Recent coverage from the games press, pulled from five outlets and shown newest first.
Recent coverage from the games press, pulled from five outlets and shown newest first.
Headlines link to the original article on the publisher’s site.
Indie devs are facing tighter pricing pressures than ever
Just because we saw this coming doesn't mean it hurts less.
What is your old system worth?
It's a grim week for developers and fans, with EA announcing that it is shutting down Mass Effect and Dragon Age studio BioWare. EA said that after deciding not to pursue development on a new Mass Effect, it would shut down the studio as part of company-wide restructuring plans that will result in roughly 400 employees being let go. But should EA sit on the IP that BioWare was responsible for and let it gather dust? Former BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah has suggested they could go up…
An undisclosed number of employees have been let go from the studio behind survival game Scum.
Party sizes are increased among some other nice changes and quality-of-life updates
Amazon is selling MTG's rare Foundations precons again for MSRP, but there's a catch.
World of Warcraft: Forever players are getting a fourth server "ruleset" option for launch: role-playing-player vs. player, or RP-PvP for short. Blizzard announced the news on social media , stating the server would be open for name reservations starting on October 27. It joins three other rulesets for players to choose from, with options for PvE, PvP, and roleplaying. Yet another server ruleset, Hardcore (aka permadeath), is set to be added before Spring 2027. The addition of a RP-PvP server…
There's nothing worse than running around a Call of Duty map, clicking heads and feeling awesome, then getting your head blown off out of nowhere, watching the killcam, and seeing that it was a camper. Apparently, that camper could've been Manchester City striker Erling Haaland because he's been a camper his whole life. In an October 21 video on his YouTube channel , the Norwegian soccer superstar was 1-v-1-ing English rapper Harrison "Aitch" Armstrong in Modern Warfare 4 . Very early in the…
Masahiro Sakurai has spoken about the pitfalls of generative AI use in game development, saying that while he believes the technology will result in a surge of unoriginal video games, human creativity - such as that shown by designers like Ico's Fumito Ueda - can't be replicated. Read more
The whole game will be free for a bit as the people behind the management sim try to win people back
The video was posted several hours after a purported EA employee said a trailer for the new game was ready to go.
Oof. I expected this day to come but the news has left me winded nonetheless; BioWare, the creator of so many beloved role-playing series and games - Mass Effect , Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate , Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - has been closed. EA decided it had no place for it under its new Saudi and private investment ownership . So Mass Effect 5 has been canned, and a studio that helped shape an industry and popularise role-playing games over the course of 31 years is no more. Read more
A trailer for Mass Effect 5 meant for internal purposes at BioWare has leaked online, offering a glimpse at what might have been.
Not so cool.
It's now been 30 years since the first Voodoo card.
Multiple vulnerabilities have suddenly been reported online, so let's figure out how we got here
The former KotOR director's new studio is working on its own Star Wars entry in the Old Republic era.
IGN's best horror game of 2023.
