OXM - Sometimes you have to wonder whether EA's mouth is on speaking terms with its brain. This morning's revelation (care of chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen) that all future EA titles will support micro-transactions might have been plucked from a handbook of ways to royally cheese off the internet (admittedly, his remarks were directed at an audience of investors, not consumers). It follows a series of PR blunders that began with the discovery of a micro-transaction system in Dead Space 3 - a feature EA could have unveiled itself in order to explore the ramifications appropriately and avoid the charge of harbouring guilty secrets, but instead chose to leave lying around in preview code.
Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.
Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.
A famous actor from Starship Troopers has showered praise on Helldivers 2 and said he is open to the idea of playing General Brasch.
