Battlefield 3 Premium has 1.3 Million Members

Ea has announced that 1.3 million people have signed up for Battlefield 3 Premium. This news comes during EA's 2013 first quarter earnings call.

Old Republic Has Dropped Below 1 Million

In EA's 2013 first quarter earnings call they revealed that subscriptions for the Old Republic have dropped below 1 million. EA didn't reveal specifics but noted that it is still well above 500,000 subscribers. This comes after the reveal of the Old Republic going free to play. 

Star Wars the Old Republic Going Free To Play

This Fall the Old Republic is getting a free to play option. This free to play option will allow access to the full story plus all current classes and races, players will also be able to go up to the current level cap of 50. Some content however will be restricted to those who pay a $14.99 subscription fee or using an upcoming form of in game currency called "Cartel Coins".

Benefits of being a subscriber including monthly allotments of Cartel Coins, new high level content, and new features. Also unlike free players subscribers will get unlimited access to PvP warzones. Free players will also have a limited number of bank slots, and will have to pay for new content.

Bioware GM Matt Bromberg has stated in an interview with IGN that this is not about subscriber loss.

"There has been some decline in our subscriber numbers, but I wouldn't say that's what's driving the decision...what's happened in the marketplace is that free-to-play has really become the market standard for MMOs and we felt like there were both potentially millions of new players who were Star Wars fans who never tasted the game because the subscription was a barrier. Our research also told us that a lot of the folks who we had earlier on who left the game would like to come back and try some of the new features and content that we've put into the game since they've left if the subscription wasn't a barrier. So we feel like the market and our players are telling us that greater access is what they want and so we're really responding to that."

EA and Bioware have also said that this will allow them to release content more regularly. With the first of the new content to come in August, then Bioware hopes to release new content every six weeks.

Battlefield 4 announced

EA has made an official announcement of Battlefield 4, In the shape of a beta for pre-ordering Medal of Honor: warfighter Linited Edition. Frank Gibeua, President of EA Labels said "Though Battlefield and Medal of Honor Warfighter each offer players a completely unique experience, they are united by their underlying technology base- Frostbite. These are two of the hottest shooters, coming together to deliver a one- two punch of action, intensity and shooter entertainment."Access to the bata will begin in Autumn of 2013

New Characters Announced For Playstation All-Stars

Jak from the Jak and Daxter franchise and Cole from the infamous franchise have been announced as playable characters for Playstation All-Stars. They will be joining the previously announced Nathan Drake, Big Daddy, Colonel Radec, Kratos, Sly Copper, Fat Princess, Parappa the Rapper, Sweet Tooth, Heihachi Mishima, and Toro. 

Battlefield 4 Beta

A posting on Origin revealed that by pre-ordering Medal of Honor: Warfighter on PC shall get you access to the Battlefield 4 beta. This post was later removed, although a sequel to Battlefield 3 wouldn't be surprising seeing as how it continues to sell well and Battlefield Premium has 800,000 subscribers.

Deadpool Game announced

Everyone thought it was Hit Monkey but it turned out to be Deadpool. The game is being developed by High Moon Studios, who are currently developing Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. although not mentioned it appears that Nolan North is the voice of Deadpool.

Fortnite will be the first game built on Unreal Engine 4

During a panel at SDCC today Cliff Bleszinski revealed that the upcoming release will be the first game to be built on Epic's new engine. More interestingly is that the game will be a pc exclusive, Bleszinski noting that "Next-gen is here. It's a high-end pc."

Injustice gets new characters

The likes of Cyborg and nightwing have joined the ranks of Injustice. They will be joining Batman,Superman,Flash,Harley Quinn,and Solomon Grundy.

Kid Icarus Dev shutsdown

Kid Icarus Uprising dev Project Sora has closed its doors. According to their website the closure happened June 30th with their website to follow on July 3rd. Project Sora was founded in 2009 and Kid Icarus was their only game

Old Republic Free Trial

Bioware has announced that starting today people can start a free trial of Star Wars the Old Republic. The trial has no time limit and will last until the player hit level 15. Players will get to pick from all eight character classes and explore the characters starting world. This triaL is open to anyone who has never had an active account.