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Battlefield 1

Battlefield 1 is a first-person shooter that takes you back to WW1, where new technology and worldwide conflict changed the face of warfare forever.
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PS Store Sale is in full swing and it's the biggest one yet

The biggest PlayStation Store sale is here, see what games and DLC content we can recommend. Sony are expectedly calling it 'the biggest one yet', so we thought it prudent to narrow things down some before we drown in the publisher's deals.

Battlefield 1 Premium Pass is going free again for a limited time

EA and DICE are pushing with another step in Battlefield V's marketing campaign, dubbed Road to Battlefield V. This time around they brought Battlefield 1 Premium Pass for free once again, with all of the game's expansions in tow.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy tops charts two weeks in a row

Another week, another top spot for Crash Bandicoot. This is mostly impressive because the game is a single platform release. There are some surprises this week as Battlefield 1 and Horizon Zero Dawn re-enter the UK retail top ten.

AltChar's player of the month for May 2017 showcase reel

AltChar's Player of the Month is a new monthly video series featuring best plays of AltChar's community. The best player of May is Purpletop. Check out our video to see his best plays. He also gets a prize, because that's how things go.

Battlefield 1 Premium Pass going free after Battlefield V beta

Promotional image from Battlefield 1 showing a black american soldier in a stand-off with a blond german soldier.
EA and EA DICE have announced that Battlefield 1 Premium Pass will be free for keeps between 11 and 18 September 2018, just as Battlefield V beta concludes. This includes new maps, weapons, vehicles and other assets from four DLC packs.

Battlefield 1's Operation Campaigns are now live, Nivelle Nights

Battlefield 1's November update comes with the Operation Campaigns mode. Eastern Storm is the first Operation Campaign available and the the Nivelle Nights map has been unlocked for all players regardless of DLC nickel-and-dimeing.

Battlefield 1 is down to 15% of its original playerbase

Creepy guy with a creepy mask is aiming his creepy gun at something in Battlefield.
No reason to sound the alarms just yet, because it didn't happen overnight - we're looking at an 18 month period, which is how long it took EA's Battlefield 1 to drop from 569 thousand players to today's most faithful 90 thousand.

Battlefield 1's They Shall Not Pass expansion is free for grabs

Soldiers are fighting in trench warfare during World War 1 in Battlefield
EA and DICE have put Battlefield 1's They Shall Not Pass DLC up for grabs until 14 May 2018. This DLC pack introduces players to the hardened French Army in a fight for their homeland and is considered to be one of the game's better DLCs.

Battlefield 1 will no longer receive monthly updates come June

Soldier in the foreground is aiming his pistol, with three more soldiers in the background and a zeppelin going up in flames behind them.
DICE said they'll stop refreshing Battlefield 1 with monthly updates in June. This does not mean they are cutting support entirely - it means support will come not as often because they are shifting people to work on the next instalment.

EA's Q3 FY18 financial results show that some people still play The Sims 4

American football player waving to the crowd in Madden NFL 18
EA has shared its preliminary financial results for the fiscal quarter that ended in December, 2017. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson said that players have clocked in 'hundreds of millions of hours in our games across console, mobile and PC'. The Sims 4 player base has grown 35 percent.