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A dedicated Taylor Swift fan has created their very own version of the Eras Tour within The Sims 4. Swift embarked on the career-defining Eras Tour back in 2023 and remains ongoing, with one player of The Sims 4 finding their own unique way to pay tribute.

Apex Legends has revealed that Conduit, Bangalore, and Revenant are getting hit with some significant nerfs in an upcoming update. These changes to the popular Legends are coming as part of the recently revealed Shadow Society Event for Apex Legends, starting on March 26.

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints against EA, Jagex, and Miniclip for failing to disclose the presence of loot boxes in their adverts.

Electronic Artshas tapped former PlayStation executive Connie Booth as its new Group General Manager within its Action RPG division. EA is currently in the process of restructuring following a tumultuous first quarter, which included laying off 5% of its employees and the cancelation of multiple titles that were in development.

EA has added yet another game to its running list of titles being shut down this year, with NHL 20 unfortunately on the chopping block. EA keeps a running list of all its games that will have their online connectivity severed. This way, fans of EA's games have plenty of time to play titles to their fullest before they lose key components of their functionality, but it's always disappointing whenever a game is shut down.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor drew from many different sources from across the legendary franchise, including the extremely controversial Last Jedi. The second installment in Respawn’s series of Star Wars action titles launched last April and continued the story of Cal Kestis as he traveled across the galaxy on a new mission to uncover a lost Jedi sanctuary. Along the way, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor players unlock new lightsaber stances and Force abilities, battle bounty hunters and Imperial stormtroopers alike, and explore several classic Star Wars locations.

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The regional finals of Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) in North America was postponed after hackers disrupted the tournament. The incident has divided the Apex Legends community as many fans and pro players have called for a better anti-cheat system.

In 2022, EA announced that Respawn Entertainment was partnering with Bit Reactor – a new studio comprised of former XCOM veterans – to work on a new strategy title based on the Star Wars IP. Since then, details on the project have been scant, but new tidbits about its development may have now emerged.

A bizarre screenshot from The Sims 4 has confused many fans, and also resembles a scene from the supernatural show The Leftovers. Since the first game in the franchise, The Sims is filled with intriguing mysteries, and The Sims 4 is no different.

OneThe Sims 4 player has pointed out an unusual quirk in the appearance of pregnant Sims from different angles. This observation has captured the interest of fellow members within The Sims 4 community, sparking a discussion among them.

It’s been a turbulent few years for the Battlefield franchise, and recent developments haven’t made things any smoother. Last month, it was announced that Marcus Lehto – general manager of Ridgeline Games, a studio formed to develop narrative-driven Battlefield campaigns – had left EA, and shortly afterward, it emerged that amidst EA’s mass layoffs, Ridgeline Games had been shuttered entirely.

A particularly creative The Sims 4 player has crafted a massive stunning house within the game, boasting seven different bedrooms and plenty of luxury amenities. Despite launching nearly ten years ago, the beloved life simulation game from Maxis continues to see plenty of players creating their dream lives and homes within the game. The Sims 4 has received numerous expansions, adding a plethora of new content from new furniture and building options to even entirely new mechanics. Now, one player is making the most of the game's wealth of content.

Grasshopper Manufacture has revealed when fans can play the first demo of the upcoming Shadows of the Damnedremaster, now titled Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered. A Shadows of the Damned remaster was announced last June, surprising many people as it was an underrated third-person shooter from the company and had been out of the limelight for over a decade.

A Sims 4 player online has shown off their incredible castle build from the game, complete with glamorous interior design. The creation goes to show that despite The Sims 4 turning 10 this year, it's still possible to create some beautiful builds in the game.

Tales Of Kenzera: Zau is an upcoming Metroidvania game that integrates the aesthetics of Afrofuturism and the culture surrounding Bantu mythology. The game aims to utilize the challenges posed by the Metroidvania format to explore themes of grief. Published by EA, Tales of Kenzera: Zau is expected to release on April 23 on PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. In December 2023 at The Game Awards, Abubakar Salim, who gamers may recognize for voicing Bayek in Assassin's Creed: Origins, unveiled that this game is being made by his company, Surgent Studios.

