EA hits like Battlefield 4 and The Sims 4 were given time to bounce back from rough launches because they were “too big to fail,” whereas with BioWare’s Anthem, it wasn’t “a given that it was going to be that big” October 22, 2025 / admin / retro news “Your choices are either to fix Battlefield 4 or shut the studio down, and through much of its recent history, EA has been very reluctant to shut down studios” Read More 2019
A year later, Persona 3 Reload gets a fresh update bringing back the PS2 JRPG’s original vocalist: “I’m truly overjoyed and grateful to be reunited with everyone again” October 22, 2025 / admin / retro news “Persona 3 is a treasure to me as well” Read More 2019
Metroid Prime developer struggled to find common ground with Nintendo “many” times, leading to one clash that went from morning until “the sun was setting” October 22, 2025 / admin / retro news “I’ve been working on Nintendo games my whole career, so I believe I have the most experience in making Nintendo games” Read More 2019
After 30 million rounds and 816,162 rubber ducks, Arc Raiders celebrates successful Server Slam open beta with some prompt bug squashing: “We took immediate action” October 22, 2025 / admin / retro news It was a good Server Slam Read More 2019
Exclusive games are “antiquated,” Xbox president says, because everyone’s just going to go play Call of Duty, Minecraft, Roblox, and Fortnite anyway: “That’s actually what’s really driving community in gaming” October 22, 2025 / admin / retro news “We’re really seeing people evolve way past that” Read More 2019
HBO Max has raised prices across all plans October 22, 2025 / admin / retro news All HBO Max subscription tiers will undergo a price increase, effective immediately Read More 2019