EA Doesn’t Care for What Players Want, It Cares for What They Pay For: Ex-Mass Effect Andromeda Developer

Mass Effect: Andromeda gameplay designer Manveer Heir let slip some choice words about EA’s approach to game development on the Waypoint Radio podcast this weekend. Heir left Mass Effect: Andromeda developer BioWare and is…

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Electronic Arts, NFL Partner on Madden NFL 18 Fan Competition for Players and Teams

NFL fans and gamers can play their way to the Super Bowl - if they're good enough at the newest edition of "Madden NFL 18." Electronic Arts and the NFL on Monday announced…

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Stanford, Cal coaches talk players’ social media

Photo: Mark J. Terrill, Associated Press Cal head coach Justin Wilcox says social media can tell you a lot about what a player is really like. The benefits and drawbacks…

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AFL players take back control of social media amid deluge of abuse

AFL players are bombarded by negative, personal and vitriolic feedback on social media, but there's an app that's helping them wrestle back control of their online lives. This year, Western Bulldogs…

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Destiny 2: How Can Bungie Welcome New Players & Satisfy Old Ones?

Destiny 2 faces a tough problem: How to welcome new players who might not have seen the game, while also satisfying veteran players who have invested hundreds of hours. Although…

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Destiny Players Will Be Able to Overlevel for New Rise of Iron Raid

Bungie’s design team reveals that the new Destiny raid, Wrath of the Machine, will more closely resemble Vault of Glass in that the experience will be less technical. Among the…

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Major IT Players Form R Consortium to Strengthen Data Analysis

The Linux Foundation announced the formation ofR Consortium, with the intention of strengthening technical and user communities around the R language, the open source programming language for statistical data analysis.…

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The Division blows Destiny out of the water with 6.4 million beta players

On Friday, The Division's open beta officially began on the Xbox One, with the PlayStation 4 and PC versions going live on the following day. The beta has officially ended and…

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PC MMO Blade & Soul Passes 2 Million Players, First Content Update Released

NCSoft's PC MMO Blade & Soul continues to attract new players. The developer has announced that the free-to-play game has now passed 2 million players in the US and Europe.…

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