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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 director14:48 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?13:44 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 … Here's our second wave of Xbox Game Pass games for October 202613:11 Microsoft has revealed the second batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass this month, and there are few genuine corkers, including the console debuts of The Séance of Blake Manor and Mouthwashing , and the addition of Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade - which only arrived on Xbox earlier this year. Read more Subnautica 2 adding its "scariest" region ever in next major update, the developers say13:11 Subnautica 2 has begun its "voyage to Early Access 2.0", developer Unknown Worlds has said, with the revelation of a new update containing the "scariest" region they've ever made for the underwater game. Delightful. Read more Football Manager 27 will be free to play for five days before its full release, in "industry first" for a game of its kind13:11 You can play Football Manager 27 on PC and Mac for free this year for five full days later this month, in a first for the series and apparently an "industry first" for games of its kind. Read more Xbox reportedly planning three more rounds of layoffs, with the first wave coming as early as this month13:11 Xbox is reportedly gearing up for three more rounds of layoffs as the Microsoft gaming division continues CEO Asha Sharma's plan to reset the business . According to a new report, the first of these is taking place this month, followed by another in November and one in January 2027. Read more |