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News Dragon Age Remaster Collection Wouldn't Be 'As Easy' As Mass Effect, Admits BioWare
But "never say never"
Following the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard last week, there's been a spike in fans returning to the series in general. If you were wondering whether EA plans to give the earlier games a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition style makeover, BioWare has now provided an update. In the same Rolling Stone interview, Dragon Age's...
News EA & BioWare Aren't Making Any DLC For Xbox RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard
"Now shifted entirely to the next Mass Effect"
Dragon Age: The Veilguard might look like a big old return to form for EA and BioWare, but it looks like the team has no plans for any DLC at this stage. In a new interview piece with Rolling Stone, the outlet mentions that "there are currently no plans for downloadable expansions" to The Veilguar
News Dragon Age: The Veilguard Dev BioWare Thanks Fans For Support
"Today is the big day for BioWare"
This week marks the arrival of BioWare's new game Dragon Age: The Veilguard and as part of the game's launch, the developer has sent out a message via social media to all of its fans, thanking everyone for making this moment possible. You can read the entire thing in the post below, but in general, BioWare...
News Mass Effect Lead Says Next Game Will Retain The 'Mature Tone' Of EA's Original Trilogy
We get an ME update as Dragon Age ships
BioWare is about to ship its first original game in a good while here with Dragon Age: The Veilguard - a title we happen to like a lot here at Pure Xbox. However, naturally, folks are now beginning to wonder about the next Mass Effect game coming from the EA developer - and the project's director has a small...
Roundup The Reviews Are In For Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Here's what the critics had to say
BioWare's next big entry in the Dragon Age series is out this week and the critic reviews are now rolling in... In case you missed it, we've already reviewed Dragon Age: The Veilguard here on Pure Xbox - awarding it an "excellent" nine out of ten stars. Here's a bit about what our reviewer PJ O'Reilly thought...
News Five More EA Games Will Close Their Servers In November 2024
About a month left to play these online!
(Update - Thu 3rd Oct, 2024): We're now just about a month away from these games going offline for good on Xbox, so here's a quick reminder before they're no longer playable! FIFA 22 goes offline on November 4th, while the Xbox 360 versions of Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline
News Here's Your First Look At Star Wars Jedi: Survivor On Xbox One, And How It Compares To Series X
The last-gen version looks surprisingly good!
Last month, we finally got news of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's long-in-development Xbox One release, with Respawn Entertainment announcing a September launch date for the last-gen version. Well, that version is now out in the wild - and a new comparison video shows us how it stacks up against Xbox Series...
News Battlefield Dev Confirms Modern Setting For Next Game With 'Back-To-Basics' Approach
"We have to get back to the core of what Battlefield is"
Out of nowhere, the teams working on Battlefield over at EA have dropped a bunch of high-level details on a new entry in the series, which is expected to launch in the next year or two. The headlines here are that DICE & co. are "getting back to the core of Battlefield" with a modern...
News Dragon Age: The Veilguard Combat Detailed In Big Gameplay Breakdown
EA & BioWare lift the veil
Earlier this month, we finally got that sweet sweet release date for Dragon Age: The Veilguard - BioWare's latest is launching almost a decade after the series' last mainline entry in Dragon Age: Inquisition! Anyway, enough about the silly wait time, EA is finally lifting the veil on this upcoming Xbox RPG; with combat...
News Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Finally Launches For Xbox One Next Month
Last-gen players can jump in very soon!
EA and Respawn Entertainment have finally dated the last-gen versions of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and fans don't have long to wait to dive in. The Fallen Order sequel comes to Xbox One, and PS4, on September 17th, 2024. Closer to when the current-gen versions launched back in 2023, Respawn announced their...
News Dead Space Meets Battlefield 2042 In Surprising Crossover On Xbox Game Pass
Battle the dead
Just as support for DICE's Battlefield 2042 starts to wind down, a surprising EA crossover has emerged from the depths of outer space. Starting July 9th, Dead Space is coming to Battlefield, focusing on a new mode — Outbreak — where "squads are tested by their human resilience and resourcefulness against a new and relentless...
News EA Is Delisting The Remaining Xbox 360 Battlefield Games & DLC
The end of an era
EA and developer DICE have announced that the last remaining Xbox 360 Battlefield games, and their respective DLC packs, will be delisted on July 31st - ahead of their servers going down in November 2024. As part of a "sunsetting announcement" on social media, DICE has detailed the end of Xbox 360 era Battlefield. The 360 and PS3...
Preview Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is A Confident Return for BioWare
Lifting the veil
Pure Xbox's Craig Reid has spent the past few days at Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, where he's had a chance to preview a series of upcoming Xbox releases. Today, we're sharing his thoughts on a hands-off preview of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which provided a sneak peek at what's to come from BioWare's Fall 2024 RPG. Our group...
