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Why I'm Hopelessly Addicted to FIFA 23's Manager Mode

As each year passes, I become more enraptured with FIFA's Manager Mode, and in FIFA 23, I'm even more addicted from the slight tweaks that EA has implemented. By signing new players, organizing…

October 11, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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Did Battlefield 2042's Missing Campaign Hurt It?

There's much that can be said about Battlefield 2042's multiplayer gameplay, yet it's clear that the game must've had a rather interesting development cycle for DICE to have made some of the…

November 19, 2021 | 12:00 EST

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Tradition vs Innovation: Will Battlefield 2042's Specialist Gamble Work?

With the gaming industry gearing up to take advantage of the new generation of consoles, it's almost inevitable that developers will want to take risks. After all, it's the start of a new era of…

October 12, 2021 | 01:00 EDT

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Dead Space is Alive, But Visceral Games is Still Dead

Cynicism is easy whenever Electronic Arts is involved. The AAA third-party publisher is renowned for purchasing development studios, draining developers for every conceivable penny, and subsequently…

July 26, 2021 | 01:00 EDT

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What the Rumored Dead Space Remake Should Take From Resident Evil 2

With the rumors circulating about a remake of the first Dead Space game, fans of the series are excited for the potential future of the franchise. Given that Dead Space 3’s final DLC ended on…

July 3, 2021 | 11:00 EDT

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Mass Effect 3's Ending Revisited: It's About the Journey and the Destination

Storytelling in games can be a curious thing. Sometimes it's cheesy, sometimes it's clearly there just to be there, and sometimes it's so ridiculously off the wall that you can't decide on whether…

May 24, 2021 | 11:30 EDT

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Unlimited Spinoffs! What's Next For Star Wars Games With No EA Exclusivity?

If you thought that the gaming industry would take a quick break after the roller coaster year of 2020, think again. Among other notable happenings, it was recently announced that EA will not be…

January 22, 2021 | 11:00 EST

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What Will Star Wars Games Look Like After Star Wars: Squadrons?

Star Wars: Squadrons, or the flight simulator game that Star Wars fans have dreamed of for decades, has proven to be a surprisingly enjoyable and immersive interpretation of Star Wars space combat.…

October 12, 2020 | 01:00 EDT

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Is Battlefield V War in the Pacific Worth Playing?

After what seemed like an eternity, EA and DICE's commitment to the games as a service model for Battlefield V has finally bore fruit. The island-hopping conflict between the United States and Japan …

November 18, 2019 | 12:00 EST

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A Look Back at Star Wars Battlefront 2 - Do You Believe in Second Chances?

Two years ago, Star Wars Battlefront 2 was released to a storm of controversy. For the first time in recent memory, a AAA game had microtransactions that directly affected gameplay. You could buy…

September 3, 2019 | 02:00 EDT

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Anonymity and Mob Mentality: The Dual Nature of Apex Legends’ Asshat Gaffe

Over the past week or so, Respawn Entertainment landed in some hot water. In a strange series of events, one of the developers basically said that some people were “asshats" and “freeloaders," among…

August 27, 2019 | 11:30 EDT

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Anthem's No-Win Situation - Rising Expectations, Unsustainable Business Models

A long time ago in a console generation far far away, BioWare was a name that implied exceptional quality. For years, they were known for creating revolutionary single player RPGs. There were some…

February 26, 2019 | 02:00 EST

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Apex Legends - Quick Thoughts

Apex Legends was a surprise release that no one was expecting until the teaser announcement. Since release we've seen the game take over Twitch, reach 25 million players in the span of a week, and…

February 14, 2019 | 11:00 EST

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Battlefield V's Hollywood Realism: Battlefield Versus Other "Realistic" Games

For the longest time, games with the Battlefield logo slapped on the box art were often considered to be the most realistic FPS multiplayer games that you could buy. While this was almost certainly…

June 6, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Is Battlefield V's Trailer Just a Bad Trailer? A Look at EA's First Impression Foul-ups

As you no doubt may have heard by now, Battlefield 5's debut trailer has stirred up quite an amount of reasonable and rational discussion. Or at least that would be the case in another reality. In…

May 29, 2018 | 12:00 EDT

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The Dark Side Of Letting Politicians Regulate Games Like Star Wars Battlefront 2

With all the controversy that Star Wars Battlefront 2 stirred up, it was only a matter of time before the powers that be took notice. Sure enough, Belgium launched an investigation into games like …

November 23, 2017 | 09:00 EST

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Can EA Salvage The Star Wars Battlefront 2 Fiasco Through Compromise?

