Origin Access is getting a free 7 day trial
EA has announced that their subscription based library service is having another free trial period. Origin Access has had various free trials in the past and EA has confirmed that…
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Battlefront 2 will be a better game, but a financial disappointment
There’s an interesting phenomenon in the gaming industry. Although social media shows opinionated gamers reacting quickly and strongly, the sales figures are usually one game behind when reflecting that passion. EA’s…
GameThinkTalk: New Bioware IP, For Honor beta, What do we want from PS Plus?
The latest episode is up as Mat and Matt discuss the week in gaming. EA’s Earnings Call highlighted a few interesting developments, specifically the new Bioware IP upcoming release, and…
EA Earnings Call: Battlefront 2 Campaign, New Bioware IP, and the rest
EA’s Third Quarter 2017 (fiscal year) Earnings Call is out. Here are the highlights regarding the games. Bioware delivering ‘all-new IP’. EA claims “This game has the potential to fundamentally disrupt the way…
EA community manager teases Skate 4 on Twitter
The senior community manager at EA tweeted something very interesting this weekend. Daniel Lingen posted a single tweet stating “#Skate4” which seems to be a short teaser for a new…
Titanfall 2 DLC Details – New Mode, Classic Map
Respawn not only delivered one of the best games of 2016 in Titanfall 2, they also promised completely free DLC. A new mode and classic map are next on the schedule. The…
Mass Effect: Andromeda has a 10 hour trial
The Mass Effect team have just revealed that EA Access Subscribers will get to play the game early. The offer also extends to Origin Access for PC players. The Mass Effect:…
Let’s Breakdown the new Andromeda trailer
Bioware revealed their latest Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer at CES 2017 during Nvidia’s keynote presentation. It showed off combat and plenty of upgrade trees that made the RPG fan in me…
EA’s screwing of Titanfall 2
I get the feeling that EA was hoping to deliver a 1-2 knockout punch to their biggest shooter rival, Activision's Call of Duty. Battlefield 1 could entice those who wanted old-school boots on the ground warfare while Titanfall 2 would hopefully convert those who were intrigued by Infinte Warfare's futuristic setting. It was a selfish strategy that left Titanfall 2 - the newest of the three franchises - out in the cold.
Mass Effect Andromeda could be Star Trek Voyager….but good
Mass Effect is facing the same crossroads that Star Trek did when it created Voyager. Mass Effect fans have now spent three full games with Krogans and Ansari, fully explored the political landscape, and confronted a deadly invasive species. Compare this to a Star Trek universe that had three generations of Klingons and Ferengi, multiple wars and peace between races, and dealt with two deadly invasive species in the Borg and Jem'Hadar.