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Review: Battlefield Bad Company 2 almost stands up to Modern Warfare 2
I took a break from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer combat to give Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for the Xbox 360 a spin. And I was pleasantly surprised at how fun the new shooting game from...
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Tapjoy launches $5M fund to port apps to Android
After Apple cut out a big part of Tapjoy‘s business, Tapjoy’s countermove was predictable. Today, the mobile monetization company is starting a $5 million fund to make it easier for app creators to...
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Console versions of Battlefield 3 feature weaker graphics (video)
Console versions of DICE’s first-person shooter (FPS) game, Battlefield 3, won’t look quite as shiny as their PC counterparts. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version of the FPS game will be limited to...
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Review: Battlefield 3 is EA’s biggest fumble since Medal of Honor
Battlefield 3 is easily the most important holiday release for Electronic Arts. All year the publisher has aggressively hyped the DICE-developed sequel as a Call of Duty-killer, and with Modern Warfare...
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Infographic: the history of the Call of Duty vs. Battlefield grudge match
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 are two of the biggest games coming out this fall, all part of a grudge match that is certain to delight gamers around the world. Electronic Arts’...
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EA executive confirms Battlefield 4 is in the works
Electronic Arts executiveFrank Gibeau has confirmed that Battlefield 4 is in the works. Gibeau, the president of the EA Games label within EA, made the remarks while speaking at a college campus....
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Xbox Live stats for 2011 show players skipped out on some great games
Last year was a banner year for quality video games, with superb sequels (Batman: Arkham City, Portal 2), interesting new intellectual properties (L.A. Noire) and the return of some old friends...
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Online Warmongers’ founder on building a balanced free-to-play shooter...
Online Warmongers is a company looking to bring the production values and quality of a traditional retail game to a free-to-play shooter. Over a million players have now experienced the beta test of...
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EA’s Patrick Soderlund sounds off on Medal of Honor and Battlefield games
As the head of the EA Games label, Patrick Soderlund (pictured) oversees Electronic Arts’ Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Dead Space, and other hardcore gaming properties. That amounts to...
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s simplicity is just what consoles need
If someone asked me for the name of the game I’ve clocked the most hours in to this day, I’d confidently respond with Counter-Strike (CS). Originally a user-crafted modification for Valve’s...
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CCP’s David Reid says Dust 514 heralds a new free-to-play era on consoles...
As far as solutions go for the ongoing debate ong the cost and business models of console games, developer CCP Games might just emerge the victor in elegance. The timing couldn’t be better for its...
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Guild Wars 2: Console ports, subscription models, and making sure it works on...
Guild Wars 2, the much-anticipated PC MMO, draws ever closer to its August 28 release. GamesBeat sat down with ArenaNet content designer Mike Zadorojny to discuss the final days before launch, console...
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Vehicles are the real stars in the chaotic world of team-shooter Ravaged...
At first glance, Ravaged doesn’t look very enticing. A postapocalyptic setting? Yawn. Adding vehicular combat in a first-person shooter? It’s been done before. Living long enough in a firefight to...
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EA DICE is porting Frostbite engine to Mac (Update)
Updated with confirmation form EA on Frostbite licensing. How does Battlefield and Dragon Age for Mac sound? Count on it, because EA is porting the Frostbite game engine to OS X. Electronic Arts’...
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EA’s top executives paint the game industry’s grim picture — and how new...
Electronic Arts executives John Riccitiello and Peter Moore painted a somber but ultimately optimistic picture of the game industry during an analyst conference call discussing their third-fiscal...
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Microtransactions and the future of console game business models
Traditional console gamers are vehemently resisting a major change in the business: the increasing influence of online integration and microtransactions. The closer we get to the next hardware cycle,...
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Gears of War: Judgment takes a step toward the small-time (Review)
I think we can all agree that Damon Baird is, for all intents and purposes, a sentient dick move. The least meatheady member of Delta Squad in the billion-dollar Gears of War franchise, Baird somehow...
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Pro gamers flock to ShootMania Storm as it pursues the e-sports crown
SAN FRANCISCO — Colwn was losing momentum. The European team tied round after round with Curse Gaming, the last surviving Americans in the tournament. But now its loss seemed imminent as Curse’s Casey...
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Ace of Spades, Brick-Force, and Guncraft fire away in a block-shooter faceoff
Like movies, games tend to follow certain trends. Action games became more cinematic after the bloody debut of God of War. Cover-based third-person shooters proliferated after the success of Gears of...
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DICE L.A. chief aims to develop triple-A games with Frostbite 3 engine...
It’s no surprise that Electronic Arts is expanding its Battlefield franchise by setting up a new studio in Los Angeles. After all, its arch rival, Activision Blizzard, makes its Call of Duty video...
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