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Need for Speed: The Run Review (PC)

I grew up with the Need for Speed franchise, first experiencing the racing series with the stunning NFS 5: Porsche Unleashed. After that, I didn’t miss any entry in the series. Sadly, as much as I enjoyed titles like Underground 1 and 2, not to mention the stunning Most Wanted, the newer iterations, like the il...

21 November 2011
09:01 GMT

Need for Speed: The Run Allows for Car Choices Despite Story Focus

Need for Speed: The Run, the upcoming racing game from Black Box and Electronic Arts, will offer players the ability to choose from a variety of cars during their races, despite the fact that the story of the title emphasizes the tied hands of Jack, the main character. The Need for Speed franchise has been going t...

9 September 2011
02:34 GMT

E3 2011 Hands On and Off – Need for Speed: The Run

Need for Speed seems to be a solid brand once again, after the success of the rebranded Hot Pursuit from Criterion and of the more recent Shift 2 Unleashed, and publisher Electronic Arts seems to be determined to keep the momentum up with the incoming Need for Speed: The Run.I saw the game today at the Electronic Ar...

8 June 2011
22:17 GMT

Dead Space's Isaac Clarke Is a Playable Character in Skate 3

Isaac Clarke, the main character from Visceral Games' Dead Space series, shows up in another one of Electronic Arts' published games. His first appearance outside the Dead Space universe was in Visceral's latest game, Dante's Inferno, as a playable character. This time around, the placement is a b...

20 May 2010
14:21 GMT

Skate 3 Coming with Co-Op Play on May 11

Electronic Arts, as the publisher, and Black Box, as the developer, have announced that Skate 3 will be launched on the North American market on May 11 with the worldwide launch coming three days later. Skate 3 is set to be released on the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, emphasize cooperative...

18 March 2010
06:12 GMT

Electronic Arts Fires 1,500 Employees

Electronic Arts has taken some drastic measures to try to mend its financial status. The company has laid off a very large number of its employees from various studios and will continue to do so until March 31. Only just nine months ago did the company do a very similar thing, when 1,100 employees, amounting to 11 pe...

10 November 2009
03:55 GMT

Need For Speed Undercover Receives Patch This Week

One of the most talked about franchises in the last few weeks was Electronic Arts' Need For Speed racing one, which, although rumored for cancellation and the staff at EA Black Box to be fired, saw the announcement of not one but four new titles that would appear this year.As we reported these things a lot of fa...

9 February 2009
03:04 GMT

Electronic Arts Announces Further Staff Lay Offs

Electronic Arts, which has just announced less than stellar financial results for the last quarter, says that it plans to cut another 4% of its staff positions in order to streamline its operations. The company also reveals that “at least nine” of the studios creating games for the publisher will be close...

23 December 2008
03:22 GMT

How Black Boxes Work

Minor incidents or catastrophic crashes may frequently leave behind unanswered questions related to what really led to such events. In order to answer these questions, investigators often turn to flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders, generally known to us as black boxes. Incredible as it may seem, in fac...

2 April 2008
07:17 GMT

PC, 360, PS3 - Valve Has Canceled Half Life 2: Black Box

Half-Life 2: The Black Box package, offering Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, has just been officially cancelled by Valve. The only collection available now for the FPS's faithful fans will be the Orange Box of Episode 2 releasing in autumn. The Orange Box will be setting gamers back $10 more...

20 May 2007
04:51 GMT

HL 2 Ep. 2-8 Hours of Gameplay

Everybody knows that Half Life 2 episode 1 had 4 hours of gameplay tops, yet Valve's Doug Lombardi says that ep. 1 had to offer around 6 hours of gameplay. Now, HL ep. 2 is getting closer and closer to the finish and the developers are trimming down the time for its release. But they assure fans that ep. 2 is go...

10 March 2007
10:10 GMT


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