The Last of Us director Bruce Straley apologized to Santa Monica Studio's God of War Laufey team after criticizing AAA games as boring in an Edge magazine interview, where he cited their upcoming title as an example. Straley clarified his comments were about industry-wide lack of innovation rather than targeting Laufey specifically, and expressed concerns about the gaming industry's reliance on established formulas and games-as-service models.
EA Sports FC 27 introduces The Grounds, a new open-world hub mode featuring various match types from 1v1 to 11v11 to appeal beyond hardcore squad players, alongside updates to Ultimate Team including the FUT Gallery collection system. The mode represents the franchise's first major innovation in years as it seeks an alternative to the perpetually popular Ultimate Team grind.