Back of the net | The genius of FIFA 17’s free weekend

Free weekends aren’t a new concept. Online games (or multiplayer modes in AAA games) have been doing them for years, especially in the MMORPG scene, but last weekend EA took the approach one step further. They opened up most of FIFA 17, their current EA Sports flagship game, to PS4 and Xbox One owners. With […]

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EA E3 2016 Press Conference Highlights | Tease Effect

If I could describe the EA Play event in one word, it would be “tease.” It doesn’t help that a number of announcements were spoiled ahead of time, such as Titanfall 2’s single player that looks to mash up Attack on Titan with Fable 2’s dog (it’s going to happen, isn’t it), but it was […]

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Why now is the time to experience The Secret World

Last week I finally revisited The Secret World. After reviewing it at launch, calling it “a brave new world worth spending time in,” I gradually had less and less time to play it. This was despite my former colleague Jon falling head over heels for it, proclaiming his love for it repeatedly. I watched from […]

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Dragon Age: Inquisition Review

I had been wandering through the Hinterlands – the first open zone of the game – for over 3 hours. The vast area filled with things to find, quests to complete, and places to discover had absolutely consumed me. As I ran around, Varric and Cassandra would bicker about the latter’s interrogation of the former, […]

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