News BioWare Has A Brand-New Name For The Next Dragon Age
And it's about to get a huge reveal
Almost four years after teasing 'Dragon Age 4' at The Game Awards 2020, EA and BioWare are about to re-reveal the game - and it has a brand-new title. The highly-anticipated Dragon Age sequel is now called Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and we're getting a big gameplay reveal very soon. In a new blog post over a
News EA Is Bringing More Free Game Trials To Xbox Game Pass Very Soon
Including one that arrives next week!
It's amazing to have EA Play as part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass memberships, and one of the big bonuses is that we get to try many new releases for up to 10 hours at no extra charge. That remains the case with the upcoming releases of F1 24 and
News College Football 25 Kicks Off This July, Special 'MVP' Bundle Available For Xbox Series X|S
Update: Trailer and first details revealed!
Update (Fri 17th May, 2024): The reveal trailer for College Football 25 has arrived! It's looking pretty incredible so far, and we can't wait to get hands-on with the game this July. You can watch the trailer in its entirety up above. College Football 25 will include a variety of game modes including...
News EA CEO 'Couldn't Be More Excited' About What The Team Is Making With Battlefield
"This is the largest Battlefield team in franchise history"
Battlefield 2042 development recently wrapped up over at EA and DICE, so naturally, murmurings about the next instalment in this famous FPS franchise are starting to appear. This week, EA CEO Andrew Wilson has been hyping up the next game in the company's latest financial report (thanks,
News EA Makes Premium UFC 5 Add-On Free This Weekend On Xbox
To celebrate UFC 300
Ahead of the sport's big 'UFC 300' event this coming weekend, EA Sports UFC 5 has unlocked one of its premium DLC packs - and it's absolutely free to keep if you grab it in time. The add-on in question is the 'Mike Tyson' DLC character - a pack which usually costs £3.79 / $4.19 outside of this current promotion. Fans have...
News Immortals Of Aveum Dev Reportedly Furloughs 'Majority' Of Staff
Following mass layoffs last year
EA's magic-based FPS Immortals of Aveum always seems to be tied up in some sort of drama, and this week is no different, unfortunately. According to a developer who worked on the title before moving onto a different job, Ascendant Studios has "furloughed the majority of their staff" in 2024. The developer posted...
News EA Issues Statement In Response To Dead Space 2 Remake Rumours
The franchise is apparently "on hold" for now
There's been a whole lot of chaos surrounding the Dead Space franchise over the past few hours, and it relates to a rumour that began over at Giant Bomb's "Game Mess Mornings" podcast where it was suggested that plans for a Dead Space 2 remake had been cancelled by EA due to lacklustre sales for the 2023...
News Xbox's Latest 'Just For You' Deals Offer Up To 90% Off Select EA Titles
For Game Pass Ultimate members
More of Xbox's 'Just For You' discounts have started to appear on the Microsoft Store, and this set of deals once again focuses on some big EA titles - including 90% off a huge Battlefield 2042 bundle. That'll be the Battlefield 2042 Elite Edition, which includes the base game for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S...
PSA Immortals Of Aveum Is 90% Off Again In Limited-Time Xbox Deal
For Game Pass Ultimate members
We've seen some fantastic deals for EA's single-player shooter Immortals of Aveum since launch, and an amazing discount has cropped up again on Xbox. As part of the Xbox 'Just For You' deals selection, we're seeing 'Immortals of Aveum Deluxe Edition' at 90% off right now - making the title just £8 / $8 on Xbox Series...
News Apex Legends Aims To Expand Beyond 'Traditional Battle Royale Universe' In 2024
Three phases can lead to "incredible growth"
Apex Legends is now in its fifth year and while other games would be slowing down at this point, EA and Respawn are hoping to grow the live service IP "beyond the traditional battle royale universe" in 2024. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley conference recently, EA CEO Andrew Wilson believes this particular...
Rumour Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Is On Track To Release In 2024
"They're pretty confident about that"
We haven't heard much about BioWare's next Dragon Age title yet, but a new rumour from industry insider Jeff Grubb hints that the game might be further along than you'd expect for something that was only teased late last year. Yep, according to the VentureBeat writer,
News EA Shuts Down Battlefield Campaign Studio Ridgeline Games
Halo's co-creator recently left the studio
Earlier this week, Battlefield director (and former Halo co-creator) Marcus Lehto made an abrupt departure from Ridgeline Games, and while it wasn't entirely clear what was going on behind the scenes at the time, EA has now confirmed mass layoffs. As part of this, EA has announced the closure of this...
