Polygon - EA at Gamescom 2013: Battlefield 4, The Sims 4, Titanfall and morehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/42931/favicon.ico2013-08-22T18:30:05-04:00http://www.polygon.com/rss/stream/44038892013-08-22T18:30:05-04:002013-08-22T18:30:05-04:00FIFA 14 on PlayStation Vita may be another roster update (update)
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<p>Electronic Arts will release a PlayStation Vita version of <i><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="/game/fifa-14/12266">FIFA 14</a></i>, but executive producer David Rutter suggested in an <a target="new" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-22-fifa-14-on-vita-is-another-reskin">interview with Eurogamer</a> that just like <i><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="/game/fifa-13/2445">FIFA 13</a></i> on PS Vita last year, it will be another mere roster update.</p>
<p><i>FIFA 14</i> will be the third PS Vita game in the series. Sony launched the handheld in North America in February 2012, and EA's <i><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="/game/fifa-soccer/2089">FIFA Soccer</a></i> (screenshot above) was part of the launch lineup. However, even then, the PS Vita version lagged behind the main console versions — EA had released <i><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="/game/fifa-12/1605">FIFA 12</a></i> on consoles and Windows PC in fall 2011, but <i>FIFA Soccer</i> was based on 2010's <i><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="/game/fifa-11/2067">FIFA 11</a></i>.</p>
<p>Last fall, EA released a PS Vita version of <i>FIFA 13</i>, but it turned out that the company hadn't made any perceptible improvements over <i>F...</i></p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2013/8/22/4648666/fifa-14-playstation-vita-may-be-another-roster-updateSamit Sarkar2013-08-21T20:45:03-04:002013-08-21T20:45:03-04:00Next-gen trailer shows off FIFA 14 footage
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<p>EA Sports has released a new trailer for <em>FIFA 14</em>, featuring some in-game footage from the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game.</p>
<p><em>FIFA 14</em> is set to launch with the new consoles later this year. The trailer, called Living Worlds, features lingering shots of various soccer stadia, crowds, players and match highlight footage, including a strike from cover star Lionel Messi. Next-gen versions of the game have been built using <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/16/4431404/fifa-14-ps4-xbox-one-hands-on-e3-2013">EA's new Ignite engine</a>.</p>
<p>Earlier today, Microsoft announced that all<a href="http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/20/4639432/xbox-one-will-include-fifa-14-with-european-pre-orders"> European pre-orders of the Xbox One</a> would come with a fee digital copy of <em>FIFA 14</em>. At Gamescom this week, publisher EA Sports also said it would be gauging interest in adding <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/20/4639500/ea-gauging-fan-interest-in-womens-leagues-for-upcoming-fifa-games">women's leagues </a>to the franchise.</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2013/8/21/4645046/next-gen-trailer-shows-off-fifa-14-footageColin Campbell2013-08-21T15:30:05-04:002013-08-21T15:30:05-04:00Watch EA Sports UFC's first gameplay footage
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<p><em><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="/game/ea-sports-ufc/13352">EA Sports UFC</a></em> publisher Electronic Arts debuted gameplay footage of the fighting title at the company's Gamescom 2013 press briefing yesterday, and that segment of the show is now available online.</p>
<p>In it, you can see EA Sports executive vice president Andrew Wilson introduce <em>EA Sports UFC</em> creative director Brian Hayes, who presented some pre-alpha footage of a bout between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson.</p>
<p>"Now, we're about nine months from hitting the shelves, so, early days," Hayes noted before showing the clip. He provided commentary on the footage, pointing out the ways in which developer EA Canada is attempting to make the fighters show emotion on their faces and the effects of the fight on their bodies. For more detail on those...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2013/8/21/4644262/ea-sports-ufc-first-gameplay-footageSamit Sarkar2013-08-20T19:35:34-04:002013-08-20T19:35:34-04:00EA's Gamescom press conference in just over three minutes
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<p>Looking for all of the news from Electronic Arts' Gamescom 2013 press conference? We've got you covered with all of the announcements, from <em>Titanfall</em> to <em>Battlefield 4</em> to <em>Peggle 2</em> and much more, straight from Germany!</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2013/8/20/4641960/eas-gamescom-press-conference-in-just-over-three-minutesAlexa Ray Corriea2013-08-20T12:00:05-04:002013-08-20T12:00:05-04:00Titanfall's brutal Attrition multiplayer mode detailed in latest trailer
