E3 2014 • News

Battlefield Hardline Beta Available Now

At their E3 conference this afternoon, Electronic Arts announced that Battlefield Hardline beta is available on PS4 and PC as of today. PS4 players who own Battlefield 4 have automatic access to beta, and everyone else can register at the Battlefield Hardline website. The Battlefield spin-off is being developed by Visceral Games and the game’s impressive multiplayer features cops vs criminals in 32 person heists. Battlefield Hardline will be released on October 21.

E3 2014 • News

Be Water: EA’s UFC Revealed at E3

Anyone concerned about the inclusion of Bruce Lee to EA’s take on the UFC need not worry.  At their E3 press conference, EA showed off a live gameplay demo of a MMA fan’s dream: Bruce Lee hea- to-head with The Prodigy, BJ Penn.  The speed of Lee’s fists and his amazing athleticism was showcased perfectly.  The demo ran smoothly, picking up in the fifth round of what looked to be a brutal fight based on the residual damage the fighter’s walked into...

E3 2014 • News

DICE and EA announce Mirrors Edge 2

DICE and EA today announced Mirrors Edge 2, the sequel to the much heralded parkour free-running story-driven game that released in 2008, and DICE has had real parkour artists come in and show them the nest ways to do things. The games slick white and black art style with hard color contrasts throughout the world holds true in the sequel, and while most of the gameplay we saw was conceptual prototypes, the team at DICE seems to be holding firm with what the fans know and...

E3 2014 • News

EA Teases new Mass Effect Game at E3

Electronic Arts granted my wish this E3, teasing BioWare’s development on their new chapter in the Mass Effect universe.  The tease cut between monologue from producer at large Casey Hudson and clips of development work on the worlds BioWare is envisioning.  Hudson said they are going farther and bigger than ever before in this new Mass Effect project that will truly amaze players.  There will be more worlds and the amount of exploration should be massive in an...

E3 2014 • Editorials • Features

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is Coming – but is the time right?

Halo: The Master Chief collection was announced today for the Xbox One, featuring the original multiplayer for every Halo game running on its original Xbox on the Xbox One. We have to ask ourselves a question now: is it the right time for this? Halo as a multiplayer shooter is still a huge game on the Xbox 360, thousands of players play Halo 3, Halo 4, and Halo: Reach every day on the Xbox, and the communities there are still very much alive and well – what will happen...

E3 2014 • News

The Sims 4 Release Date and Details Announced

Sims fans rejoice! The Sims 4 will be released on September 2nd of this year. Promising “Smarter Sims, Weirder Stories”, The Sims 4 will allow players to give their Sims defined personalities that change how they behave and respond to other Sims. To showcase this new feature, EA showed a demo where a wide array of emotion and personality – from determination to exhaustion – were on display at the game’s local gym. In conjunction with the...

E3 2014 • News

CloudGine announces new Crackdown reboot

CloudGine today announced at E3 2014 that an all new Crackdown game is coming to the Xbox One, featuring creator of the original game, Dave Jones, on the development team. The pre rendered trailer we were shown gave us a creative art style as well as extremely hilarious gameplay with tons of explosions. There’s not much to say about the game yet, other then it looks like a seriously planned and creative reboot of a fan favorite franchise.

E3 2014 • News

Ubisoft Shows Off New Tom Clancy’s The Division Demo

Ubisoft showed off a new demo of the highly anticipated, and recently delayed, Tom Clancy’s The Division. The demo featured the game’s multiplayer as a team goes head to head with a band of enemies in a snowy, disaster-struck city. The graphics look gorgeous and the game sports some impressive in-game technology. The game will be released in 2015 and will feature exclusive Xbox-first content.