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Frostbite Source Code Stolen in EA Hack
It’s not exactly a secret that there are people and organisations throughout the world that are dedicated to stealing data and information from major online companies. While their success is often hit and miss, when they do succeed, it can often be very damaging or, at the very least, disruptive.…
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EA Takes PC First Strategy to Development
Over the past couple of years, PC gaming has seen more ups and downs. Some games will launch and play without any issues, while others would remain unplayable until after a series of patches. One source of blame has been the split developer focus due to consoles. This should have…
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Frostbite’s Senior Graphic Programmer Leaves DICE to Join Unity
Unity has been steadily gaining in popularity with developers, as it’s very easy to work with and from my own experiences pretty easy to learn too. It’s quite VR friendly, meaning a lot of new and existing developers have been tempted by what it offers, especially those toying around with…
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DICE Confirms New Screenshot of Star Wars: Battlefront
The Star Wars: Battlefront title will have its debut at the Star Wars Celebration on April 17th. Until then, DICE appears to be eager to share some in-game footage with its fans, having Lead Level Designer, Dennis Brannvall, confirming that what we view below is really in-game footage. The game…
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Frostbite Technical Director Wants DirectX 12 as a Requirement for 2016 Holiday Games
DirectX 12 is almost here and big name gaming companies already want to have it as a requirement for their next games. Frostbite’s technical director, Johan Andersson, is one of the people who expressed interest to have DirectX 12, Windows 10 and WDDM 2.0 as minimum requirements for the Holiday…
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The New Mass Effect Title Will be “Epic in Scale”, Feature Explorable Planets & More
There’s a new Mass Effect game being worked on over in the BioWare studios, but we are being told that the next Mass Effect game will be “epic in scale” and that it will focus much more on the exploration of planets, and exploration in general, versus its predecessors. The…
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Battlefield 4 For PC To Be AMD Optimised
Rumours erupted yesterday that EA and AMD had created an agreement that would see all Frostbite 3 engine based titles optimised for AMD hardware. The report was first delivered by IGN and you can see the merit behind the rumour as the next generation of consoles will both be AMD…
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The Wii U Is Unofficially Dead And You Can Blame EA
The Wii U hasn’t had the best start in life, it has struggled to win over the mass market and Nintendo have had the industry equivalent wake up call as the Wii U fails to meet their expectations. Now I’m not going to say the console it rubbish and isn’t selling…
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