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BioWare noted the fan celebration of N7 Day with new teasers for the next upcoming Mass Effect game. However, today was not all about fun and games with a labor protest at BioWare headquarters.

Immortals of Aveum, the recent Unreal Engine 5-based first person shooter, will get a free console trial and a PC demo on Steam later in November. It will also get a free content update as well.

Battlefield 2042 will receive a new anti-cheat solution with the launch of Season 6. EA is implementing its in-house developed kernel-mode anti-cheat and anti-tamper system EA AntiCheat.

Cameron Monaghan, who voices and lends his likeness to the lead character Cal Kestis in the Star Wars: Jedi series recently stated in an interview that they are "in the process of" making a third game

Need for Speed developer Criterion Games is being moved to focus on the future of the Battlefield franchise under Vince Zampella. Racing will be still pursued by a "core group" within the studio.

Respawn has made some updates to the multiplayer servers of Titanfall 2, and some fans of the mech-based shooter series think a Titanfall-related announcement from the developer is coming soon

The reported mass layoffs at Immortals of Aveum studio Ascendant come just a few weeks after the fantasy-themed first-person shooter was released, and allegedly generated poor sales.

The 50 laid-off BioWare team members will be given an opportunity to apply for open positions in other EA studios. Development of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and the next Mass Effect game will continue.

The Unreal Engine 5 magic-themed first-person shooter will get an extra PC feature. The Performance Budget Tool will show how different graphics options affect GPU and CPU performance.

Cal Kestis' newest journey as a Jedi Knight is coming to even more platforms. EA has announced that the Respawn Entertainment-developed title is coming to last-generation consoles.

A new Electronic Arts game studio, Cliffhanger Games, will be developing the single-player action-adventure game based on the Marvel Comics version of the leader of Wakanda, Black Panther.

Immortals of Aveum developer Ascendant Studios says that the one-month delay will allow the team to "further polish the game, finish optimizing all platforms, and deliver a strong launch"

BioWare is reportedly going to concentrate on its work on its upcoming Dragon Age and Mass Effect games for EA, so it will transfer the development of the Star Wars MMO to Broadsword Online Games.

The first non-Day One PC patch for the game will offer "Performance improvements for non-raytraced rendering" according to the change log, but more patches are on the way for the EA game.

Many gamers who had downloaded and played the PC version of EA's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor have been experiencing poor frame rate and stuttering, even with the game's Day One Patch.

The upcoming fantasy-themed first-person shooter Immortals of Aveum will have some very high PC hardware requirements if you want to play the game on its current Recommended settings.

Immortals of Aveum, the first game from developer Acendent Studios, is a single-player first-person shooter where the player uses magic spells instead of guns and it's being published by EA.

Game publisher Electronic Arts stated the company will no longer work on games that "do not contribute to our strategy" but did not give any specifics. It will also be "reviewing our real estate."

Mark Darrah, who worked at BioWare on all three previous Dragon Age games. will work with the current Dragon Age: Dreadwolf team as a consultant. The game still does not have a release date.

The single-player game reportedly had a 50-person team at developer Respawn Entertainment before its publisher Electronic Arts decided to cancel the game before it was officially announced.

Electronic Arts blamed the developers of Apex Legends Mobile for its decision to sunset the mobile version of its popular PC and console Battle Royale game, which had a successful launch in 2022.

Respawn Entertainment's sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order may be releasing in March. This is according to the game's Steam store page, which displayed new information before being deleted.

EA will be working together with Marvel to develop at least three new games in the coming years. So far, only the first of the three have been announced, an Iron Man game by EA Motive studio.

Right on schedule, EA and Maxis have made the popular life simulation game The Sims 4 a free-to-play experience. The next entry in the long-running series is now in development too.

After over a decade of service, Electronic Arts' Origin client is soon going away on Windows. The beta tag has now been removed from the new EA app, and it will soon replace the classic launcher.

Iron Man will be the latest superhero to get a standalone video game. EA and Marvel Games have announced a partnership to bring about multiple games based on the comic book company's heroes.

EA is making Maxis' The Sims 4 a free-to-play game soon, offering the full base game experience to PC and console players. The life simulator's many DLC packs will still be paid addons.

The Battlefield franchise is getting a narrative campaign from a brand-new studio headed by Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto. At the same time, DICE is losing one of its most veteran developers.

Another major acquisition of a gaming giant may be in the cards, as a report has surfaced that says Amazon is about to bring Electronic Arts under its wing. Confirmation may arrive later today.

EA and Full Circle have announced 'Skate.' will be a fully free-to-play experience, with cross-play and cross progression being featured across last-gen, current-gen, and PC platforms.

The upcoming Skate reboot is still in deep development at EA studio Full Circle, but a new trailer showed off some "pre-pre-pre-alpha gameplay" today. Playtesting begins on PC first.

BioWare's next role-playing game will be a new Dragon Age entry. Today, the studio revealed the name of the highly anticipated project to be Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, but it is not coming this year.

Respawn Entertainment is back on the driving seat of another Star Wars game, this time revealing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. The sequel to Fallen Order has Cal Kestis returning as the Jedi protagonist.

Isaac Clark and his engineering suit is coming back with a fresh look next year, as EA and Motive have confirmed January 27, 2023 as the release date of the upcoming Dead Space remake.

The next Need for Speed game being published by Electronic Arts will be worked on by two studios. This time, both Criterion Games and Codemasters Cheshire are joining forces for the racing endeavor.

EA has announced it is officially dropping the FIFA name from its massively popular football/soccer game series. Starting with the entry in 2023, the series will sport the name EA Sports FC.

Respawn Entertainment is pushing out a new Apex Legends update later today that will enhance the experience of Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 players with smoother frame rates and more.

Electronic Art's independent EA Play event that usually happens during E3 week will not be returning in 2022. The publisher will instead have events for individual games when they are ready.

Star Projects to the tune of a sequel to Jedi: Fallen Order, a first-person shooter game, and a strategy title are all coming out of EA. Respawn Entertainment is involved in all three projects.