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News Knockout City Launches on EA Play for PS4, Part of Service from Day One
Free trial for everyone, too
Dodgebrawler Knockout City will be part of the EA Play subscription service from the day it launches on 21st May 2021, meaning you can simply sign up for a membership instead of buying the game. This goes for PlayStation 4 users as well as those on a PS5 console thanks to backwards compatibility. To be clear: Knockout...
News Awesome Co-Op Game It Takes Two Tops One Million Sales
Josef Fares celebrates
Here's a pleasant bit of news to see the weekend in with: It Takes Two has already sold more than one million copies after less than a month on the market. Confirmed with a tweet from developer Hazelight Studios, the co-op only game has proven popular with both veteran gamers and newcomers. The studio said: "Just found out It...
News Next Battlefield Game Designed for PS5, Full Reveal Coming Soon
Releasing this year
The next entry in the Battlefield series will be launching this year, EA has confirmed, and it sounds like it'll be designed to take full advantage of the PlayStation 5. While developer DICE doesn't go so far as completely rule out a PS4 version, it states in a blog post: "Epic scale. All-out military warfare. Crazy, unexpected...
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Will Have a Photo Mode
Surprise!
BioWare's Mac Walters has broken the news that Mass Effect Legendary Edition will have a photo mode, allowing you to pause the game and capture your favourite moments. Considering how many memorable scenarios the Mass Effect trilogy has, this can only be a good thing. Walters also shared a screenshot, showcasing the newly announced...
News F1 2021 Races Onto PS5, PS4 This Summer, Free Upgrade Path Confirmed
New story mode, next-gen visuals, more
Codemasters has been making official Formula One games for quite some time now, and they're universally excellent. It makes sense, then, that the first game the studio has announced since its acquisition by EA is F1 2021, the next instalment in the series. As you'd expect, this latest iteration will feature...
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Graphics Comparison Shows Some Massive Improvements
N7 heaven
BioWare has released an official comparison video for Mass Effect Legendary Edition, placing scenes from the upcoming remaster alongside the original trilogy — and the difference is night and day in most cases. As previously stated by the developer, it's the first Mass Effect that's received the most noticeable overhaul, both in terms of...
News We'll Be Blown Away By It Takes Two Dev's Next Game, Says Josef Fares
Forward thinking
We distinctly remember Josef Fares, the confident and outspoken game director, hyping up It Takes Two ahead of release. Even in the earliest videos about the game, he was saying the game would "blow your f***ing mind away". Well, the cocky creator is at it again, already talking up Hazelight Studios' unannounced fourth game. In an...
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Goes Gold Ahead of Release in May
Lift off
It seems crazy to think that an entire console generation almost went by without the announcement of a remastered Mass Effect trilogy, but at least it's finally happening. Mass Effect Legendary Edition is now ready for its 14th May release date on PlayStation 4, as BioWare confirms that the game has gone gold. For those totally out of...
Massive effect
It seems as though BioWare has really put some work into the upcoming Mass Effect Legendary Edition. In case you don't already know, this is a collection of all three games from the original Mass Effect trilogy, remastered and enhanced for PlayStation 4 (and PlayStation 5, via backwards compatibility). Legendary Edition is out in...
Hands On Knockout City Is One Game You Shouldn't Dodge in 2021
A true underdog story
We'll be honest, expectations for Knockout City were fairly low as we booted up the recent open beta. This next game from the EA Originals program is an online multiplayer title from a small indie team, and we've seen enough of those come and go to be just a little wary. However, this dodgeball-inspired action game really...
News Dodgebrawler Knockout City Catches Cross-Play Beta This Weekend
Throw down
Looking for something to keep you occupied this long Easter weekend? Dodgebrawler Knockout City’s cross-play open beta will run from 2nd April to 4th April, so you’ll have something to soak up all that chocolate with. “Knockout City brings intense battles to players as they master the art of throwing, catching, passing and dodging...
News Knockout City Explains Its Dodge-Brawl Gameplay in New Trailer
Open beta coming soon
Knockout City didn't have the best debut trailer in the world, but after seeing some gameplay, it's looking pretty good. In case you don't recall what the game's all about, it's a multiplayer action game from Velan Studios and EA Originals in which you'll, well, knock out other players with dodgeball style action. In this new...
