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February 27, 2018

EA Sees A Drop In Its Metacritic Ranking

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EA has seen a dramatic drop in its Metacritic publisher ranking for 2017. The website puts together lists every year of all of the biggest publishers, putting them in order of how well their games performed in terms of reviews. This gives a good idea of how well a publisher and its titles performed over the last 12 months. For 2017, EA actually fell out of the major publisher category altogether. This was due to the fact that they had a smaller release schedule than usual. To qualify as a major publisher on Metacritic, a company must release at least 12 games. However, EA also fell in terms of its ranking scores. These use a variety of measures to determine how successful a title was and rely heavily on whether a game was considered good by reviewers, which is judged by if they scored 75 or more on average. With EA having less games to release in the previous year and the poor critical reception of both Star Wars Battlefront

September 9, 2017

Madden 18 (Xbox One) Review

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The yearly release of Madden has become such a traditional part of gaming that many people purchase the latest game without even thinking about it. It is a franchise that has often gone through phases of very slight improvements and then major wholesale changes. This year’s Madden 18 sits comfortably in the middle, improving upon everything from its predecessor while also introducing some new additions to help shake up the experience. This is the first time that Madden has used EA’s Frostbite engine and the marked improvement in terms of the animations, physics, and overall look are clear to see immediately. In short, the action shown on screen is simply breathtaking. It is certainly one of the most realistic simulations of a sport that has ever made its way to video game consoles. Characters all have minute attention to detail given to them and even the stadiums are rendered in a better way that includes actual things specific to each location. It isn’t all about the looks either. The upgrade

August 12, 2014

EA Access now available to all Xbox One users

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EA has announced that its new subscription-based game service is now available to all Xbox One users. Players can download the app from the Xbox Live Store and choose their subscription package to get access to a variety of EA published games. There are two different levels available, a $4.99 a month option and a yearly subscription that costs $30. EA Access was first announced last month to the surprise of many in the industry. The service will give subscribers access to many different EA games that they can download at the click of a button. It will also provide discounts to DLC and other games as well as letting players get early access to newly released titles before they are available in stores. The first games to be available through the program are Battlefield 4, Madden NFL 25, FIFA 14 and Peggle 2. The publisher has also promised that more games will be made available in the future, including titles that are more recent. Gamers cannot play downloaded games

February 29, 2012