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E3 2019 - EA says it needs to have longer alpha periods following Anthem's disastrous launch News Jun 14th, 2019

E3 2019 - EA says it needs to have longer alpha periods following Anthem's disastrous launch

Chief studios officer Laura Miele said that BioWare's MMO should have been playable a year before its launch

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - US senate loot box woes, Anthem, EA financials, Valve Infex and much more! News May 13th, 2019

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - US senate loot box woes, Anthem, EA financials, Valve Infex and much more!

At the start of each week, we collect the biggest stories and the hottest features of the last seven days

There are over half a billion active EA player accounts, Apex Legends driving digital spending News May 8th, 2019

There are over half a billion active EA player accounts, Apex Legends driving digital spending

But the publishing giant is being quiet on user stats for the free-to-play battle royale

Respawn Entertainment is prioritising employee health over Apex Legends update frequency News Apr 25th, 2019

Respawn Entertainment is prioritising employee health over Apex Legends update frequency

CEO Vince Zampella: “We don’t want to overwork the team and drop the quality of the assets we’re putting out.”

GameStop points to Apex Legends and Fortnite driving digital currency sales News Apr 3rd, 2019

GameStop points to Apex Legends and Fortnite driving digital currency sales

Digital receipts up 16.5 per cent year-on-year and this is a large factor

Apex Legends had the biggest release month of any F2P game ever News Mar 22nd, 2019

Apex Legends had the biggest release month of any F2P game ever

Respawn’s first bash at battle royale brought in roughly $92 million in February

Respawn has given the boot to over 355,000 Apex Legends cheaters News Mar 11th, 2019

Respawn has given the boot to over 355,000 Apex Legends cheaters

Developer vows vigilance in the ongoing war against cheaters

Fortnite pulls ahead of Apex Legends in Twitch watch time rankings News Mar 7th, 2019

Fortnite pulls ahead of Apex Legends in Twitch watch time rankings

But EA and Respawn's battle royale game is still wildly popular

50m people have played Apex Legends in the last 28 days News Mar 4th, 2019

50m people have played Apex Legends in the last 28 days

Userbase has doubled in the last, er, fortnight

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - featuring Wargroove, Metal Wolf Chaos, Resort Boss: Golf, Apex Legends and Newzoo News Feb 25th, 2019

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - featuring Wargroove, Metal Wolf Chaos, Resort Boss: Golf, Apex Legends and Newzoo

Each Monday, we collect the biggest stories and the hottest features of the week

Gamers watched 79m hours of Apex Legends on Twitch in its first two weeks News Feb 20th, 2019

Gamers watched 79m hours of Apex Legends on Twitch in its first two weeks

2.1 times Fortnite, but Epic's battle royale title is gaining again

Respawn has given over 16,000 Apex Legends cheaters the boot News Feb 19th, 2019

Respawn has given over 16,000 Apex Legends cheaters the boot

"Cheaters suck. If you run into one, please try and capture the evidence and let us know”

Report: Tencent wants to bring Apex Legends to China News Feb 15th, 2019

Report: Tencent wants to bring Apex Legends to China

The smell of battle royale success is in the air and the tech and entertainment wants to be a part of it

Update: Apex Legends watched for over three-times as many hours as Fortnite on Twitch in last 72 hours News Feb 15th, 2019

Update: Apex Legends watched for over three-times as many hours as Fortnite on Twitch in last 72 hours

Respawn's new title watched for 19,806,033 hours in the last three days alone

Titanfall 2 PC playerbase increases almost sixfold following Apex Legends launch News Feb 12th, 2019

Titanfall 2 PC playerbase increases almost sixfold following Apex Legends launch

Respawn’s robot shooter hit highs not seen since 2017

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