Since the release of the first Battlefield: Bad Company, EA has made more and more use of its in-house Frostbite Engine, developed by DICE. The game engine, the tool by which a developer builds a video game from scratch, was primarily used in EA’s Battlefield franchise before being adopted into the company’s other franchises, like Star Wars Battlefront and Need for Speed.

For an engine that’s primarily been used to build shooters and action games, it’s perhaps a bit surprising that EA has spent the last few years rolling each of its EA Sports franchises into the Frostbite Engine, starting with FIFA 17 and most recently with Madden NFL 19 and FIFA 19. EA Sports Executive Vice President Cam Weber sat down on this month’s IGN Unfiltered (see the full interview below) to discuss how and why the studio has decided to focus all of its games into one engine.

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A federal judge sided with publisher Take-Two Interactive yesterday by putting in place a preliminary injunction that blocks a Georgia man from selling programs that help players cheat, reports Reuters.

David Zipperer's Menyoo and Absolute programs allow players to adjust in-game parameters to gain unfair advantages over their opponents. Take-Two alleged that the programs would cause irreparable harm to Grand Theft Auto's sales, with the publisher's original March complaint stating Zipperer has cost it at least $500,000.

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Prepare to meet a new band of rebels in the Star Wars universe; Disney has revealed the premiere date and first trailer for upcoming animated series Star Wars Resistance, which is set before the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Resistance, created by Star Wars Rebels showrunner Dave Filoni, will debut its hourlong premiere Sunday, October 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Disney Channel, DisneyNOW and Disney Channel VOD, with other airings to follow on Disney XD and Disney Channels worldwide.

Here's your first look at Star Wars Resistance! pic.twitter.com/3XIqVUHHYe

— IGN (@IGN) August 17, 2018

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PUBG Corp. has announced a new Event Mode that will bring back the loot and rules from the game's Early Access period.

Early Access Memories is the current PUBG Event Mode that aims to recreate the early days of the game by applying parameters that will take players back to the good old days of Early Access. The Event Mode will also adopt the old loot system, with players able to find level 3 helmets throughout the map, and the Kar98k and Tommy Guns in care packages.

You can check out the full details as described by PUBG Corp below:

• Game settings mimic the settings used during the Early Access period.

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Samsung unveiled their latest flagship phone at Unpacked 2018, the Galaxy Note 9. Released on the 24th of August, the newest edition of the Note generally has favourable reviews and boasts a range of incredible specs. Leading on from last years Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the CPU, GPU, and battery have been given a boost. Samsung have also created a Bluetooth-enabled S Pen you can use as a remote control which is shipped with every order.

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Spyro fans will have to wait just a few weeks more than originally planned to play Toys for Bob's reimagined take on the first three Spyro adventures.

Toys for Bob studio head Paul Yan has confirmed in a blog post that the Spyro Reignited Trilogy for PS4 and Xbox One will now be released on Nov. 13. Toys for Bob and publisher Activision originally had the trilogy collection scheduled for a Sept. 21 release.

Yan, who previously spoke to IGN about recapturing the magic of the original Spyro games, said the team is "deeply committed to getting these games right" and that the delay is because "the Trilogy needs more love and care."

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Codemasters' Birmingham team (previously Swordfish Studios) has been building F1 games since 2010 and F1 2018 is shaping up to be its best take to date.

With F1 2018 arriving late next week, IGN spoke with game director Lee Mather at Codemasters Studio Birmingham to chat about some of the most exciting changes coming in the game, the rise of F1 esports, and the challenges of building a yearly motorsports sim.

IGN: F1 2018 contains plenty of improvements, many of which have been well-covered in the Developer Diaries the team has been publishing in the lead up to release. Which of these improvements are you most keen to get in front of fans and hear their responses?

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Avengers: Infinity War star Scarlett Johansson is reportedly the highest-paid actress in 2018 with a whopping $40.5 million earned.

According to Forbes, Johansson "quadrupled" her 2017 earnings to take the top spot. In recent news, the Black Widow star dropped out of a transgender biopic, titled Rub and Tug, after public scrutiny. In an interview with LGBTQ magazine Out, the actress said that she's "learned a lot from the community since making my first statement about my casting and realize it was insensitive."

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Warframe, the free-to-play third-person shooter from Digital Extremes, has recieved a free arcade fighting mini-game called Frame Fighter.

Revealed on the official Warframe website, Frame Fighter can be accessed by visiting Cephalon Simaris, an area in the Sanctuary, and acquiring the Ludoplex through spending Standing resource.

In Frame Fighter, players can choose between the Excalibur, Volt and Mag Warframes, each equipped with their unique ability. More Frame Fighter characters can be unlocked by discovering Fragments - scannable items hidden throughout Warframe.

Credit: Digital Extremes

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