Review It Takes Two (PS5) - An Insanely Inventive Co-Op Adventure
Life is a rollercoaster
Like its predecessor, It Takes Two is only playable in local or online co-op. In keeping with this theme of working together, associate editor Stephen Tailby enlisted the help of his girlfriend, Rachel, for this review. You'll hear from both of them below as they go over their thoughts on this shared experience, laid out in a...
News Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Could Be Coming to PS5
PS5 rating spotted
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is already enhanced on PlayStation 5 thanks to a recent patch that allows the PS4 game to run at 60 frames-per-second via backwards compatibility. But going by a newly spotted age rating, a native PS5 version could also be incoming. Ratings like this aren't always concrete confirmation that something...
News Check Out the Latest Trailer for Crazy Co-Op Game It Takes Two
Not long to go
Electronic Arts recently released another trailer for It Takes Two, the latest game from Josef Fares and his team at Hazelight Studios. The developer specialises in co-op experiences, having previously brought us Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and A Way Out. This new title builds on what worked in its predecessor, but it looks like...
Thank the Maker?
Here's a story that somehow managed to pass us by: the next Dragon Age game — commonly referred to as Dragon Age 4 — was going to be a 'live service' title, incorporating a "heavy" multiplayer component. But apparently, that vision for the project was scrapped following the success of single-player adventure Star Wars Jedi:...
Hands On Co-Op Puzzle Adventure It Takes Two Offers Outrageous Variety
Toy story
After the grounded reality of his co-op prison break game A Way Out, film director and game designer Josef Fares is returning to the bright fantasy of his studio’s debut game, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. It Takes Two follows May and Cody, soon-to-be divorcees who find themselves enchanted into dolls by their daughter. The distraught...
Criterion's first-person shooter turns 15
Criterion Games was absolutely on fire in the early noughties. Having made an incredible arcade racing series — the brilliant Burnout, of course — it decided to turn its hand to a totally new genre. This is something that you don't see too much of; usually, a studio finds its comfort zone and sticks to...
News Need for Speed Delayed, Developer Criterion to Support DICE on Battlefield 6
But it'll return to racing series after
The next game in Electronic Arts' Need for Speed franchise has been delayed. After the release of Need for Speed Heat, Criterion Games replaced Ghost Games as lead developer on the series. It's been tinkering away at the racer for new consoles like PlayStation 5, a very brief glimpse of which we saw during an...
News Dodgebrawl Game Knockout City Looks Alright, Y'Know
Ballin'
What’s one of the benefits of having your game published by EA? In the case of Knockout City, you get to announce the game during a Nintendo Direct – and then show the gameplay during a State of Play. Most games could only dream of this kind of promotion, but you may still want to ask the developers of Rocket Arena how it all worked out...
News Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered Getting Livery Editor, Performance Boost for PS5
Pimp your ride
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered brought back one of the better entries in the series on PlayStation 4, with upscaled visuals and all the DLC rolled into one package. It's not the highest effort remaster ever, but the game itself remains a super fun arcade racer. One feature fans of the franchise love is customising vehicles,...
News ANTHEM's Big Overhaul Has Been Cancelled
Small team moved on to Dragon Age 4
Following an internal meeting earlier this month, the major overhaul planned for BioWare's ANTHEM has now been officially cancelled. A new blog post states that while the live service will remain active, development on any new content or updates has ceased. "I know this will be disappointing to the community of...
News Josef Fares Talks Up the Variety of It Takes Two in New Gameplay Trailer
Many different levels detailed
We're hurtling towards the release of It Takes Two on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, which means it's time for some raw gameplay footage narrated by Josef Fares himself. The charismatic creator really talks up the variety on offer in his follow-up to A Way Out, detailing a couple of different co-op scenarios in the...
News It Took More Than Two, But Madcap Co-Op Romp It Takes Two Is Finished
Game goes gold ahead of release
We weren’t sure about It Takes Two when it was first revealed, but we’ve really come around on the title with subsequent showcases. The game – created by Hazelight and directed by Josef ‘Eff the Oscars’ Fares – is billed as “pure co-op perfection”, and looks to explore the idea of how we can overcome...
News Codemasters Welcomed into the 'EA Family' as Acquisition Is Completed
Welcome to the family, son
Racing game studio Codemasters is now officially a part of EA as the publisher confirms its approximately $1.2 billion purchase of the developer is complete. Electronic Arts shared the news as part of a press release as well as on Twitter, where it welcomed the developer into the "EA family". This now means that the DIRT,...