Ex-Battlefield director Marcus Lehto doesn't «have anything positive to say about EA» after the publisher shut down his Ridgeline Games studio shortly after his resignation. The Ridgeline founder and Halo co-creator was previously working on Battlefield's next singleplayer project.

A talented Sims 4 player has shared their incredible mobile home creation, purpose-built to house a family of four on the road. Despite The Sims 4 approaching its 10th birthday later this year, gamers aren't done showing off what's possible in it yet.

Marcus Lehto – co-creator of the Halo universe and former lead of the recently shuttered Ridgeline Games – says he doesn't have «anything positive to say about EA».

Respawn Entertainment has made The Hunt an LTM for the remainder of the Inner Beast Collection Event in Apex Legends. This change is significant as the mode was previously a Takeover, replacing traditional Trios and Duos playlists in Apex Legends during the event.

Respawn Entertainment—the studio behind games like Titanfall 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and Apex Legends—has been hit by layoffs as part of larger cuts taking place throughout EA. As spotted by VGC, various current and now-former members of the Respawn team, including Apex Legends level designer Aaron Stump, took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to talk about the layoffs.

The Sims 4 just made another reference to Final Fantasy 14 in its newest DLC pack, Crystal Creations. This cheeky nod to Final Fantasy 14 proves that some of the developers of The Sims 4 are fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG.

EA is currently giving away The Sims 4Backyard Stuff DLC. The limited-time promo adds to the growing list of The Sims 4 content packs that have been treated to 100% discounts in recent times.

EA has reportedly laid off some employees from the Apex Legends community team working at Respawn Entertainment. This move related to the Apex Legends team comes in the wake of a layoff announcement made by the California-based publisher last month.

Battlefield 2042 has revealed Season 7, which starts on March 19. It's been a long journey for Battlefield 2042 since its bumpy launch, which made it one of the most frustrating games of 2021. Entering its fourth year, DICE continues to support Battlefield 2042 through updates with new content, modes, and improvements.

A recently emerged The Sims 5 leak has raised questions among the fandom about what Electronic Arts and Maxis have in store for the game. Among other things, some fans are concerned about the art style and general direction of the next entry in The Sims franchise.

From out of nowhere, EA has shadow-dropped a whole bunch of games from its back catalogue on Steam. These include PC gaming favourites with entries from the Dungeon Keeper, Populous, and Sim City series, as well as a Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection which slams together a whopping 17 titles from the beloved franchise.

From out of nowhere, EA has shadow-dropped a whole bunch of games from its back catalogue on Steam. These include PC gaming favourites with entries from the Dungeon Keeper, Populous, and Sim City series, as well as a Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection which slams together a whopping 17 titles from the beloved franchise.

Just days after Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection – a bundle of 17 Command & Conquer favourites – dropped on Steam, EA is already hinting that there may be more to come.

Former EA and Microsoft exec, Peter Moore, says there are «serious questions» to be asked about video game hardware and whether or not there's a future for the traditional home console system.

A sharp-eyed Redditor has shared their discovery that The Simpsons Game featured unique cover art for each different platform. The realization is a testament to the creativity of EA’s cartoon action-adventure, as The Simpsons Game is still capable of surprising gamers 17 years after launch.

EA has released a number of its older games onto Steam for the first time, and at a discounted price.

Look for Apex Legends to begin to expand past just the traditional battle royale format in the coming year as part of an overall plan to grow the community and evolve the IP. 

Retro gamers can rejoice as publisher EA has brought several of its most revered games to Steam, making them more accessible to players. Since EA launched its own platform in the form of Origin in 2011, many of the company's games have been missing from Steam, and while they were still available to users, having to split up one's library can become tedious. Fortunately, a handful of revered and influential titles have escaped the confines of Origin and they're going for some really good prices.

