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Tuesday11th Oct 2022
News NHL 23 10-Hour Trial Now Available With Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Via EA Play
NHL 23 launches later this week, which means its EA Play trial is now live ahead of release. Of course, EA Play is a part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, meaning subscribers can now go hands on with 10 hours of NHL 23! Here's how: How To Find The NHL 23 Free Trial On Xbox: Go to the Microsoft Store app on your Xbox Search for '
Thursday6th Oct 2022
News Need For Speed Unbound Next-Gen Performance Targets Revealed
The series is ditching Xbox One
Need For Speed Unbound has been officially unveiled by EA, and developer Criterion's upcoming take on the series is going in a brand-new direction. Not only is the team opting for a stylized, cell-shaded look, but we're also finally getting increased performance on consoles thanks to a focus on next-gen tech. Talking...
News Need For Speed Unbound Brings Stylized Street Racing To Xbox This December
No boundaries
Well, here it is! EA has officially revealed 2022's 'Need For Speed' title, and it's launching this year! Need For Speed Unbound is a current-gen-only racer from Criterion, and it hits Xbox Series X|S on December 2nd. The game's first trailer confirms what leaked just yesterday; Unbound is going in a very different direction for Need...
Wednesday5th Oct 2022
News Need For Speed 2022 Leaked Images Reveal Unique New Direction For The Series
Unbound by the past
Update: EA has now revealed Need For Speed: Unbound with a release date of December 2nd, 2022! Original story: Just about a week ago we heard reports that the reveal of Need for Speed 2022 was right around the corner, and that it'd be titled 'Unbound'. Well, a new listing via Japanese site
Thursday29th Sep 2022
News Need For Speed 'Unbound' Will Reportedly Mark Franchise Return This December
Criterion in the driving seat
It's been a while since we've seen much of anything from the Need for Speed series, in fact, NFS Heat launched way back in 2019 and we've not seen a game in the series since. Well, it's looking like that's about to change as a new report says to expect a Need for Speed reveal imminently. Again coming from Insider...
Wednesday28th Sep 2022
News Monster Hunter-like 'Wild Hearts' Revealed By EA, Coming To Xbox In February 2023
"Master ancient tech to hunt down giant beasts"
EA has fully revealed its Monster Hunter-like 'Wild Hearts' after teasing its announcement earlier this week. The game's first trailer showcases what Wild Hearts is going for thematically, and the team says to expect a proper gameplay reveal on October 5th. Speaking of nearby dates, Wild Hearts'...
Monday26th Sep 2022
News DICE Teases 'Special Event' For Battlefield 2042 This October
Featuring "intense close-quarters combat"
Battlefield 2042's first update since season 2 launched late last month has been revealed, featuring a major rework to one of the game's base maps, Renewal. Elsewhere, the patch is filled with bug fixes, mostly, but developer DICE has teased something intriguing for next month. Sometime around "mid...
News Disney Reportedly Aiming For New 'Star Wars' Titles Every 6 Months
Now that the license is freed up
Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson is reporting that Disney's internal Star Wars schedule is now aiming for new games every six months or so, including "one major AAA title and one smaller game" per year. The report also lists the Star Wars titles we already know are in development right now, although some aren't set to...
Tuesday20th Sep 2022
News EA Sees 'Tremendous Opportunity' If Call Of Duty Goes Xbox Exclusive
Beyond the existing agreement
There's been a lot of back and forth recently between Xbox and PlayStation over the future of Call of Duty. Microsoft feels that it's laid out a generous plan for the next few years of CoD if the Activision deal goes through, while Sony doesn't feel the same way. Now, EA has had something to say on the matter; they...
Thursday8th Sep 2022
News EA Announces New 'Ridgeline Games' Studio Led By Halo Co-Creator
The team will be working on the Battlefield series
EA has created a brand-new development studio to help build the Battlefield series moving forward. Ridgeline Games is a new Seattle-based team under the EA banner, and it's been spun up to start developing a "narrative campaign set in the Battlefield universe". Here's what the studio's game director...