News EA Cancels Respawn's Star Wars First-Person Project, Was Reportedly A 'Mandalorian Game'
The developer's Star Wars: Jedi series will continue
Apart from employee layoffs, it seems Electronic Arts will also be cancelling its Star Wars FPS action game. A report emerged about this particular project just weeks ago claiming the Star Wars Jedi: Survivor developer Respawn Entertainment was working on a "first-person Star Wars Mandalorian...
News Immortals Of Aveum Dev Defiant After Launching Rare 'Independent AAA' Title
"The story of Immortals isn't written yet"
In a wide-ranging interview with outlet GamesIndustry.biz, Ascendant Studios founder Bret Robbins has defended the team's debut title Immortals of Aveum - claiming that the "story" of its development "isn't written yet". In this fascinating chat, Robbins highlights lots of the trials and tribulations of...
News Halo Co-Creator Who Founded New Battlefield Studio Has Left EA
An abrupt departure, it seems
Since the rocky launch and mixed fan reception for Battlefield 2042, EA has been re-shaping the future of the franchise through various different internal projects. One of those projects, a new single-player installment in the series, has seemingly just lost one of its directors. Marcus Lehto, who co-created Halo in...
News EA Is Bringing Another Year Of Content Updates To Need For Speed Unbound
As the series celebrates a huge anniversary!
EA's latest Need for Speed title launched in late 2022, followed up by a solid year of free and premium content updates throughout last year. Well, as we move into 2024 the team has announced that it has plans for "another year of live service" for Need for Speed Unbound. That live service plan will...
News Xbox Adds New Dynamic Background To Celebrate 5th Anniversary Of Apex Legends
A Legendary addition
Popular battle royale shooter Apex Legends has been out for five years now, and the team has added a new Xbox Series X|S dynamic background to celebrate the game's milestone anniversary. Now available on current-gen Xbox consoles, the new Apex Legends dynamic background is based around the game's latest official artwork -...
News Battlefield 2042 Outlines New Update Arriving Next Week, Here's What's Included
There's a new event, too
DICE is still busy improving Battlefield 2042 and following a small hotfix for the game earlier this month, it's now released its first sizable update, bumping the game up to Version 6.3.0. This one comes packed with a new Squad Spectator Modifier and further balance changes and is rolling out across all platforms next week...
News EA Has Discounted Some Massive Games By 90% On Xbox This Week
Two of them will expire VERY soon though!
Today marks a new set of deals on the Xbox Store, and while we'll highlight the bigger roundup elsewhere on Pure Xbox, we wanted to bring your attention to some incredible EA offers - a few of which only seem to be lasting for a single day. Specifically, the two big deals here are for the Dead Space Digital...
News EA Dev Partner Says Xbox Series S Is 'A Very Different Beast' To The Other Consoles
"It's not a surprise, it's a less powerful machine"
We've heard numerous developers come out in recent months to say they've struggled somewhat with developing for Xbox Series S; Microsoft's less-powerful current-gen console. The latest of these is Immortals of Aveum developer Ascendant Studios, whose CEO discussed the topic on a recent episode of...
News BioWare Celebrates N7 Day 2023 With New Mass Effect Teaser Trailer
"There are answers, but you'll have to wait"
It was the Mass Effect series' N7 Day earlier this week and as part of this, legendary developer BioWare has shared another teaser. In a brief blog update wishing the community a "Happy N7 Day", franchise director and executive producer Mike Gamble mentioned how the team was approaching the "future of...
News EA CEO: 'Microsoft & Activision Is A Great Thing For Our Industry'
"One of the world's largest companies is going to continue to invest"
Xbox's huge Activision Blizzard deal has now gone through, and its successful completion has led to questions of other potential acquisitions in the gaming industry. Of course, EA is one of the big names left on the table (either in terms of EA picking up other teams, or a...
News Immortals Of Aveum Gets 'Performance Boosts' On Xbox, Free Trial Coming Later This Month
The EA shooter is getting multiple updates in November
EA and developer Ascendant studios have announced multiple new updates for the magic-based shooter Immortals of Aveum - with the first of these patches arriving today. The team has been vague on details for today's patch — simply stating that it "provides performance boosts on consoles and PC"...
News Codemasters' EA Sports WRC Gets Free Trial Today On Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Thanks to EA Play
EA is now officially the WRC license holder, and the company's first release from developer Codemasters is almost here. EA Sports WRC arrives for Xbox Series X|S on November 3rd, and Game Pass members can try the game out for absolutely free - starting today! Yep, thanks to a new EA Play trial, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can...
