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The word “gameplay” comes up an awful lot in the daily conversations taking place across the corridors, offices, and meeting rooms of Techland’s HQ in Wroclaw, Poland. That might sound like a blatant observation to make about a game development studio, but it is perhaps the chief explanation for why, …

One day, we will look back upon the last decade and come to realise that the greatest trick developers pulled this generation was in convincing players that they had any agency over the virtual worlds that they inhabit.  Our fascination with even the most rudimentary inclusion of choice and consequence …

Update: EA recently updated its website (opens in new tab) with more information on act one of Anthem’s post-launch content. The expanded page doesn’t tell us anything new about acts two and three – like, for example, when they’ll arrive – but it does outline the three pillars of the …

While the upcoming Anthem (opens in new tab) game may look like an entirely new type of experience from BioWare, it does share something in common with the titles that have come before it baring the studio’s name. Much like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, Mass …

With Bioware’s Anthem (opens in new tab) game finally out of the Anthem demo (opens in new tab) period, you probably already know that there are four Javelins to play as, there are various things to shoot, and you can fly. Duh. So far, so obvious. But hidden on the …

You don’t become a ‘forever game’ without some top-notch endgame content. For many players, hitting max level in an MMO like World of Warcraft or a shared-world shooter like Destiny is merely the beginning – the gateway to a journey of gear optimization and tough-as-nails content you can only hope …

It can be a tough life being a gamer, having to repeatedly save the world, over and over again (repeat ad nauseam), so it’s almost refreshing that Bioware’s upcoming Anthem (opens in new tab) game is taking a different tack. In this world, you play as a Freelancer, and instead …