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<p>The latest gameplay video for <em><a href="/game/titanfall/13592" class="sbn-auto-link">Titanfall</a></em>, Respawn Entertainment's upcoming mech-centric first-person shooter, demonstrates the tactical gameplay of the elite assault Pilots and the armored Titans in Attrition mode on a new map called Angel City.</p>
<p>This particular gameplay video illustrates how Militia forces have travelled to Angel City's harbour district to bring in an ace pilot called Barker, who is apparently a key to the resistance. In the process of taking in Barker, the extraction team are headed off by an Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (IMC) carrier and a battle ensues between the two factions.</p>
<p>Recently, the game's lead artist, Joel Emslie, said that the game's mechs were <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/30/4479432/titanfalls-robots-created-through-old-school-techniques-and-80s">influenced by '80s classics</a> such as <em>Blade Runner</em>, Star...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2013/8/20/4640130/titanfalls-brutal-multiplayer-detailed-in-latest-trailerJenna Pitcher2013-08-20T11:30:29-04:002013-08-20T11:30:29-04:00Dragon Age: Inquisition trailer introduces the inquisitor
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<p>Electronic Arts has shared some more story details, alongside a few minutes of Frostbite-powered visuals, of the upcoming <a href="http://www.polygon.com/game/dragon-age-inquisition/3378"><em>Dragon Age: Inquisition</em></a> during its <a href="http://live.polygon.com/ea-gamescom-2013-titanfall-battlefield-4-ea-sports/">Gamescom 2013 press conference</a>.</p>
<p>"From the very opening moments of <em>Dragon Age: Inquisition</em>, this is a world on the edge," executive producer Mark Darrah says.</p>
<p>Hawke, the hero of <em>Dragon Age 2</em> is out. In his or her place, you play as the inquisitor, a user-created protagonist organizing the inquisition tasked with uncovering the villain responsible for letting demons run roughshod over the fantasy world of Thedas.</p>
<p>"The world has essentially undergone this event where the veil — the thing that keeps the demons out, to put it in simple terms — has torn asunder," creative director Mike...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2013/8/20/4640106/dragon-age-inquisition-trailerChristopher Grant2013-08-20T11:25:54-04:002013-08-20T11:25:54-04:00Battlefield 4 getting new Obliteration mode, new map revealed
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<p><i>Battlefield 4 </i>will include a new, bomb-infused multiplayer mode called Obliteration and a seaside map called Paracel Storm, EA announced today at <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/20/4639848/ea-gamescom-2013-battlefield-4-titanfall-sims-4-fifa-14-need-for-speed-rivals">its Gamescom 2013 press conference</a>.</p>
<p>Using the game's "levolution" technology, which is powered by the Frostbite 3 engine and can be seen in the destructible multiplayer environments like those <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/12/4421806/battlefield-4-multiplayer-preview-e3-2013">we went hands-on with at E3 2013</a>, no two games are the same, the developer said.</p>
<p>A new mode called Obliteration tasks players with destroying an enemy base before they destroy yours. Both teams fight to secure a single, randomly generated bomb. Obliteration will be playable at Gamescom.</p>
<p>A new map called Paracel Storm is set in the South China Sea. It will include a mixture of air, land and sea-based...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2013/8/20/4639886/battlefield-4-gamescom-2013Dave Tach2013-08-20T11:06:53-04:002013-08-20T11:06:53-04:00FIFA 14 demo hits Sept. 10, mobile will be free-to-play
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<p>A demo for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC versions of <em><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="/game/fifa-14/12266">FIFA 14</a></em> will be released Sept. 10, publisher Electronic Arts announced during its Gamescom 2013 press briefing today.</p>
<p>EA Sports head Andrew Wilson also announced that for the first time, the mobile versions of <em>FIFA 14</em> will be free-to-play.</p>
<p>You can check out gameplay footage of <em>FIFA 14</em> in a new trailer above that features narration from Sir Patrick Stewart. The game will be released Sept. 24 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, and at launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The Xbox One and Xbox 360 versions of <em>FIFA 14</em> will contain exclusive content for the Ultimate Team mode: <a href="http://www.easports.com/fifa/news-updates-gameplay/article/fifa-14-ultimate-team-legends">soccer legends</a>. And in Europe, all Xbox One pre-orders <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/20/4639432/xbox-one-will-include-fifa-14-with-european-pre-orders">come with a digital copy of <em>FIFA 14</em></a>.</p>
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