EA can make Madden games until 2026 after renewing its NFL deal

Posted on 29/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Electronic Arts and the National Football League have agreed to extend their partnership for the Madden NFL series until 2026. That means the Madden games, including the current Madden NFL 20, will remain the only simulation-style football games — wi...

EA’s not-E3 event will stream June 11th

Posted on 04/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

EA’s contribution to Summer Games Fest now has a specific date. The publisher has announced that an online-only version of EA Play Live will take place on June 11th at 7PM Eastern through the company’s website. It didn’t drop any clues as to what’s i...

Summer Game Fest promises four months of big news and events

Posted on 01/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

E3, GDC and Gamescom are not happening in their usual form this summer, complicating matters for developers and publishers who typically make big game announcements at those major events. They’ll have a new avenue through which they can reveal new ti...

Without soccer, fans and teams are turning to FIFA

Posted on 18/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Soccer, like almost every other professional sport, has ground to a halt in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. The most-watched and prestigious leagues, including the English Premier League, Germany's Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A and France's Ligu...

The first ‘Apex Legends’ map is returning for a weekend-long event

Posted on 21/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If it's been a while since you played Apex Legends, you may want to take some time to return to the game this weekend. Starting today through to February 24th, Respawn Entertainment is bringing back Kings Canyon, Apex's original map, as part of a sep...

The next Need for Speed game will be made by Burnout creator Criterion

Posted on 12/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Need for Speed fans, rejoice: Electronic Arts (EA) is giving the long-running racing franchise back to Criterion Games. "With a strong history and passion for racing games and vision for what we can create, the Criterion team is going to take Need fo...

EA is shutting down its mobile ‘Tetris’ games

Posted on 22/01/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

EA is giving up on its mobile Tetris games. Tetris 2011 and Tetris Blitz have disappeared from the Play Store, and in the App Store, EA left a note for fans explaining that it will retire its Tetris app on April 21st, that includes Tetris 2011, Tetri...

EA and Valve’s partnership includes connecting Steam and Origin friend lists

Posted on 29/10/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

EA is once again selling its games through Steam, and it'll offer its EA Access games subscription service through Valve's platform as well. The partnership starts next month with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and multiplayer games such as Apex Legen...

EA leaks personal data for ‘FIFA 20’ Global Series players

Posted on 03/10/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

EA opened up registrations for the FIFA 20 Global Series competition today. However, those trying to register noticed that the sign-up page displayed personal details of players who had already done so. They saw usernames, email addresses and dates o...

‘FIFA’ esports league reveals changes to 2020 season format