Laura Miele: Last News

Total War developers Creative Assembly are reportedly working on a new Star Wars game.According to a new report by Dualshockers, Total War: Star Wars has been in development since October 2023. Total War is a series of strategy games that typically combine turn-based strategy and resource management with real-time tactical control of battles, with this new game set to take that to a galaxy far, far away.The report also claims that Creative Assembly are working on two different projects as well, meaning it’s impossible for them to speculate on a release date.At the end of last year, Sega announced that Creative Assembly would be focusing on strategy titles, following the cancellation of Hyenas.Total War: Star Wars isn’t the only strategy game currently in development either.

EA has confirmed that Respawn Entertainment are working on the third and final Star Wars Jedi game.The franchise started with 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and continued with 2023’s Survivor. There has been plenty of talk about a third game as well.Stig Ammuson, the director of the first two games, told IGN that he “always” saw the project as a trilogy of games.

A movie adaptation of the incredibly popular video game The Sims is currently in the works!

EA has said that Skate will launch as a free-to-play game to help it cater to both Gen Z and Gen Alpha players.This comes from the EA earnings call that took place earlier this month, where the company was asked why it moved the Skate franchise from the company’s typical “premium plus live service” releases to a free-to-play model.“When we look at Skate, I think what happened is our ambitions have continued to grow,” said EA CEO Andrew Wilson. “So as we thought about that, we really took a step back and evaluated how best we deliver that.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe British Film Institute has announced five new board members including Netflix’s film chief Scott Stuber.Stuber joins the BFI’s board of governors along with eminent British industry exec and academic Monica Chada; producer Elizabeth Karlsen, co-founder of Number 9 Films (“Carol”); Laura Miele, vice-president and COO of interactive entertainment giant Electronic Arts; and writer, producer and director Edgar Wright (“Baby Driver,” “Shaun of the Dead”).The appointments were announced by U.K. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries.Each new BFI board member will serves a term of four years beginning in May 2022.“It’s a privilege to be appointed a Governor of the BFI, an institution I have long admired,” Stuber said in a statement “I wholeheartedly endorse their mission to promote the next generation of U.K. storytellers, widen access to screen culture and support the continued growth of this extraordinary sector,” he added, noting that, “Our industry is in a state of constant evolution and I look forward to playing my part in ensuring the BFI remains best situated to champion its past, present and future.”The BFI’s new board recruits join the current BFI board, which includes Michael Birshan; Idris Elba; Gerry Fox; Jay Hunt; Robin Saunders; Andrew Smith; Phil Stokes and Nell Whitley.Said BFI Chair Tim Richards: “I am honored to be welcoming five new incredibly talented industry professionals to the BFI Board of Governors.“Their knowledge and experience across film, television, games, technology and business combined with that of our existing governors, will be invaluable to the BFI and the industry as a whole.

The British Film Institute (BFI) has added five experienced executives to its Board of Governors.

Need For Speed game will be released later this year, but only for current-gen consoles.The claims come from VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb who suggests EA plans to release the latest edition of the long-running franchise towards the end of 2022.“Need for Speed is still coming this year. That game should be coming in November,” Grubb said on his Giantbomb show Grubbsnax (via VGC) “If you are a Need for Speed fan who has bought a next-gen console, here’s some news; it’s next-gen only.

EA is putting its next Need For Speed title on hold to focus on Battlefield 6.Laura Miele, EA’s chief studios officer, shared the news to Polygon and spoke more of Battlefield’s development. Miele told that Polygon that while Criterion Games is still working on Need For Speed, it will be lending a helping hand to EA DICE for Battlefield 6.Miele also reportedly reaffirmed that neither games are in trouble.

EA Sports’ Madden NFL 21 will feature a host of new technological advancements when it launches this August, including “real-time” updates.EA chief studios officer Laura Miele revealed the upcoming game will not only feature a graphical update, as is expected with a next-gen shift, but also using the improved CPU speeds and memory to “bring a lot more detail to life”.“As an example, in Madden we will be using the NFL’s next gen stats so every athlete in the game will play how they do in real life, with the data being updated in real-time,” she said during an interview with GamesIndustry.biz.Madden’s player ratings have long been a major aspect of the games, with every athlete having their ratings updated periodically after major games in