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EA Scores Big Q1 Beat with Apex, Mass Effect, It Takes Two; FY 2022 and 2023 Should be Big

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) have delivered their results for the quarter ending June 30, 2021, and it seems the company’s 2022 fiscal year is off to a hot start. Net revenue for Q1 2022 was $1.55 billion, above the company’s guidance of $1.48 billion and the $1.39 billion brought in during the same period last year. …

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Battlefield 2042 Co-Dev DICE LA Rebrands as Ripple Effect Studios, New Project Has Begun

Battlefield 2042 co-developer DICE LA is moving up in the world, as EA has just announced the studio is getting a new name and is beginning work on a new unannounced project. DICE LA has spent most of its time in the shadows since its 2013 founding, mainly providing support to various Battlefield games, but …

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Mass Effect Would Be a Much Better Fit for TV Rather Than Cinema, Says Developer

Mass Effect fans recently got the Legendary Edition remastered trilogy, but it’ll be a while yet before another game is released given that BioWare is focusing first on Dragon Age 4. What about that Mass Effect movie that was announced over ten years ago as part of a deal with Legendary Pictures? Well, it doesn’t …

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BioWare Explains Why They Didn’t Use Unreal Engine 4 in Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Mass Effect Legendary Edition will launch on May 14th, as confirmed today by Electronic Arts. We also learned that this will not be a full remake, and BioWare consciously opted not to upgrade to Unreal Engine 4 technology, as that would have required remaking entire systems (such as dialogue trees). Speaking to IGN, Director Mac …

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition Retailer Leaks Point to a March Release Date

After many months of rumors, BioWare finally announced Mass Effect Legendary Edition as part of last year’s N7 Day celebration, but sadly, they’ve yet to provide hungry fans with a release date. We know the remastered collection of the original Mass Effect Trilogy arrives sometime this spring, but a specific day has yet to be …

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Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster Possibly Releasing This October; To Be Announced Next Month – Rumor

The highly rumored Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster might very well be officially announced next month. Rumors about the original first three games being remastered have been circulating the web for quite some time now, and back in June, we wrote about a possible release this Fall. Publisher EA also hinted at an unannounced remaster to …

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The Witcher 3 Redux 3.0 Rebalanced Burning Critical Effect, Tweaks Human Bosses And More

A new version of The Witcher 3 Redux gameplay overhaul mod has been released online, introducing more gameplay tweaks. The 3.0 version rebalances the Burning Critical effect with reduced chances but increased damage during rain and storms. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time First Ever Gameplay Clip Highlights Classic Gameplay Style Rebalanced the Burning Critical …

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Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered To Release This Fall; Reveal Likely Coming Next Week

The Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered is supposedly real and it will be revealed very soon. A new report posted on Game Reactor suggests that the remaster of the first three entries in the popular series is currently in development and scheduled to release this Fall worldwide to take the place of EA’s franchises like Battlefield …

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The Witcher 3 Redux Mod 2.6 Update Brings New Critical Effect, Redesigned Yrden Skill, Decoctions and More

A new version of The Witcher 3 Redux overhaul mod has been released online, introducing new features and gameplay tweaks to the game. The 2.6 update brings a new critical effect, Drain, which lowers Geralt’s Sign intensity every time it is applied. The Yrden Skill “Supercharged Glyphs” has also been redesigned, and so have a …

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Mass Effect Trilogy “HD Remake” Reportedly Coming Sometime Within the Next Year

Yesterday Electronic Arts released their quarterly earnings report, which included an update on the games they plan to release in the 2021 fiscal year (which runs from April 1, 2020 until March 31, 2021). Here’s what the publisher had to say… Looking to FY21, we are growing our portfolio of high-quality and innovative new games. …

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Former God of War and Mass Effect Designer Joins Microsoft-owned Wasteland 3 Studio inXile Entertainment

Dean Rymer, former senior combat designer on God of War and lead creature designer on Mass Effect, has joined inXile Entertainment. Rymer yesterday tweeted to have started his new job at the Microsoft-owned development studio as lead combat designer – a role that he also fulfilled until at Sony Santa Monica Studio for 6 years …

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Anthem 2.0 and the Next Mass Effect Are Reportedly in the Works at BioWare

2019 was not a particularly good year for BioWare. The much-heralded Anthem landed with a wet thud in February, and in recent months many have speculated the game may already be done for. Anthem’s paltry userbase and the recent cancellation of most of the game’s promised post-launch content certainly seems to point in that direction, …

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HUMANITY Is a Game About Masses of People from Rez and Tetris Effect Creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi

Yesterday’s State of Play was all about The Last of Us Part II, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t get other announcements. One such example is HUMANITY, a new and rather mysterious game about masses of people. Published by Tetsuya Mizuguchi‘s Enhance, it’s in development at Tokyo-based studio tha ltd. and will launch next year …

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Machine Learning RPG ‘Wheel of Fate’ Announced; Made by Former Mass Effect 2 Dev, Should Feature Massive Replayability

Wheel of Fate, a new turn-based roleplaying game, was announced this week by Canadian independent studio UDX Interactive. According to the press release, the main attraction here is the AI-based machine learning technology that should provide ‘massive replayability’ for players. Lead Designer Miles Holmes, whose credits include working on Mass Effect 2 at BioWare, said …

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