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BioWare's doctor-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk.

EA's sale to Saudi-led consortium was "final nail in the coffin" for BioWare, says studio co-founder

A helmeted character - presumably Shepard - standing side on to the camera, with a planet as a backdrop, and light coming from the horizon. Half it is paragon blue, the other half renegade red.

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Anthem - group shot in marketing

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A mech-suited character stares, from very close up, at the camera, while behind them, two flying mech-suited characters fade into black and white. It's Anthem, and it's an image that evokes fading away.

Just days after EA killed Anthem for good, one player has managed to breathe life into it, pointing to a possible future preservation effort

A futuristic fully armoured soldier-like character with a cape, with a badge overlaid on top of them saying "Good Old Game preserved by GOG". In the background, a catalogue of game titles can just bee seen.

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A hooded feminine character with two conjoined and mirrored faces rushes out of a doorway towards the camera. It's a live-action image from horror game Tenebris Somnia.

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A blue-skinned feminine character and a fully-masked character stand at a bar. It's not a joke. It's a screenshot from a leaked trailer for Mass Effect Universe.

EA reportedly closed BioWare because it was forced to choose between Mass Effect 5 and Star Wars Battlefront 3

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Silver Pines artwork showing the face of private investigator protagonist Red Walker bleeding into an image of missing musician Eddie Velvet, the pair set against a moody backdrop of locations from around the titular town.

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Crimson Desert Enhanced Edition gets a surprise demo on PlayStation and Xbox, lets you play for 5 hours and carry over your save data

Crimson Desert Enhanced Edition gets a surprise demo on PlayStation and Xbox, lets you play for 5 hours and carry over your save data

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Multiple sports cars from Forza Motorsport 2023 arranged on a track.

Forza director, who'd been with Turn 10 for 27 years leaves Microsoft, following studios merger with Playground Games

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Mina the Hollower's mouse protagonist overlaid on a blue background

GOTY hopeful Mina the Hollower bought the studio financial stability "for now," while the Shovel Knight devs work on a new 3D game

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Dark Souls 3 cover art showing a knight with smouldering red armour posing in front of a sickly yellow sky, the imposing hulk of Castle Lothric behind them.

Dark Souls 2 and Dark Souls 3's online servers are temporarily going dark, FromSoftware announces

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A fiery, cracked portal frames a serene landscape with a city in the distance.

A former volunteer is threatening legal action against fan-made game project Skyblivion

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