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PlayStation Discounts Select PS5 Bundles Ahead of Black Friday — Save Up to $155 on a Refurbished Console and Two DualSense Controllers Before GTA 6 PlayStation giver 40 dollar rabat ved køb af en certificeret istandsat PS5-konsol og en recertificeret DualSense-controller i samme ordre. Tilbuddet starter ved 518 dollar for Digital Edition og 568 dollar for modellen med diskdrev, med rabatten trukket automatisk ved betaling. Kampagnen kommer før Black Friday og GTA 6, der ifølge artiklen udkommer 19. november 2026.

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'This Was Entirely Predictable' — BioWare's Future Was in Jeopardy Well before EA's $55 Billion Acquisition, Analysts Say BioWare er lukket som led i EAs omfattende omstrukturering, der også medfører aflysninger og omkring 400 tabte arbejdspladser. Spilbrancheanalytikere vurderer, at studiets fremtid blev svækket af høje udviklingsomkostninger, skuffende salg og EAs store gældsbyrde efter opkøbet. De tvivler samtidig på, at Mass Effect- og Dragon Age-rettighederne bliver solgt videre, fordi projekterne er dyre og langsigtede.

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'Who Is Here After Watching the Leaked Mass Effect Universe Trailer?' — the Exodus Devs Picked a Hell of a Time to Reveal Their Redesigned Male Protagonist Archetype Entertainment har vist en opdateret udgave af den mandlige hovedperson Jun Aslan i det kommende science fiction-rollespil Exodus. Ansigtet er redesignet efter kritik fra fans, som nu generelt virker mere tilfredse. Afsløringen kommer kort efter, at EA har lukket BioWare og aflyst Mass Effect 5, hvilket har øget opmærksomheden på Exodus som en mulig åndelig efterfølger. Spillet udkommer 7. april 2027.

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'Our End Goal Is That Every Match Is a Good Match' — Infinity Ward Weighs in on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Matchmaking Infinity Wards multiplayerchef, Joe Cecot, siger, at målet med matchmaking i Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 er at skabe gode kampe, men han giver ingen konkrete detaljer om systemet. Spillet er lanceret uden en tydeligt angivet åben matchmaking-kø, som ellers fandtes som valgmulighed i Black Ops 7. Det har genoplivet debatten om skill-based matchmaking blandt spillerne.

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Breaking Down the Future of Disney Lorcana TCG with Co-Founder Ryan Miller Disney Lorcana får nye kortsæt, mekanikker og samlerprodukter, mens Ravensburger løfter sløret for spillets planer ved D23. Hyperia City er lanceret med figurer fra blandt andet Coco og en ny ressource kaldet Ink Drops. I 2027 kommer sættene Into the Inkdark og Cosmic Quest, ligesom en digital version af spillet er under udvikling.

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Cyberpunk 2077 2.5 Update Secretly Added The Witcher 3 Sword and Cosmetics Cyberpunk 2077-opdatering 2.5 indeholder flere The Witcher 3-inspirerede genstande, som ikke fremgår af de officielle patchnoter. Spillere kan blandt andet finde Sihil-sværdet, Boar Carver-kniven, Professorens briller samt jakke og bukser fra Ursine-skolen. Genstandene bliver tilgængelige i V’s lejlighed efter en besked om en gave.

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The Battlestar Galactica Board Game Is Making a Surprise Comeback Next Year Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game vender tilbage i en ny udgave, efter at Ghost Galaxy har indgået en aftale med Universal og Fantasy Flight Games. Den opdaterede version af det populære spil fra 2008 lanceres via crowdfunding tidligt næste år. Detaljerne er endnu få, men Christian T. Peterson, tidligere chef for Fantasy Flight Games, står i spidsen for projektet.

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Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember Preview: Killing Giant Spider Things, Wuxia-Style, and It Feels So Good IGN har prøvespillet Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember, som kombinerer Team Ninjas hurtige actionkamp med strategiske elementer fra Three Kingdoms-universet. Spillet foregår på en dæmonisk ø og lægger vægt på aggressiv kamp, parader og en Spirit-måler uden stamina-begrænsning. Previewet fremhæver også de 18 våbentyper, magiske angreb og spillets detaljerede visuelle udtryk.

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'A Foot-in-the-Door Technique' — Half of Cyberpunk 2's Quest Team are Former Modders, Game's Associate Director Says Omkring halvdelen af quest-teamet på Cyberpunk 2 består ifølge associate game director Pawel Sasko af tidligere moddere. CD Projekt Red har aktivt rekrutteret fra moddingmiljøet og fremhæver fællesskabets betydning for Cyberpunk 2077’s fortsatte liv. Udmeldingen blev gentaget under en REDstream, hvor studiet også talte om nye opdateringer og udvidet platformsunderstøttelse.

