And EA previously announced a partnership with Velan Studios. Fe developer Zoink should also show up with its fantasy game Lost In Random. Those include a new game co-op game from A Way Out developer Hazelight Studios. This should mean three or four EA Originals at the Play event. The publisher should turn heavily into this effort to help support its release lineup while studios like BioWare reload. This is essentially EA’s take on publishing indie games. To fill out its lineup, EA is still running its Originals program. And if those aren’t ready, maybe EA is happy to let BioWare sit this one out. It’s unlikely that Dragon Age 4 or Anthem 2.0 are coming any time soon. The Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster is coming this year, but EA may want to leave that out of its Not E3 presence. We could see all of that, or we could see nothing from BioWare. And EA has a Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster in production. Another BioWare team is rebooting Anthem. Expect a new UFC game to show up at EA Play in some form. Instead, EA is headed to Dana White’s fight island (or UF-Sea).

It’s also not an EA golf game - although that is also in development. And the NBA Live team may even try to mess around with different business models. The company is working to bring that series back because it is getting tired of falling so far behind NBA 2K. It’s not Fight Night, and it’s not NBA Live. It might not do that during the main EA Play show, but it’ll likely have a showcase at some point that day.ĮA Sports has four releases coming this year, though. Expect the company to take some time to cover FIFA, Madden NFL, and NHL. EA SportsĮA has already committed to dropping new versions of its three annual sports franchises. A game like Apex Legends could make money for years, though. I would like to see EA shadow-drop some older games on the Switch, but who knows how much work that entails. But at the very least, it should mean Apex Legends making the leap to the Nintendo hybrid home console/handheld. What about EA on Nintendo Switch?ĭuring a recent conference call with investors, EA noted that it was looking more seriously at supporting the Switch. It’s also possible that developer Respawn will announce upgrades for Apex Legends for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. This will come in time to ensure that the next-gen systems have plenty of players when they launch this fall. Expect the battle royale shooter to get crossplay.

Apex Legends is still one of EA’s biggest games, and it should get some news at EA Play.

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