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EA Play 2017 Announcements

EA Play 2017  


Madden NFL 18

EA's presser kicked off with a Madden 18 trailer showing off its new Longshot campaign mode. Alongside FIFA 18 and the newly-refreshed NBA LIVE 18, this looks to be a step in the right direction for the Madden NFL franchise - especially, in the last decade. Watch the trailer

Battlefield 1 -  Expansion 

Battlefield 1 now has eight new maps, within its 'In the Name of the Tsar' expansion. This boasts new vehicles, weapons, the addition of a women's battalion and interestingly a new gameplay mode based off of player feedback, was teased. More about that will shared in August, at Gamescom.


FIFA 18 


The official trailer for FIFA 18 was shown, alongside a video of Cristiano Ronaldo performing motion capture. EA announced the return of Alex Hunter in the campaign mode. A Nintendo Switch version will also be released, although a 'lesser product' than the mainstream next-gen release. Watch the trailer

Need for Speed: Payback

Need for Speed: Payback was shown and looks to be very action-heavy. EA has scrapped live-action cutscenes, in favor of in-game, real-time cinematics. Police will assert their presence in the game, and vehicular customization is to be expected. Vehicular destruction now happens in slow-motion - which in my opinion, could have the potential to disrupt, rather than enhance the fast pacing of the game. Watch the trailer

EA's New IP: A Way Out

From the passionate developers of Xbox's Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, comes A Way Out - a narrative-driven, prison-drama co-op game, played split screen on the couch with a friend or online. Watch the reveal trailer here

BioWare's new IP: Anthem

BioWare's anticipated new IP was given a brief tease, with its reveal trailer. It looks to be a cross between Destiny and The Division; taking place in a sci-fi world, with exo-suits, monsters and mechs similar to Titanfall. See it for yourself: Watch the reveal trailer  

NBA LIVE 18

NBA LIVE 18 features tighter dribbling mechanics and improved moment-to-moment gameplay. It also introduces 'The One' mode, where you now can play for the League or go to the Streets. Watch the trailer 

Star Wars Battlefront 2 


Visceral Games' Star Wars was strangely absent; as in not mentioned at all. Although 30 minutes of Star Wars Battlefront 2 multiplayer gameplay for 'Assault on Theed' was shown live at the conference, but we have not seen single-player gameplay as yet. We do know that the story mode will happen across all three eras and canonically bridge Star Wars Episode 6 and 7.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 purportedly features more than 3x the content of the previous Battlefront entry. EA has looks to have closely-considered player feedback and criticism this time around, as much of the expected content was indeed missing from the last game.

Battlefront 2 has more heroes, adds customizable class systems (e.g. assault, specialist, etc.) and the much-awaited space battles. Additional season content will now be made 'free', which includes all post-launch heroes, maps and weapons.




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