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Chris Kohler
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Features Editor, Kotaku. Japanese curry aficionado. Author of the books Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life and Final Fantasy V from Boss Fight Books.

“The gunplay and weapons have been completely redone,” says one player. “Less floaty,” says another. Read more

DICE has been “working with the EA Game Changers,” who apparently are top Battlefront players who were flown to Stockholm to help perfect the game. Time to hear from them about their magical trip to Sweden. Read more

“A new and authentic untold story,” says Gavankar. “Helps bridge the gap between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.” Applause. “It’s good,” she says. Read more

EA Access’s Vault and Origin Access are free this week, Soderlund says, with PS4 players getting “a bunch of free trials” as well. Read more

We’re very close to “30 minutes of pure, unadulterated Star Wars,” Soderlund says. Read more

So pretty much every sports game now has a story mode, which besides being popular with players makes it a lot easier to do interesting trailers of these games at press conferences. Read more

If EA is including iconic, real-world courts in NBA Live 18, I’d like to see the playground on which the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air spent most of his days. Read more

You can play against “NBA legends” at “historic courts like Venice Beach” and other “iconic, real-world courts.” Read more

You’ll be able to do a demo of NBA Live 18 and carry your progress to the full game. Another story mode! It’s called The One. Read more

“I’m using my right stick dribble control,” says Dougan. I wish my toddler had a dribble control! Am I right, parents? I’m here all week. I am literally here all week doing this. Read more

Sean O’Brien, EP of NBA Live two thousand eighteen, is here. Time for a first look with creative director Connor Dougan. Read more

BioWare’s new IP.

“The wall. It’s our armor. It protects us from what lies beyond.” A line that could have come from Game of Thrones, but actually it’s a sci-fi futuristic game with lots of... robots? Body armor? It’s called Anthem. We’ll see it tomorrow. Read more

“New IP is one of the purest forms of innovation in our industry,” begins Soderlund. “The next game will push every boundary for you.” A “first tease,” with “so much more” in Microsoft’s presser tomorrow. First glimpse of new IP from BioWare. Read more

Soderlund talking up Project Scorpio, and shows some Madden 18 screenshots on Scorpio. Read more

Soderlund: EA has a division called SEED, “Search for Extraordinary Experiences Division,” researching things like “virtual humans” and other future technologies. Read more