News Knockout City Brings Dodgeball to the Streets on PS4
Completely cross-play, with enhancements on PS5
Knockout City may have to shrug off the stink of fellow EA Originals flop Rocket Arena, but there does appear to be a more original concept here. Due out on 21st May for PlayStation 4 – with backwards compatibility enhancements on PlayStation 5 – the so-called dodgebrawler is a cross-play powered...
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Graphics Comparison Shows a Significant Step Forward
Massive effect
BioWare gave us our first real look at Mass Effect Legendary Edition last week. The remastered package includes all three titles from the original trilogy, touched up with improved character models, assets, textures, and lighting. It's also set to run at 60 frames-per-second on PS5 and PS4 Pro, with support for 4K resolution. We've...
Rumour EA Will Decide If ANTHEM Lives or Dies This Week
Publisher to evaluate ANTHEM Next
A big ANTHEM overhaul has been in the works at BioWare since at least early 2020, following the game's incredibly shaky launch back in February 2019. And now, it's apparently time for EA to step in and see whether it thinks that the project is still worth backing. According to a new Bloomberg report, the publish
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Is Quite the Upgrade in Shepard Comparison Shots
I'm Commander Shepard
All three games in the original Mass Effect trilogy have received noticeable visual upgrades in Mass Effect Legendary Edition, but it's the first title in particular that's sounding more and more like it's had a real overhaul. BioWare has released new comparison screenshots taken from the upcoming remaster, this time showing...
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Skips Pinnacle Station DLC
Corrupted data
Mass Effect Legendary Edition will contain more than 40 pieces of DLC when it ships on PlayStation 4 in May, but the Pinnacle Station expansion for the first entry won't be a part of the long list. That's because support team Demiurge Studios was the one to put it together during the PlayStation 3 generation, and the data BioWare...
Details on the remastered trilogy
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is shaping up to be the definitive version of the beloved Mass Effect trilogy. We already know that the original Mass Effect has had the most work done to it; BioWare confirmed that Shepard's first outing features a number of "gameplay enhancements" in Legendary Edition. We're talking...
News EA Reiterates New Battlefield Game for 2021, Reveal in Spring
Will take "full advantage" of PS5
As part of EA's latest conference call, the publisher reiterated its plans to put out a new entry in the Battlefield franchise towards the end of this year. We've known for some time that the next instalment is in the works for a 2021 launch, but this reminder will be welcome news for fans who may have been worried...
News Mass Effect 1 Has 'Gameplay Enhancements' in Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Better everything, apparently
Let's face it: the original Mass Effect had already aged terribly when it was finally ported to PS3 in 2012, and here in 2021, it's a borderline disaster in terms of gameplay feel. Thankfully, BioWare has apparently taken the time to finetune the first game for Mass Effect Legendary Edition. The official site says that...
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Arrives in May, 4K Trailer Shows the Remaster in Action
N7 heaven
Mass Effect Legendary Edition was officially announced back in November of last year, following on from months of rumours and speculation. And now, we finally get to see the remastered trilogy in action. We also have a confirmed release date: the 14th May, 2021. It's coming to PS4, but PS5 players will
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Is Probably Being Revealed in Full This Week
Fight for the lost
We're all expecting Mass Effect Legendary Edition to release at some point within the next couple of months or so — a recent leak had it down for the 12th March. But if that really is the case, then we're going to need to see this remastered trilogy in action. Fortunately, it sounds like the big reveal could be heading our way...
Deal EA Play Subscription on Sale for £0.79, $0.99
New subs only
Subscription service EA Play is currently on sale, but only if you're currently unsubscribed. Usually priced at £3.99 in the UK and $4.99 in the US, a month's sub is going for just £0.79, or $0.99 on the PlayStation Store. Subscribing gets you access to a catalogue of EA-published titles, including recent arrivals like Star Wars...
News EA Primed to Purchase Codemasters as Take-Two Withdraws Offer
Need for even more speed
Just before the end of 2020, a bidding war began for Codemasters, the big, racing-focused publisher and developer. Take-Two Interactive put in an offer to acquire the company, but a few weeks later, Electronic Arts made a significantly larger bid. Now, it looks like the latter has strong-armed the former out of the deal...
News EA Will Keep Making Star Wars Games Despite End of Exclusive Deal
Publisher reiterates
Despite the fact that it no longer has a monopoly on the Star Wars license when it comes to video games, EA has reiterated that it will continue making titles set in a galaxy far, far away. Following on from a number of announcements earlier today — including one from Ubisoft stating that it's making an open world Star Wars...
