EA Play subscription service is now a part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Microsoft and Electronic Arts have made a deal to incorporate the benefits of EA Play into your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. If you...
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond will launch in holidays with single-player and multiplayer VR
Respawn Entertainment unveiled the latest gameplay of Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, a big-budget virtual reality game coming from the folks who created...
The Sims 4 is taking a trip to Disney’s Star Wars theme park land
Here’s a crossover few thought would happen. On September 8, The Sims 4 is getting the Journey to Batuu content pack. This gives the...
EA rebrands its subscription game services as EA Play
Electronic Arts rebranded its subscription game services — EA Access and Origin Access — under the EA Play brand name. The big video game...
EA tackles the challenge of adjusting to a new normal
The coronavirus pandemic has been going on so long that it has begun to feel normal (though no less unsettling and scary) for many...
Madden NFL 21’s The Yard mode seems like it’s missing, well, the yard
This year, the long-running Madden NFL sim series is adding The Yard, a mode that replicates the sort of ball we played on our...
The DeanBeat: What we’ve learned about pandemic gaming
The second-quarter earnings results from major game companies over the past two weeks have taught us more about how gamers are responding to the...
The DeanBeat: Did gaming peak in Q2? Nope. Maybe it just got started.
The NBA is back. So is Major League Baseball, sort of. Other sports may find their way back as well. As these demands on...
Tens of millions of new players dove into EA games during the pandemic
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said in an earnings call with analysts today that tens of millions of new players have joined the company’s...
The Sims 4 hits 30 million players with massive pandemic bump
Electronic Arts announced today during its latest earnings report that The Sims 4 has reached 30 million players. The Sims 4 launched back in...