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Respawn, the EA-owned studio behind Apex Legends has postponed the North American Finals tournament after hackers broke into matches and equipped players with cheats. The developer posted to X, formerly Twitter, that the delay has been caused due to the "competitive integrity of the series being compromised." Footage of the hacks, available available on Twitch, gave players the ability to see their opponent's location while notable player ImperialHal was handed an aimbot which artificially improves their aim while…

Nightdive Studios Amid a layoff wave at the end of February, EA canceled a Star Wars first-person shooter that was in development at Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment. Considering this is a genre that Star Wars once dominated, as well as Respawn’s mastery with games like Titanfall 2, the news especially stung, even if it’s small potatoes next to all the jobs lost in EA’s layoffs. If you’re yearning for a Star Wars FPS and don’t want to wait for the Star Wars: Battlefront remaster launching later this…

Gaming studio Electronic Arts have signed a multi-game deal with Marvel to bring popular Marvel heroes in action adventure-based games. The upcoming Black Panther game is one of the titles, and it is being developed by Cliffhanger Games. According to a report by WhatIfGaming, EA has posted two job listings looking for a Senior Software Engineer and a Senior Game Designer for the game. This listing has suggested some key details about the upcoming title. What the job listing has revealedThe job posting has revealed that…

EA is officially dropping the FIFA branding for its hit soccer video games starting with next year’s release, the company announced Tuesday. The new title for the games will be EA Sports FC.Despite the name change, it sounds as if much of the DNA of the FIFA games will remain the same. “Everything you love about our games will be part of EA Sports FC — the same great experiences, modes, leagues, tournaments, clubs and athletes will be there,” EA’s Cam Weber said in a blog post. “Ultimate Team, Career Mode, Pro Clubs and…

Image: EAEA announced today that Cliffhanger Games, a new triple-A studio based in Seattle, is working on apreviously-reported Black Panther game. Cliffhanger Games is helmed by Kevin Stephens, who was previously at Monolith Productions and is credited on numerous titles, including Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. The team at Cliffhanger is reportedly made up of folks who have worked on many huge franchises and games. As players take on the mantle of the Black Panther, they will explore an…

Immortals of Aveum, a fantasy first-person shooter that EA is publishing under its Originals umbrella, was one of our highlights at Summer Game Fest earlier this month. Unfortunately, you'll need to wait a bit longer than expected until you can dive into Ascendant Studios' upcoming game. The developer has delayed Immortals of Aveum until August 22nd, a month after it was previously scheduled to arrive. "In order to realize our full vision, we are going to take a few extra weeks, making our new launch date Tuesday, August…

After a decade-plus away, EA Sports is back in the business of baseball games on console. The lighthearted, arcade-style Super Mega Baseball 4, from EA's Metalhead Software, is out now on console and PC.Fans have been waiting a while, as the COVID-delayed Super Mega Baseball 3 was released back in 2020. Metalhead was acquired by EA in 2021, and some feared that the next release in the series might add some of EA's business practices, namely microtransactions. These fears were unfounded, as Super…

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor released over the weekend with a whole slew of performance problems, and EA is now doing something about it. The company noted the problem over the weekend and is releasing a new patch for the PC version of the game — which has been hammered by negative Steam reviews in the past few days.EA announced the new Survivor PC patch today on Twitter and says it’s available now. The company claims the patch will provide “performance improvements for non-ray traced rendering.” The company also says it’s…

Someone in Tallahassee, Florida, has some explaining to do. Countless phones woke their owners today before the sun had risen as part of a test of the state’s Emergency Alert System (EAS). The scheduled time of the test was 4:50 a.m. And at that time — a couple minutes early, actually — those countless phones awakened with that horrible sound that either means imminent doom or some sort of silver/purple/pink alert that leads folks to turn off such alerts in the first place. Silent mode offered no solace. If you had…

A studio full of video game veterans is about to release its first big project. Ascendant Studios and EA have confirmed they're releasing the magic first person shooter Immortals of Aveum on July 20th for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Windows PCs. You play a new battlemage who's thrust into a never-ending war for control of the world's magic. This isn't Call of Duty with spells, though, or even a revival of classic fantasy shooters like Heretic. Immortals revolves around a combination system that rewards mixing up different…