Thursday1st Sep 2022
News GRID Legends Speeds Onto Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Today (September 1)
Legendary
Ahead of Xbox's September Game Pass roundup, we know of a number of titles hitting the service this month. The first of those is EA's GRID Legends, Codemasters' 2022 follow-up to the GRID reboot from a few years ago. We went hands-on with the title earlier in the year, and found it a solid arcade racer even if it did lack a bit of flair...
Thursday25th Aug 2022
News Battlefield 2042 'Master Of Arms' Delivers 2nd Major Content Drop In Almost A Year
Things are moving... slowly
DICE has lifted the lid on Season 2 of Battlefield 2042, as we get on for almost a year since the game first dropped. It's been a disappointingly slow post-launch cycle for the latest Battlefield title, which is about to get just its second new map. That map is 'Stranded', based in and around a huge beached cargo ship...
Monday22nd Aug 2022
News Battlefield Is Bringing Back Traditional Classes, Starting With 2042 Season 3
U-turn
One of the most controversial changes DICE made to the Battlefield series in its latest title, Battlefield 2042, was the removal of the traditional class system. The developer went down the Modern Warfare route with 'Specialists', in order to bring in more specific characters rather broader classes based on gameplay traits. Well, you guessed...
Friday12th Aug 2022
News Two EA Racers Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass Ultimate In October
Along with a host of PC titles
EA Play provides a pretty nice bonus for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, granting a whole extra library of games via the EA Vault. Sadly though, EA tends to rotate older games out of this library from time to time, and two Codemasters racers are next for the chopping block on Xbox. Thanks to a recent change to EA's...
Wednesday3rd Aug 2022
News Single-Player Games Are 'Really, Really Important' To EA, Says CEO
Are they though?
Last month, EA caused a real stir over there on Twitter when it decided to go all 'how do you do, fellow kids' on us and start memeing. You'll probably remember that the company basically mocked people who stick to single-player games, which err, didn't go down so well, unsurprisingly! As it turns out, EA still believes...
Tuesday2nd Aug 2022
News Xbox 360's Skate 3 Is Getting Free DLC On Game Pass Ultimate
Ah, takes us back
Xbox has just outlined its August update for Game Pass, and one small detail stuck out. Alongside the list of new game additions, and sadly, more titles leaving the service, Xbox has pulled a Game Pass Ultimate perk right out of 2010. Skate 3, the last game in EA's ever-popular skating series before the
Monday25th Jul 2022
News Single-Player Black Panther Game In The Works At EA, Says Report
With a new studio at the helm
Superhero games certainly aren't going anywhere are they? PlayStation's Insomniac has produced some very well-received Spider-Man games as of late, and we've got the likes of Gotham Knights and Marvel's Midnight Suns in the pipeline too. Well, a little further down the line we could be seeing a 'Black Panther' title...
News Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Could Be Out On Xbox By Next March
According to database leak
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was only officially revealed a few months back, but we might be going hands-on with this one sooner than expected! A PlayStation Network database leak has revealed that the scheduled date for Survivor is late February or early March, 2023. That DB leak comes from well-known Twitter account...
Tuesday5th Jul 2022
News F1 22 Features Impressive Ray Tracing & Performance On Xbox Series S
The lil' console doing work!
F1 22 is now out in the wild on Xbox platforms, including Series X|S of course. We went hands-on with the Xbox Series X version in our review, where we found another solid entry in the series from long-time developer Codemasters. However, it's nice to see that the Series S version is stacked with next-gen features too...
Monday4th Jul 2022
News Battlefield To Bring Back Story Campaign In Future Title, Says EA Job Post
EA Seattle at the helm
Battlefield 2042 turned out a pretty controversial entry in the long running first person shooter franchise. Even before all the post-launch drama arrived surrounding the state of the game, EA decided to cull a single-player campaign for last year's game. However, it looks like that move will be reverted with future entries...
