‘Battlefield 3′ Producer: ‘Controversy Is Not a Mature Way to Sell a Game’

EA’s hoping to storm to the top of the modern military FPS heap with Battlefield 3, ending Call of Duty‘s recent reign as the number one shooter franchise. The man leading the charge at the DICE development studio making the game is executive producer Patrick Bach. Bach’s been at DICE for nine years and spoke [...]

The Loadout for October 11, 2010: New Games to Attack Your Week With

Welcome to the Loadout. Our philosophy is that the working week is a recurring boss battle that you’ll need the proper weapons to take down. The supplies at hand won’t always be pretty but you might just be able to hold out until the weekend. Green means add it to your arsenal, yellow leaves it [...]

EA Redacts Taliban from Medal of Honor Multiplayer

Gamers who were expecting to face off against Afghanistan’s Islamic extremist faction in EA’s highly-anticipated FPS will be getting something a little different. It’s a common trope to let players choose from the heroic and villainous factions in shooter games. However, there’s been a controversy over allowing the Taliban–Medal of Honor‘s bad guys–to be player-controlled [...]

Preview & Trailer: Medal of Honor Takes Players into Real-World Conflict

Medal of Honor‘s been on the shelf a long time. The last set of multi-platform games came out in 2007 under the Medal of Honor: Heroes banner and, since then, EA’s storied FPS franchise has lain fallow. Earlier this year, the publisher announced that Medal of Honor would be returning in a significantly changed form.