator The Sims 4, Project Rene, known colloquially as The Sims 5.Read more
The Sickest Skate 4 Footage Yet Just Leaked
8.7.2022
There’s so much pre-release footage of Skate 4 out in the wild right now you’d think it’s my kitchen sink! Yes, gameplay clips for the next entry in EA’s skateboarding series, which does not have a release window, appear to have leaked yet again. So far, the game looks amazing—like, “Oh no, this...
EA Revealed ‘Pre-Pre-Pre Alpha’ Skate Footage On Purpose This Time
30.6.2022
EA has finally peeled back the griptape on developer Full Circle’s next Skate game…sorta. It’s not like there’s an official release date or any definitive news other than the fact that the team is “still working” on it. However, today EA Full Circle did drop some “pre-pre-pre-alpha” gameplay...
Let’s Use Dall-E Mini To Conjure Up Half-Life 3 And Other Sequels We’ll Never Get
24.6.2022
One of my favorite activities growing up as a video game nerd was randomly typing the names of fictional game, movie, or book sequels into Google just to see what came up. I didn’t care if it was real or fake. I enjoyed the daydreaming that came from imagining “what if?”Read more
Battlefield 2042 Fans Finally Have Something To Smile About
14.6.2022
After a disastrous launch and months of treading water, the beleaguered Battlefield 2042 had its first major update last week with the introduction of Season One, which saw the game get its first new map, weapon, vehicle and specialist since its release eight months ago.Read more
Battlefield 2042’s First Season, Out June 9, Might Be Too Little Too Late
7.6.2022
Does the saying “better late than never” apply to live service games? Today, developer DICE unveiled “Zero Hour,” the delayed first season of Battlefield 2042, its troubled futuristic military shooter. It’s available on Thursday, June 9. Here’s a trailer:Read more
Respawn Boss Vince Zampella Speaks Out On Trans Rights, Even As EA Refuses
1.6.2022
Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment general manager and head of some of Electronic Arts’s biggest franchises, spoke out on Twitter in defense of transgender rights ahead of the start of Pride Month on June 1. Kotaku has learned that this rare display comes after an internal roundtable discussion...
The Latest Sims 4 Update Tries To Reckon With Its History Of Whitewashing
31.5.2022
A popular Sims 4 NPC family is at the center of a minor fan debate after getting an unexpected makeover, raising questions about The Sims’ complicated history of Eurocentric character design.Read more