It should be no secret by now that Star Wars Battlefront 2 has been on the receiving end of one PR broadside after another, with plenty of forums and websites gleefully pouring gas onto the fire that…

November 22, 2017 | 01:00 EST

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The Worst Case Scenario of Star Wars Battlefront 2's Microtransactions

For all intents and purposes, what you saw in Star Wars Battlefront 2's beta is what you're going to get when the game releases on November 17. In some regards, this is a great thing, as the game's…

October 11, 2017 | 11:00 EDT

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Where Does the Mass Effect Franchise Go After Andromeda?

With an average Metacritic score of 73 and similarly mediocre ratings from a vast number of other sites, including TechRaptor, Mass Effect: Andromeda was decidedly less well-received than other games…

September 7, 2017 | 09:00 EDT

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Star Wars Battlefront 2 Can Succeed, If EA Has Learned Their Lesson

Despite allegedly selling over 14 million copies within six months of release and offering one of the most authentic Star Wars experiences possible, Star Wars Battlefront was mildly disappointing, to…

April 19, 2017 | 09:00 EDT

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What's Next for Mass Effect: Andromeda and Its Inevitable DLCs?

Rightfully or wrongfully, Mass Effect: Andromeda was released to a sea of criticism, engulfed with complaints that ranged from being rather reasonable and constructive to embodying the very…

April 7, 2017 | 11:00 EDT

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Titanfall 2's Furious Struggle to Stay Alive in Spite of EA's Release Date Conundrum

With the year coming to a close, no one can deny that 2016 has been a very memorable year for gaming, to say the least. You have the fiasco that was No Man's Sky, indie developers threatening to sue…

December 3, 2016 | 09:00 EST

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Can Battlefield 1 Sustain the Season Pass and Paid DLC Model?

With the release of the Battlefield 1 open beta, anyone who was even mildly interested with DICE's World War One shooter had a chance to either try the game out for themselves, or at least see…

September 5, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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A Discussion On Battlefield 1's Chosen Nationalities

It's been over a week since Battlefield 1's gameplay was first revealed to the world, with the response so far being very positive—albeit with a few caveats. While some of the more unrealistic…

June 25, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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E3 2016 - The Weapons of Battlefield 1

We finally got to see some gameplay of Battlefield 1 at E3 today and got a good look at some of the weapons that will be in the game. Many people are worried that the pace of Battlefield 1 will slow…

June 14, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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E3 2016 - Battlefield 1 Gameplay Impressions

The Battlefield name has been going through a bit of a rough patch over the last couple of years. Battlefield 4 launched with catastrophic server issues that lasted for months, and Battlefield…

June 13, 2016 | 08:45 EDT

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Can Battlefield 1's Trip to World War 1 Connect with a Modern Audience?

A rudimentary inspection of the latest trends in the First Person Shooter genre would be rather bland, to say the least. For years, every game wanted to show you their version of World War 2, and…

May 7, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Most Anticipated Games of 2016 – Mass Effect: Andromeda

Full disclosure, I like the Mass Effect series. I guess that is not much of a surprise, since I more or less defended the Mass Effect trilogy for its cultural contributions to the gaming…

February 23, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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Best Games of Gen 7 – The Mass Effect Trilogy

What can be said about Mass Effect? We are approaching nearly a decade since the first game was released on the Xbox 360, and in that time the Mass Effect series meteoric rise to dominance is…

July 23, 2015 | 01:00 EDT

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GameAcide: Dragon Age Inquisition

Disclaimer: Welcome to GameAcide. Here we take everyone's favorite and most hyped games and tear them down. What follows is a comical examination of the game depicted. Liberal doses of sarcasm,…

January 2, 2015 | 01:00 EST