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Amazon Slashes Magic: The Gathering Booster Boxes Ahead of Black Friday, Discounting Unreleased Star Trek and Marvel Crossover Sets To New Low Prices Amazon har sat prisen ned på flere Play Booster-bokse til Magic: The Gathering forud for Black Friday. Tilbuddene omfatter blandt andet kommende Star Trek-sæt samt kortserier baseret på Marvel, The Hobbit og Avatar: The Last Airbender. Artiklen understreger, at Play Boosters er billigere end Collector Boosters, som typisk indeholder de mest værdifulde kort.

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'More to Come' — Saber Interactive CEO Says Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival is 'First in a Series' of Releases from the Studio Saber Interactive-topchef Matthew Karch siger, at Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival klarer sig ekstremt godt på pc og konsoller efter udgivelsen 8. oktober. Han fremhæver spillet som et eksempel på, at mindre, etablerede IP-baserede AA-produktioner kan give stærke resultater med lavere risiko end meget dyre AAA-spil. Karch varsler samtidig flere udgivelser, der skal følge samme model.

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‘Now You’re Pushing It’ — Debra Wilson Drew the Line at the Wolverine Devs Scanning Her Tattoos Into the Game Skuespilleren Debra Wilson fortæller, at hun er blevet træt af, at hendes ansigt gentagne gange bruges i videospil. I det kommende Marvel’s Wolverine ville udviklerne også scanne hendes originale tatoveringer, hvilket fik hende til at sige fra. Wilson understreger dog, at hun ikke ønsker at begrænse kunstnernes kreative frihed, og at brugen af hendes lighed kan fungere i spil som Death Stranding 2.

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Half-Life 3's Rumored Codename Accidentally Mentioned by Valve Developer En Valve-udvikler nævnte ved en fejl kodenavnet HLX under en konference om lyd i computerspil. HLX har i flere år været sat i forbindelse med det rygtede Half-Life 3, men omtalen bekræfter ikke, at projektet faktisk er det næste spil i serien. Episoden tyder dog på, at HLX fortsat er under aktiv udvikling hos Valve.

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GTA 6 Is Almost Here: Trade in Your Old Console and Save on an Upgrade at PayMore Grand Theft Auto 6 udkommer ifølge artiklen den 19. november 2026 til PlayStation 5 og Xbox Series X|S, men ikke til PlayStation 4 eller Xbox One. PayMore tilbyder frem til 20. november et ekstra gavekort på 10 dollar ved indbytning af en gammel konsol i deltagende amerikanske butikker. Artiklen beskriver samtidig spillets tilbagevenden til Vice City og de to hovedpersoner Jason og Lucia.

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Amazon Is Selling Magic: The Gathering's Rare Foundations Commander Decks for MSRP — but Only if You Buy the Complete Five Deck Bundle Amazon har igen Foundations Commander-decks fra Magic: The Gathering på lager til den vejledende pris, men kun som en samlet pakke med alle fem mono-farvede decks. Pakken koster 149,95 dollar, mens enkelte decks fortsat kan være markant dyrere hos forhandlere. Især Tramplesaurus Rex sælges til overpris, som artiklen fraråder at betale.

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World of Warcraft: Forever Breathes New Life Into an Iconic Classic - IGN Blizzard lancerer World of Warcraft: Forever den 4. november som en nyfortolkning af det klassiske MMORPG. Spillet bevarer blandt andet niveaugrænsen på 60 og den langsommere progression, men tilføjer over 1.000 quests, nye områder, en spilbar race, klasser, dungeons og raids. Et nyt Legacy-system giver kontobaserede belønninger, mens grafik, lys og andre visuelle effekter er blevet opdateret.

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Mass Effect 5 Trailer Leaks Online With 'Mass Effect: Universe' Title, Reveals Returning Characters and Much More En intern trailer fra det aflyste Mass Effect 5 er lækket online under titlen “Mass Effect: Universe”. Optagelserne viser blandt andet rumrejser, en galaksekortfunktion, velkendte arter og en ældre Liara T’Soni. BioWare arbejdede på spillet frem til EA’s beslutning om at lukke studiet og standse udviklingen, angiveligt efter flere års produktion.

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Alan Wake 2: Deluxe Edition for PS5 Drops to Its Lowest Price Ever, Just in Time for Halloween Alan Wake 2: Deluxe Edition til PlayStation 5 er sat ned hos Amazon til omkring 30 dollar, hvilket ifølge IGN er den laveste pris hidtil. Udgaven indeholder grundspillet, udvidelserne Night Springs og The Lake House samt en remasteret digital version af det originale Alan Wake. Spillet kombinerer psykologisk survival horror, tredjepersonsaction og filmiske live-action-sekvenser.