News The Sims 4 Moves to a Haunted House This Month
New careers, activities, and more
The Sims 4 isn’t everyone’s cup of coffee, but Maxis continues to iterate on it, with the Paranormal Stuff pack due out on 26th January for the PlayStation 4. This actually looks like another fun add-on, allowing you to move into haunted houses with ghoulish presences. Of course, this means there’s a new...
Rumour Mass Effect Legendary Edition Release Date Set for 12th March
Geth in
The official release window for Mass Effect Legendary Edition is 'Spring 2021', but a full date may have just been leaked by a number of retailers. They've got it down for Friday the 12th March 2021, and Eurogamer reckons that the information is accurate. Sounds about right to us. For those totally out of the loop, Mass Effect Legendary...
News BioWare Shares Dragon Age 4 Art of What We Hope Is a Badass Magic Archer Class
On target
Wow, slow news day or what? Listen, we don't usually make articles based on concept art, but hear us out on this one. BioWare executive producer Christian Dailey has posted a cool looking picture of what seems to be some kind of magic archer from Dragon Age 4 (or whatever it ends up being called). We're writing about it because it might...
News EA Speeds Past Take-Two's Bid for Codemasters with Huge Counter Offer
The race is over?
In a surprising twist, Electronic Arts is now set to acquire Codemasters. Last month, news came out that Take-Two Interactive had proposed an offer to purchase the hugely successful racing game specialists. If it all went through, the 2K Sports publisher would buy out Codies for roughly $973 million in cash and shares. However,...
News The Next Dragon Age Gets an Ominous New Teaser Trailer
Seeking Solas
Who's ready for a new Dragon Age trailer? Wait, don't go — this one isn't just a load of concept art! It's an actual legit teaser trailer... With characters and stuff. Okay, look, it's CG, but it's the most we've been shown of this game so far. "The world of Dragon Age needs a new hero – someone who can take on the evil forces...
News It Takes Two Is PS5, PS4 Co-Op Relationship Counselling for Couples on a Budget
Out on 26th March
We’ve absolutely no idea how Josef Fares and his team at Hazelight convinced EA to publish It Takes Two, but it’s shaping up to be something both strange and special. You’ll play as a clashing couple transformed into dolls due to a magic spell. Despite not being on the best terms, they’ll need to work together to return to...
Interview Switching Off Our Targeting Computers with Star Wars: Squadrons Composer Gordy Haab
Let's blow this thing and go home
A pretty exciting interview to bring everyone today, as we have an interview with composer Gordy Haab, about his work scoring Star Wars: Squadrons, the arcade flight sim title from Motive Studios. We do a deep dive into Gordy's history with Star Wars games, how the entire soundtrack for Squadrons is built around a...
Mini Review Rocket Arena - Competent Shooter May Be Fun for Free
Quake live
Republished on Wednesday 25th November, 2020: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of December 2020's PS Plus lineup. The original text follows. Electronic Arts put out a new PlayStation 4 game earlier this week and there's a pretty good chance you never even knew it existed. Rocket Arena is a 3v3...
Spring 2021
After what feels like an eternity of writing about the supposed Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster, it's finally, finally, finally been made official. BioWare has announced that Mass Effect Legendary Edition will launch in Spring 2021 for PS4. It'll include all three Mass Effect games from the original trilogy, complete with all of their...
News Multiple Trusted Sources Tease Mass Effect Announcement This Weekend
Is it finally happening?
Okay, nobody panic, but it looks like it's finally happening. N7 Day falls on this weekend — Saturday the 7th November, to be clear — and fans have been hoping that BioWare will celebrate the annual event by finally announcing the long rumoured Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster (also known as Mass Effect Legendary Edition)...
Review Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered - An Okay Remaster of a Great Arcade Racer
I've got to get away
Need for Speed diehards might not agree, but Criterion's Hot Pursuit was a triumphant arcade racer back in 2010. A slick handling model and a choice selection of vehicles led to epic police chases through miles of winding roads, and the Autolog feature brought addictive asynchronous multiplayer to the forefront. A decade later,...
News Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster May Finally Be Announced This Weekend, Fans Hope
N7 Day
There's a growing hope that the long, long, long rumoured Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster — also known as Mass Effect Legendary Edition — may finally be announced this weekend. At this point, we all know that the remaster is happening — it's been outed by multiple trusted sources on multiple occasions — but the wait for its official...
