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Electronic Arts has stopped development on the free-to-playCommand & Conquer and disbanded its development studio. A post on the official site’s news section revealed that negative response to the game’s alpha trial spurred the decision. “Part of being in a creative team is the understanding that not all of your …

EA Labels President Frank Gibeau says DRM had nothing to do with SimCity’s always-online requirement. In a GamesIndustry International interview he stressed that the game was conceptualized and built by Maxis as a massively multiplayer experience. “DRM is a failed dead-end strategy; it’s not a viable strategy for the gaming …

According to a report published today in theNew York Times (opens in new tab), Electronic Arts offered more than a billion dollars in an attempted buyout of Valve, but was ultimately turned down by the PC gaming company. The sources asked to remain nameless, but both confirmed that EA had …

Criterion and EAlet loose (opens in new tab)some details today about how the Kinect functionality will work in their upcoming open world racing title, Need for Speed: Most Wanted. We’re happy to report that Criterion isn’t planning to force you to play with an invisible steering wheel. The Kinect functionality …

The following post will contain mild spoilers about the plot of the “Leviathan” downloadable content pack for Mass Effect 3. If you don’t want to know anything about the storyline, then you should stop reading, and simply know that a voice actor in the new content confirmed the news toEurogamer …

The Dead Space series has been making derelict spacecrafts scarier than anyone could have imagined since 2008. Chronicling the trials and tribulations of the once mild-mannered Isaac Clarke, each new frontier is filled with hideously deformed creatures known as Necromorphs and humans driven mad by ancient artifacts known as Markers. …

Stories in MMOs are hardly ever memorably. In fact, most gamers would admit to skipping through it entirely, clicking “accept” and killing ten rats or doing whatever else it is they are being asked to do without ever knowing why. Star Wars: The Old Republic changed that, and we had …

(opens in new tab) Above: Comment on this article and you’ll also be entered for a chance to win this fabulous Senate Guard model and Star Wars: The Old Republic Art book This week, GamesRadar is celebrating Star Wars with regular content dedicated to our favorite sci-fi franchise. One way …

A German branch of PETA, the worldwide animal rights organization that apparently uses Minority Report-esque technology to predict and fight future animal crimes, is taking Battlefield 3 to task over its murderous treatment of virtual rats; a treatment, it says, that will motivate young men to practice their rat-killing impulses …

So there’s good news and there’s bad news: the bad news is that The Old Republic isn’t drastically different than the other MMORPGs you’ve played in the past ten years. You still talk to NPCs that wander around a small area, you’re still assigned arbitrary assignments that involve traveling to …