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Dispatch Celebrates First Anniversary With Live Concert, Commentary Track, Mobile Version, and More Merch AdHoc Studio fejrer étårsdagen for spillet Dispatch med nye funktioner i Deluxe Edition, herunder kommentarspor og storyboard-visning. Spillet udkommer også til iOS og Android den 9. december 2026, hvor de første fire episoder kan spilles gratis. Samtidig lanceres nyt merchandise og et engangskoncert i Hollywood med musik fra spillet.

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3 Very Different Survival Games from indie.io Featured in Steam Next Fest - IGN IGN fremhæver tre meget forskellige overlevelsesspil fra indie.io, som kan prøves under Steam Next Fest. Coal Duty er et samarbejdsbaseret horrorspil i en kulmine, HumanitZ er et zombiebaseret sandkassespil med en stor opdatering, og Mayday: The Survival Island handler om at overleve på et øhav efter et skibsforlis. To af spillene har gratis demoer, mens Coal Duty udkommer i Early Access 27. oktober.

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Mass Effect 5 Dev Says BioWare Saw What Larian and CD Projekt Had Done in the RPG Space and Was Taking the Franchise to ‘The Next Level’ En tidligere BioWare-udvikler fortæller, at det aflyste Mass Effect 5 blev udviklet med inspiration fra Larians og CD Projekts succesfulde rollespil. Holdet ønskede at løfte serien til et nyt niveau med større spillerfrihed og flere valg, samtidig med at forbindelsen til den oprindelige trilogi blev bevaret. EA har siden lukket projektet og BioWare.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Lead Writer Mourns Death of BioWare as Farewell Post Leaves Out MMO Hovedforfatteren på Star Wars: The Old Republic, Caitlin Sullivan Kelly, har kritiseret BioWares afskedserklæring for ikke at nævne MMO-spillet. Spillet blev udviklet af BioWare, udgivet i 2011 og drevet af studiet frem til overdragelsen til Broadsword i 2023. Kelly kalder udeladelsen hjerteskærende og fremhæver spillets betydning for studiets økonomi og historie.

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Secretlab Just Dropped Flaming Hot K/DA Editions of Its Best Gaming Chair and Desk Models Secretlab har lanceret en ny Firestarter-kollektion i samarbejde med den virtuelle League of Legends-gruppe K/DA. Kollektionen omfatter specialudgaver af gamingstolen Titan Evo og skrivebordet Magnus Pro med flammedesign og symboler for gruppens medlemmer. Produkterne kan købes nu fra henholdsvis 644 og 978 dollar. Lanceringen følger K/DA’s comeback med en ny single, EP og optræden ved Worlds.

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EA Never Knew What It Had With BioWare, and After a Live-Service Disaster and a Compromised Dragon Age, It’s All of Our Loss IGN’s Matt Purslow argumenterer i denne kommentar for, at EA’s fokus på massemarkedet, live-service-spil og mikrotransaktioner har svækket BioWare og bidraget til studiets tilbagegang. Artiklen gennemgår BioWares udvikling efter opkøbet i 2007 samt problemerne omkring Anthem og Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Den sætter samtidig udviklingen ind i en bredere kritik af EAs behandling af tidligere opkøbte studier.

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Skate Studio Also Hit With Cuts as Scope of EA's Mass Layoffs Becomes Clearer Flere medarbejdere hos Full Circle, studiet bag det seneste Skate, er blevet afskediget som led i Electronic Arts’ omfattende nedskæringer. EA vil fortsætte arbejdet på spillet med et mindre og mere fokuseret team, mens omkring 400 stillinger samlet forsvinder i koncernen. Fyringerne kommer efter en tidligere nedskæringsrunde hos Full Circle i februar og lukningen af BioWare.

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'This Was Entirely Predictable' — BioWare's Future Was in Jeopardy Well before EA's $55 Billion Acquisition, Analysts Say

BioWare er lukket som led i EAs omfattende omstrukturering, der også medfører aflysninger og omkring 400 tabte arbejdspladser. Spilbrancheanalytikere vurderer, at studiets fremtid blev svækket af høje udviklingsomkostninger, skuffende salg og EAs store gældsbyrde efter opkøbet. De tvivler samtidig på, at Mass Effect- og Dragon Age-rettighederne bliver solgt videre, fordi projekterne er dyre og langsigtede.

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Games industry analysts told IGN that BioWare was likely doomed well before EA’s $55 billion acquisition, explaining that games like Mass Effect are now considered “prestige projects” for the company, and it’s unlikely the sci-fi franchise, nor BioWare’s other IPs, are sold off.

