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Games industry mourns sudden BioWare closure - "Anyone who participated in this travesty should be ashamed"15:21 Following the sudden closure of Bioware last night , people from across the games industry have shared their sympathies for those employees losing their jobs, and said farewell to one of the most influential RPG developers of all time. Read more Following shock BioWare closure, scope of EA job cuts becomes clear as layoffs hit Respawn, Maxis, Full Circle, EA Motive, and13:46 EA announced overnight it's closing Mass Effect and Dragon Age studio BioWare in a new round of cuts that include the elimination of 400 roles across the publisher. But while it confirmed BioWare's 50 workers are affected, and that Skate studio Ripple Effect was being downsized, it did not say where the other 350 job cuts would come from. Read more Xbox cloud gaming prices revealed, with 50 hours of ad-free game-time priced $11.9911:37 Microsoft has revealed how much its Xbox cloud gaming service is going to cost, with 50 hours of stream-time selling for an introductory price of $11.99. Read more Star Wars: Battlefront 3 reportedly being co-developed by Battlefield studio DICE and Apex Legends studio Respawn11:05 A new Star Wars: Battlefront game is reportedly in the works, and it's said to have Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi studio Respawn working on it, as well as Battlefield and Battlefront developer DICE. Read more EA cancels unannounced The Sims project, trims the Skate team and plans to lay off 400 workers: "We're the number one publisher21:16 Not only is EA closing down BioWare and cancelling the next Mass Effect - Electronic Arts has now announced a heap of drastic changes that include cutting 400 jobs across the company, pausing development on a project connected to The Sims, and bringing together Respawn and DICE. Read more BioWare is closing down and Mass Effect 5 is cancelled, months after Saudi Arabia's $55bn EA buyout20:12 After over three decades of iconic RPGs, developer BioWare is closing down and its in-development Mass Effect game is no more. The move comes just months after corporate owner EA was bought out by a group of investment firms for $55 billion. Read more First-person Soulslike Valor Mortis is already making a profit after seven days, despite launching against some stiff competiti19:08 Developer One More Level is wall-running toward another big success with its recently-released first-person Soulslike, Valor Mortis, which has already broken even after its first week. Read more CD Projekt Red details new Cyberpunk 2077 update - adding dual-wielding, cross-platform mods, Edgerunners story quests, and mor18:04 CD Projekt Red has detailed the substantial update coming to Cyberpunk 2077 , revealing a new dual-wielding skill for pistols and revolvers, cyberware customisation, cross-platform mod support, and a brand-new Edgerunners-related story quest featuring voice actors from the Netflix anime show. Read more Beyond Good & Evil 2 reportedly still in development 18 years after being announced, now a "solo-first" adventure now18:04 Beyond Good & Evil 2 is reportedly still in pre-production a staggering 18 years after it was first announced, and it has apparently evolved from being a multiplayer-first project to being "solo-first" and story based, with additional, optional co-op. Read more World of Warcraft: Forever's beta has been extended, as community members mourn the loss of their hunter pets18:04 World of Warcraft: Forever's beta has been extended until this Friday, much to the joy of the community of early players. Read more Xbox follows in PlayStation's footsteps, introducing AMD FSR 4.1, targeting better graphics and performance on Series X/S16:25 AMD, the company that designs the chips inside Xbox and PlayStation consoles, made a big announcement this week: it's bringing the latest version of its advanced, AI-driven image upscaling technology, FSR 4.1, to Xbox Series X, Series S, and handhelds ROG Ally and Ally X. Read more After a few hours with Yakuza studio's soulful Stranger Than Heaven, I'm smitten, but I suspect it'll be a divisive game16:25 Who doesn't love a big swing, a bold new direction, especially when so many video game publishers seem increasingly determined to walk the safest route? While Stranger Than Heaven might look familiar at first glance - particularly if you're a fan of Like a Dragon developer RGG's other third-person action games - it differs where it counts. And to my mind, it's one of the most exciting games the s… COD: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ players are spawning in the middle of a road and being flattened before they can do anything15:54 Infinity Ward opened up early access to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's DMZ extraction mode overnight , meaning anyone who has pre-ordered a copy can now play the game's campaign as well as DMZ. And while early reactions to DMZ are fairly positive, there's one issue in particular, which a number of players have experienced, that has the capability of ending a round as soon as it begins. Read more Warhammer 40K fans have some very specific questions about the Blood Ravens' origins, so I put them to Dawn of War 4's director21.října Right, let's get one important thing out of the way first: I've played a fair bit more of Dawn of War 4 's main campaign, after my initial impressions of a single mission last year , and I think it is very good . The action is as screen-filling as ever, the Orks are a delight, and the combat director, which sees individual combatants lock onto each other with bespoke animations when groups fight … Even Call of Duty has a parry now and it's kind of brilliant - but do we need it in every game?21.října I, for my sins, enjoy parry mechanics. I use 'parry slop' lovingly as a shorthand to refer to action games I want to play which feature parrying as a predominant mechanic. I am also a Call of Duty campaign enjoyer, and those games rarely feature any melee combat, let alone something as advanced as parrying. So, to say I was genuinely surprised to see Modern Warfare 4 bring the two together would … |