Friday1st Jul 2022
News EA Gets Slammed For Posting Meme About Single-Player Games
It's not gone down well at all
You know when companies get in on viral memes but they don't quite hit the mark? Well, EA's Twitter account recently posted something of the sort, appearing to mock single-player gamers using a particular meme format. The meme in question is the "You're a 10 but..." one, and EA decided to anchor it around...
Wednesday29th Jun 2022
News F1 22 Game Pass Ultimate Trial Now Available On Xbox One, Series X|S
EA Play saves the day
F1 22 is out now on Xbox platforms, at least in its early access form, which means a free trial is now live on EA Play! If you're a member of the subscription service, or a Game Pass Ultimate subscription holder of course, you can go hands on with 10 hours of F1 goodness before buying. And you can do it right now! How To...
Monday27th Jun 2022
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About F1 22
It's looking pretty good so far!
F1 22 hits early access tomorrow, June 28th, three days before the game's full release on July 1st. This is the second entry in the series since EA bought out developer Codemasters, and we're intrigued to see if the publisher has had much of an effect with this release. So, we've had a bit of a browse at some early...
News Need For Speed 2022 Detailed In New Report, EA Set To Reveal 3 Games In July
NFS, Skate and FIFA incoming
EA's Need for Speed series has taken a short break as of late, with NFS Heat being the publisher's latest entry in 2019. However, its return appears to be right around the corner, as EA looks set to reveal the upcoming entry next month. A recent exputer report via Tom Henderson showcases some fairly major details on the...
Thursday23rd Jun 2022
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 23)
Ready to join the battle?
Xbox is adding a couple more titles to the Game Pass library today, including one new EA Play addition. That'll be FIFA 22 coming to EA Play, ahead of the last ever EA "FIFA" game launching later this year. The standard Game Pass addition for today, June 23rd, is Naraka: Bladepoint, a battle royale title that's become...
Wednesday22nd Jun 2022
News Battlefield 2042 Is DICE's Only Focus, 'No Time' For Other Projects Says GM
Mirror's Edge ain't coming back anytime soon
As DICE has finally managed to put out its first content drop for Battlefield 2042, the studio's new general manager has spoken with GamesIndustry.biz about the studio's future. Within the interview, GM Rebecka Coutaz insists that the team's core focus remains on the latest Battlefield entry, and that it...
Tuesday7th Jun 2022
News Battlefield 2042 Season 1 Revealed, Launches This Week On Xbox
New map, battle pass and more
Battlefield 2042 is finally getting new content this week, after DICE spent most of the last several months applying bug-fixing patches. Season 1: Zero Hour for Battlefield 2042 arrives on June 9th, with an all-new map, battle pass, Specialist character and more. The new map, Exposure, is set in a rough, mountainous...
Tuesday17th May 2022
News Take-Two CEO Says FIFA Is A 'Great Brand' After EA Drops The Name
High praise
Just a week ago, EA officially decided to end its decades-long partnership with FIFA; a partnership that basically monopolized the football game market (or soccer if you prefer). EA will now use its 'EA Sports' branding for upcoming football games, and rival Take-Two (2K) has now chimed in on the huge name that EA is leaving behind...
Friday13th May 2022
News 'Star Wars Jedi: Survivor' Is Supposedly The Sequel To Fallen Order
From Respawn Entertainment
We've known for a good while that developer Respawn is creating a sequel to 2019's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Until this point though, we've not really had any inclination as to what it might be called. Everyone's favourite leaker Jeff Grubb has supposedly revealed the sequel's name, almost by accident. Towards the end...
News New Report Details Six Upcoming Racing Games In Development At EA
Codemasters more than pulling its weight
Once EA managed to successfully acquire developer Codemasters last year, we knew we'd be in for a bit of a racing game bonanza. Codemasters is known for its consistent work in the genre, and now the studio is a part of EA, the publisher has a pretty robust lineup of racing games in the pipeline. Some of...