A ton of all-time classic EA games are now available for purchase on PC via Steam, after spending years off the online storefront. The EA games added include legendary strategy titles like Command and Conquer, city-builder games, and an open-world game that's absent from current-generation consoles.

At a recent technology conference, EA's CEO stated that Apex Legends will begin to «expand beyond the traditional battle royale universe» within the next year. Apex Legends' future strategy might remind fans of another popular game that began as a battle royale.

Respawn Entertainment is supposedly working on a game that is set in the Titanfall universe. This rumor surfaced after the studio's parent company, Electronic Arts, pulled the plug on a Star Wars first-person shooter.

Amidst EA’s recent mass layoffs, it was confirmed that Respawn Entertainment’s single player Star Wars FPS had been cancelled. Work continues, of course, on Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi, and according to journalist Jeff Grubb, a new game set in the Titanfall universe is also in the very early stages of production.

The upcoming Star Wars strategy game is still in development, Bit Reactor has confirmed. The studio's project status update was offered as part of a wider reflection on the recent news of Electronic Arts canceling Respawn's Star Wars FPS, which was rumored to place the players in the shoes of a Mandalorian bounty hunter.

Earlier this year, Microsoft’s first-party focus Xbox Developer Direct returned with a second edition, and so, too, is its third-party focused Xbox Partner Preview coming back for an encore. The company has announced an Xbox Partner Preview focused for later this week, on Wednesday, March 6 at 10 AM PT.

SomeApex Legends players have become frustrated with squads running Revenant and Conduit in the battle royale. While Season 20 of Apex Legends has been well-received in many respects, the community believes that some of the game's Legends are overpowered, especially when used together.

Still looking for that perfect gift for Mother's Day? How about a curated selection of jewellery inspired by The Sims 4?

As part of its mass layoffs, Electronic Arts is shuttering studios and cancelling projects, though blessedly, there have been parts of the company that have managed to escape the chopping block. BioWare, for instance, is continuing its work on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and the next Mass Effect game– and the former is allegedly set to release sometime this year itself.

One highly dedicated The Sims 4 player has recently gone through the effort of building a large apartment complex for mermaids. The images of their impressive feat of engineering later made the rounds on social media, eliciting praise from The Sims 4 fandom even though the building couldn't serve its planned purpose in the end.

EA and BioWare are «pretty confident» that Dragon Age: Dreadwolf will be released later this year.

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf may have suffered another internal delay but is still on course for release in 2024, according to a new report from a well-known industry insider. BioWare previously promised that the long-awaited full reveal of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf would be coming in summer 2024, but without committing to a specific release window.

With the cancellation of Respawn Entertainment’s Star Wars first-person shooter, reportedly based on The Mandalorian, more details about the project have emerged courtesy of Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson. It was noted to be “fantastic” from developer and playtest feedback, but Electronic Arts felt it was “too much of a financial risk.”

A developer at Respawn Entertainment has provided an update about the possibility of Ranked Duos coming to Apex Legends, revealing that there are no current plans for the mode. While Apex Legends has a regular Duos option for fans who enjoy playing on smaller squads, some were hoping for a more competitive version of the mode.

Details about Respawn's canceled Star Wars video game have emerged, as its first-person shooter gameplay would have seemingly provided players with an action-packed linear experience in the role of a Mandalorian bounty hunter. Though Respawn's foray into the Galaxy Far Far Away has been through Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor, two critically acclaimed Star Wars titles, Respawn's rise to fame came through Titanfall, a first-person shooter franchise published by Electronic Arts. Widely praised for its fun gameplay, it made sense that Respawn would eventually tackle a Star Wars first-person shooter, which is why the project's cancelation came as a shock to the gaming community as a whole.

In a strange turn of events, the racing title EA Sports WRC has seemingly stopped working due to it being a Leap Year. The issue has caused EA to make an official statement about how to fix this issue with EA Sports WRC, so players can get back to racing as soon as possible.

