EA Reportedly Closes BioWare, Modern Warfare 4 Pulls Footage

Electronic Arts reportedly closed BioWare after choosing a new Star Wars: Battlefront project over Mass Effect 5. Activision is removing real footage of the 2022 Seoul crowd crush from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, while Ubisoft says no other Assassin’s Creed remakes are in active development .

EA Reportedly Closes BioWare to Prioritize Star Wars: Battlefront 3

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Electronic Arts reportedly shut down BioWare after executives chose to invest in a new Star Wars: Battlefront game rather than Mass Effect 5 . The reported decision came after EA reviewed its upcoming portfolio and concluded it could not back both high-budget sci-fi projects .

The reports describe Battlefront 3 as the project EA chose to pursue, with BioWare’s closure tied to the decision to shift resources away from Mass Effect . EA has not confirmed the reported choice in the articles provided .

Activision Removes Seoul Crowd Crush Footage From Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

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Activision says it will remove news footage of the 2022 Seoul crowd crush from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 after families of victims objected to its inclusion . The footage appeared in the game’s opening sequence, where it was used in a fictional scenario involving an invasion from North Korea .

Activision apologized and said the footage would be pulled following the families’ criticism .

Ubisoft Says No More Assassin’s Creed Remakes Are in Development

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Ubisoft says there are no other Assassin’s Creed remakes actively in development, leaving Black Flag Resynced as the only announced remake currently in the works . The publisher says it is focused on upcoming projects including Assassin’s Creed Hexe and Invictus, as well as games it has not yet announced .

Ubisoft also points to a final major content update for Black Flag Resynced and a new game+ mode for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla .

Roblox Reports $1.6 Billion Revenue as AI Use Spreads Across Top Games

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Roblox reported $1.6 billion in third-quarter revenue, up 16% year over year, while bookings fell 12% to $1.7 billion . The company also said 80% of its top 100 games used AI tools to speed up development .

Soulframe Opens to All Players on November 6 After Closed Alpha

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Digital Extremes’ free-to-play fantasy RPG Soulframe opens to all players on November 6, following two years in closed alpha . The open Prelude arrives shortly before the game’s 17th major update, Verse of the Veilands .