Sims 5 Cancelled In Favor Of More Sims 4 Expansions, According To New Report
Electronic Arts has officially confirmed that it has no plans for Instead, the company will be focused entirely on adding updates and expansions to the current game,
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Dragon Age veteran says his favorite BioWare RPGs are actually Neverwinter Nights and Jade Empire because they came before the industry's "necessary evils"
BioWare's former general manager Arryn Flynn, despite being closely associated with Dragon Age and Mass Effect, says his favorite games from the studio are actually an older pair because they came before the industry's "necessary evils."
Skyrim and Starfield veteran says it's "almost impossible" for The Elder Scrolls 6 to meet expectations
Skyrim was released over a decade ago, raising the bar for open-world games in 2012 and beyond. However, it also raised the expectations for Bethesda and all of its titles since then, including the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls 6. So much so, in fact that, former Skyrim lead designer Bruce Nesmith says it's "almost impossible" for those expectations to be met – even if it turns out to be amazing.
EA CEO Says Generative AI Is the Very Core of Business, Not a Buzzword
During the EA Investor Day, which also saw the confirmation of the third installment in the Star Wars Jedi series, Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson outlined the core importance of generative AI for the company's future. Following up on his previous statement that generative AI will allow bigger and more immersive worlds, Wilson explained how EA is using this technology for its upcoming projects as part of its bid to outpace market growth through 2027 and double the audience to over a billion users.
Black Panther Game Will Feature New Storytelling Tech That Will Be Used Across Various EA Studios
In July 2023, following several rumors, Electronic Arts confirmed to be working on a Black Panther game in development by Cliffhanger Games, a Seattle-based studio founded in 2021 by Kevin Stephens. At the time, EA said it would be a third-person single player action/adventure game featuring an original story.
A year later, a Bungie fan artist is still waiting on compensation for the accidental use of their work, though they say the studio's 'working to expedite the process as we speak'
Late last week, Destiny 2 developer Bungie landed in hot water again for accidentally allowing fanart to make its way into official media and merch—it was a nerf gun, this time, which used artist Tofu_Rabbit's designs from a 2015 commission.
Magic: The Gathering will soon have 5 entire cards dedicated to Slimer, in case you want to strike fear into the heart of your local game store
There are more disgusting Magic: The Gathering cards in the universe's lore than those contained within this upcoming Halloween-themed Secret Lair drop. However, there's something about the malicious no-good gluttony of Slimer that fills me with dread.
EA says it's going to use AI to fix The Sims 4's really annoying user content gallery
Everyone knows that The Sims 4 gallery, the in-game hub where players can share and download their creations, is terrible. It's difficult to browse, search results rarely return what you want, and the hashtag system is finicky at best. Even EA knows, because it has a plan to fix the gallery with AI-powered image searching.
Assassin's Creed Shadows sneaks onto PLAY's cover
That's right: there's another issue of PLAY Magazine. This time, we throw the spotlight on Assassin's Creed Shadows (then it jumps into some water to hide, breathing through a reed).