News Xbox's Latest Dynamic Background Arrives To Coincide With New EA Launch
Enter the arena
Microsoft's dynamic background collection for Xbox Series X|S has been growing as of late, and publisher EA has just added another customisation option for current-gen Xbox players. The company's latest iteration of UFC quietly arrived late last week, and to coincide with the game's launch, EA has dropped a UFC 5 background for Xbox...
News Apex Legends Adding Cross-Progression At The End Of October
A welcome update
Respawn Entertainment has shared some welcome news with the community of Apex Legends. The free-to-play battle royale will finally be getting cross-platform progression on 31st October. This update will arrive alongside Season 19 and the newest Legend Conduit. This cross-progression update will include account merging - with all...
News Battlefield 2042 Has More People Playing Now Than During Its Launch Window
It's available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate too!
Battlefield 2042 is experiencing something of a resurgence, if new PC player counts are anything to go by. The futuristic EA FPS, which is almost two years old at this point, hit a new peak player count on Steam recently - and it has continued to match its launch window numbers since. On October 12th,...
News Disney Reportedly Encouraging Its CEO To Look At Acquiring A Company Like EA
But no commitments have been made
According to a new report from outlet Bloomberg, Disney CEO Bob Iger has been pressed in recent times about acquiring a "gaming giant" such as EA, in an attempt to "transform" Disney's games business. It doesn't sound like any sort of approach towards EA has been made, or even a concrete internal plan committed to...
News Battlefield 2042 Season 6 'Free Access' Starts Next Week
Play for free between October 12-16
As Activision gears up for the launch of the Call of Duty Modern: Warfare 3 pre-order beta next week, EA has announced it will be hosting a "free access" period for Season 6 of Battlefield 2042. This free-to-play period will take place from 12th October until 16th October and not only allows players to try out...
News Codemasters Dives Deep Into Next-Gen Gameplay Changes Coming With EA Sports WRC
New team, new feeling
Codies is taking over the WRC license this year with EA Sports WRC, and the team has provided our first in-depth look at the title ahead of its Xbox Series X|S launch. The above video details lots of gameplay changes coming this year across areas like location authenticity, an upgraded dynamic handling system, and brand-new...
News Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Performance Patch Leads To Impressive Results On Xbox Series X
"There definitely is that slight advantage to the Series X"
Just over a week ago developer Respawn Entertainment delivered a huge Star Wars Jedi: Survivor patch that completely re-engineered the game's performance mode - and it seems to have worked wonders. Outlet IGN has given the new version of Jedi: Survivor a thorough test on Xbox Series X and...
News 'EA Sports WRC' Marks New Era For Rally Racing On Xbox This November
With Codemasters at the helm
Here we go! EA's first rally racer since it picked up the WRC license has finally been unveiled in the form of EA Sports WRC. Racing game experts Codemasters are officially developing this one too, for a November 3rd launch on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. This very development team have been working on the Dirt...
News Immortals Of Aveum On Unreal Engine 5 Is 'Cutting Edge', But Overall Xbox Visuals Suffer
"It's also clear Immortals has technical issues that need solving"
The team at Digital Foundry has taken a good look at EA's new Immortals of Aveum, and the results here are somewhat surprising, at least on a technical level. The overall sentiment is that the game has lots of new-gen cutting edge tech under the hood, but that tech doesn't always...
Review Immortals Of Aveum (Xbox) - EA's Spellbinding Shooter Packs A Punch
Story ain't this one's strong suit
The scale of EA's 'Originals' program has certainly grown this year with the arrival of Wild Hearts and Immortals of Aveum - two full-priced titles aimed squarely at the AAA gaming market. We've spent this week playing through the latter — EA's brand new magic-based shooter — and have come away largely...
News EA Adds Another Dynamic Background To Xbox Series X And S
You've gained immortality
Shortly after delivering a new dynamic background for Madden fans, EA is back with another animated wallpaper for Xbox Series X|S users. This one is based off the newly-released Immortals of Aveum, and we must admit, this is one of the better looking options we've seen so far! Adorned with the main character at the centre...
News Need For Speed Unbound 'Volume 4' Now Available On Xbox Game Pass
The latest update is now live
Need for Speed Unbound arrived on Xbox Game Pass earlier this summer thanks to EA Play, and the dev team is still bringing content to the game via its 'Volume' updates - the latest of which adds a couple of cars and some other bits and pieces. The two new cars in question are the 'Custom Porsche 911 Carrera S' and the...
News Xbox Is Offering 'Buy Two, Get One Free' On Select EA Games This Week
Including some major 2023 releases
We've got a couple of "Buy XX, Get XX Free" sales coming to Xbox over the next few days, and we're kicking things off with a "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" offer on EA games - including some major releases from earlier in 2023. You'll find this by heading to the "Deals" section on your Xbox console, where it might be hidden...