The recent layoffs at Electronic Arts may have put the future of some upcoming projects in question, but fans can rest assured that Mass Effect 5 is still being worked on at BioWare. There has been a growing number of layoffs in the gaming industry over the past year or so, with Mass Effect 5 developer BioWare cutting part of the Star Wars: The Old Republic team back in June. This hasn’t slowed down in 2024, with a reported total of over 8,000 job losses in just the past couple of months alone.

Recent leaks claimed that Sloclap’s Sifu would be free with PlayStation Plus in March, and that has now been officially confirmed. Sony has confirmed that the acclaimed kung fu brawler will be one of four new titles that will be free-to-claim for subscribers of PlayStation Plus tiers for next month.

EA's closure of Ridgeline Games last night was a «gut punch», the company's former boss Marcus Lehto has now said.

Mass layoffs have been announced EA, with the company set to cut around 670 jobs, which is roughly 5% of its total workforce. EA has said that as part of its restructuring, it’s looking to pivot away from developing games based on license IP, but with a number of upcoming EA titles fitting that description, questions have been raised over what their status is.

From Battlefield studio Ridgeline Games being shut down to Respawn Entertainment’s single player Star Wars FPS being cancelled, a number of EA studios have been affected by the company’s recently-announced mass layoffs. It seems, however, that the two major projects that BioWare has in production haven’t been affected.

Electronic Arts will reduce 5 percent of its workforce as part of a restructuring plan that also includes a reduction in real estate, the company said on Wednesday, as the video game industry struggles to grow amid high interest rates.

Electronic Arts (EA) has shared that Ridgeline Games, one of its Battlefield-focused studios, will be closing. The announcement accompanied the news of mass layoffs hitting EA, with 670 employees to be laid off. Ridgeline Games was responsible for the development of the single-player Battlefield project, which will be handed off to another studio.

Within days of PlayStation announcing mass layoffs affect 900 jobs, another major publisher has announced a significant reduction in its workforce in the form of Electronic Arts. The company confirms it will be laying off 5% of its total workforce, which is roughly 670 people.

With Electronic Arts joining an ever-growing list of companies being hit with layoffs and announcing a 5% reduction in its workforce, the full ramifications of how that will affect individual projects and studios within the company are also being clearer.

Electronic Arts has announced that it’s laying off roughly 670 people, and as you might imagine, a number of studios owned by the company are set to be impacted. One of the more severe cases is Ridgeline Games, which is being shuttered entirely. This follows the studio’s head and narrative director Marcus Lehto recently announcing his departure.

Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that it will be affected by the ongoing trend of mass layoffs, with plans to lay off 5% of its global staff. With a devastating string of major layoffs afflicting the game industry, a climbing number of developers have lost their jobs in just the first few months of 2024. Within the last few days, several other studios have also announced layoffs, with a notable 900 employees being let go from PlayStation.

As the gaming industry continues to struggle with a bad year of layoffs and cutbacks, publisher EA has canceled a Star Wars FPS that was in the works at Respawn Entertainment. It's no secret that many publishers and developers are struggling at the moment and this is harming both employees and gamers as devs lose their jobs and games face delays or cancelation. Now this worrying trend is impacting fans of shooters and the Star Wars setting.

The Sims 4 introduced an aggressive way of advertising DLC in its latest and highly controversial update. Over the course of nearly a decade,The Sims 4 has come a long way. Features that were missing in its lackluster launch were slowly introduced through a long list of updates, game packs, and expansions that improved on the base game. However, in order to enjoy the full breadth of content in The Sims 4, new players are expected to spend over a thousand dollars, as the fourth installment of Maxis' legendary series boasts 15 expansions, and nearly 60 game packs, stuff packs, and kits in its list of DLCs.

Over the weekend, Marcus Lehto, general manager of Ridgeline Games (working on narrative-driven Battlefield campaigns), was discovered to have left the studio. Lehto has officially confirmed his departure on Twitter, noting it was “on my own accord” and a “very tough decision for me to make.”