On October 21, EA announced a major shift in strategy and a significant internal restructuring that involves the cancelation of a number of projects, the closure of BioWare, and a reported 400 people losing their jobs. The Canadian studio, known for franchises like Mass Effect and Dragon Age, was shut down after more than 30 years of creating beloved role-playing games. Mass Effect fans must now consider that the franchise is dead — something the leaked internal trailer for Mass Effect Universe made all the more difficult to accept.

Needless to say, Mass Effect fans were gutted by the news, hoping against hope that EA might sell off BioWare’s IP rather than letting them languish in obscurity. But analysts have expressed doubt that outside companies will take on BioWare's franchises, even as EA faces down a massive debt incurred by its acquisition.

When asked about this possibility, industry analyst Joost van Dreunen said, “maybe,” but explained that these IPs are likely far too costly — and far too time-consuming — for other developers to tackle.

“In many ways, BioWare's IP is in the same boat as some of the other studios we recently saw being divested. They are all well-known and too expensive for most buyers. Capable publishers like CD Projekt Red already have their hands full with their own projects,” he said. (He’s not wrong; CDPR certainly has a lot on its plate right now, what with The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 being in active development.)

The next Mass Effect was announced six years ago, at The Game Awards 2020, and this time last year Mike Gamble, now former executive producer of Mass Effect at BioWare, celebrated N7 Day to say the game was still in development. He even expressed excitement about the Amazon TV series (which IGN understands is currently still in the works), and insisted EA and BioWare "remain committed to telling more stories in this universe."

So what changed? Why cancel Mass Effect 5 now? Van Dreunen told us that, in EA’s eyes, legacy IPs like Mass Effect are likely being viewed as “prestige projects,” and the future looks grim for other development teams still underneath EA’s umbrella.

"Before its buyout, EA had been focusing on building recurring revenue streams, and the focus of its new owners is sports, live service, and new markets like Asia. Even if Mass Effect and Dragon Age were fantastically successful, corporate will insist on predictable cash flow. It makes franchises like Mass Effect a prestige project,” he continued.

“Considering the debt load, I'd expect to hear about more layoffs in the months to come. The memo already shrinks the skate. team and pauses a project for The Sims. I expect EA's town hall in November to bring more bad news."

Van Dreunen, along with fellow analyst Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere, considers BioWare’s closure an inevitable consequence of EA’s current business structure, calling it “entirely predictable and precisely what a leveraged buyout looks like once the deal closes.

“In this case, EA now carries roughly $18 billion in debt, which costs it about $1.8 billion a year in interest. That is more than its annual EBITDA of around $1.5 billion. EA has told its lenders it will cut $700 million in annual costs to service the debt. In that context, a 50-person team working on a game that is years from launch is the easiest line to cut, regardless of its legacy,” van Dreunen said.

“This news is emotive for many adult gamers because of Bioware’s long history of delivering games with deep narratives that connect with audiences, meaning it has a large cultural footprint. It’s a name that has been around for 30 years, so seeing it close is a significant moment for the industry. In particular, the original Baldur’s Gate games, Neverwinter Nights, and KOTOR were genre defining, and the later Mass Effect titles also strongly resonated with audiences,” Harding-Rolls told us.

Harding-Rolls added that the commercial failure of BioWare's last game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, played a part in BioWare's demise. And let's remember that 2017's Mass Effect: Andromeda and 2019's Anthem also failed to meet EA's expectations.

“Unfortunately, the studio’s recent big-budget releases have not performed well enough commercially," he said. "Ampere data shows that Bioware’s latest release at the end of 2024 — Dragon Age: The Veilguard — has sold an estimated 1.9 million units globally across PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam up to the end of September, way below internal targets. The changing nature of high-end gaming and the need to cut costs means that it is likely that Bioware’s future was under discussion before EA was acquired by the PIF and its partners.”

It's a point backed up by MST Financial analyst David Gibson. “I think the closing is a combination of factors: EA going private and needing to improve returns and margins to fund large debt, high relative costs in the West (versus Asia, etc.) to develop AAA games, and role playing games like Mass Effect not doing enough sales to be profitable enough,” he explained.

“It appears there were many other games in development using IP which were also scrapped. I would hope a small and nimble studio would acquire some of the IP and make great games that users love and that contain innovation, rather than repeat the same stuff. EA has a history of making a series of games that are just not fun to play or contain innovation.”

Whether or not EA ends up selling off BioWare’s IP remains to be seen. Former BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah is more optimistic about this possibility than he was previously, but remains skeptical, saying EA could be just as likely to “forget they ever existed and bury them in the vault.”

We have much more on the dramatic news of BioWare's closure, including reaction from fans and the video game industry, and IGN's Ryan McCaffrey on why BioWare was the greatest RPG developer ever.

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'This Was Entirely Predictable' — BioWare's Future Was in Jeopardy Well before EA's $55 Billion Acquisition, Analysts Say

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