When EA revealed that it was adopting a new multi-studio development model for the Battlefield franchise in 2021, it confirmed that Ripple Effect Studios – previously DICE LA – was at work on a “new” Battlefield “experience”. But with DICE and Ridgeline Games currently working on the series’ next mainline instalment (which is allegedly due out in October 2025), what should we expect from how Ripple Effect’s game will fit into the picture?

The critical and commercial failure of 2020’s Battlefield 2042 forced EA to reevaluate the first-person shooter franchise in some significant ways, leading to the company adopting a multi-studio development model for future instalments. Concrete details on the future of Battlefield have been scant since these changes were instituted, but a new report by Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson has shed light on potential details.

A new report has claimed that the next entry into the Battlefield franchise will launch alongside a free-to-play Battle Royale mode. Battlefield already has its own Battle Royale in the form of Firestorm, but that required players to own the base game, limiting the potential player base in an already crowded market.

An in-progress version of the next entry in The Sims series has just been leaked online, and some fans are rushing to get a peek at what developer Maxis has been up to recently. The last entry in the long-running series from Maxis and EA first launched back in 2014 and, while it has received lots of expansions and updates over the years, many fans would argue the franchise is long overdue for a sequel. While the next title in The Sims franchise is currently in the works, there has been little in the way of concrete details for some time.

The official announcement of F1 24 appears to be imminent, according to a newly emerged teaser from EA Sports. The next game in the F1 franchise is expected to hit the market come spring.

Ridgeline Games, a relatively new development studio owned by publishing giant Electronic Arts, has lost one of its founders. This comes after one of the studio's key figures also left in January and joined another game company.

The Sims 4 has been around for quite a while now. Released in 2014, it seems Maxis and EA are further along with the next installment. While we can’t label it officially as The Sims 5, this next game release might have already leaked online. Reports are surfacing that players can gain access to the game for the PC and Android platforms. 

Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto was enlisted by Electronic Arts in 2021 to lead a new studio in Seattle and work on narrative-driven campaigns for the Battlefield series, and the following year, that studio was formally unveiled as Ridgeline Games, and confirmed to be in charge of “expanding the narrative, storytelling, and character development opportunities in the Battlefield series.”

Halo co-creator and Battlefield game director Marcus Letho has left EA.

DICE has revealed the patch notes for Battlefield 2042 Update 6.4.0, which is slated to release next week. This will mark the last update before the highly anticipated Season 7 commences in Battlefield 2042.

Following the release of Season 20 of Apex Legends, iiTzTimmy, a pro player and content creator, went from Rookie to Predator rank in a single stream. While reaching the highest rank in the battle royale during an Apex Legends season is not easy, climbing the ladder in a single stream is extremely difficult.

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is losing Soul Hackers 2 and Madden NFL 22 on February 29, 2024. While both games are being removed from the Xbox Game Pass service, they will still be available for purchase on the Microsoft Store for those who want to continue playing.

The Sims 4 will explore gems as a skill and occupation in its upcoming Crystal Creations Stuff Pack. The Sims 4 has four different types of DLC: expansion packs, game packs, stuff packs, and kits. DLC is categorized and priced according to how much content it'll bring to the table. Kits were the latest addition to The Sims 4, and after they were introduced, EA stopped releasing stuff packs for a considerable amount of time.

Need for Speed Unbound has revealed that it'll be receiving a second year of support, laying out its 2024 roadmap. The latest entry in EA's iconic arcade racing franchise, Need for Speed Unbound has just been added to February's PlayStation Plus Extra subscription alongside The Outer Worlds, Tales of Arise, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and more.

2024 is the year of Need for Speed’s 30th anniversary, and developer Criterion Games has announced plans to commemorate the occasion- though not in a way that many would have expected. The developer has revealed that it will be supporting Need for Speed Unbound, which launched in November 2022, will be getting another full year of post-launch content.