EA has announced new details on this month’s EA Play Live event, including details on the “big show” as well as a weekly spotlight series of broadcasts.
EA is here to make your July a bit more video game focused. On top of their upcoming EA Play Live event coming later this month, they’ll also be hosting a series of broadcasts. These spotlights will allow them to discuss/focus on specific games (like an E3-esque panel) while the main show will serve as a typical press conference with new reveals and footage.
It’s a pretty cool idea, if you ask me, and means they won’t have to put EVERYTHING into a single event. Hell, we don’t need another 15 minutes of Pele talking about FIFA during a conference….Anyway, here’s the schedule they’ve announced:
July 8 at 10:00am PT / 7:00pm CET: The Future of First-Person Shooters
The Series kicks off with an extensive discussion of two of our most exciting shooters: Apex Legends and the just-revealed Battlefield 2042 (special thanks to our Battlefield community for showing up to watch us during E3, we have more coming in July).
For the Spotlight, DICE’s General Manager Oskar Gabrielson and DICE LA’s General Manager Christian Grass, and Respawn’s Founder and Group GM Vince Zampella and Chad Grenier, Apex Game Director, will join host Stella Chung of IGN to discuss the Battlefield 2042 reveal, what to expect to see from both games on July 22nd as well as the future of FPS games as a whole.
July 13 at 10:00am PT / 7:00pm CET: EA <3s Independent Studios
We love seeing innovation in the industry and we love partnering with studios who have that same passion. So we’re devoting an entire Spotlight to the vital role indies play in the industry. Todd Martens of the Los Angeles Times will host a panel featuring Josef Fares of Hazelight (It Takes Two), Olov Redmalm of Zoink (Lost in Random), Mel Philips and Abubarker Salim of newcomers Silver Rain, and Guha Bala of Velan (Knockout City™). This is guaranteed to be a spirited and wide-ranging discussion!
July 19 at 4:00pm PT / 1:00am CET: Madden NFL 22 All-Access: Scouting – How the Community is Shaping Madden NFL 22
Fans always influence their favorite games. This year, EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 22 is taking that idea to a new level by putting the voice of the player at the heart of the development process earlier than ever via the Madden Design Council. Find out how fans impacted the development of Franchise Mode and helped bring to life highly requested features like Staff Management, weekly game strategy and a new scenario engine.Plus, did we mention you’ll get the first ever deep dive reveal of the brand new scouting feature coming to Madden NFL 22via a live service update targeted in September? Join EA SPORTS’ Seann Graddy, Tom Lischke, and Andre Weingarten, as they come together to discuss the vision for their ultimate sandbox mode, Franchise. Not to mention, the panel will be hosted by Nick Mizesko, longtime play-by-play announcer for the Madden Championship Series.
July 20 at 10:00am PT / 7:00pm CET: More EA SPORTS!
Look, we’re not allowed to tell you much about this one yet, sorry. But we can say this Spotlight will highlight an extremely cool new addition to an extremely popular and long-running EA SPORTS franchise. We may have said too much already. Just keep your calendar free, OK?
July 22: EA Play Live at 10:00am PT / 7:00pm CET
It’ll all culminate in the main shown on July 22nd, which will run about 40 minutes long and include new looks at Battlefield 2042, Apex Legends, our first gameplay for Lost in Random, and other surprises they won’t discuss yet. In short, EA isn’t holding back this month and there’s plenty for gamers to get excited about.
As always, we’ll be covering it all and bringing you the information you need, so keep it here on Cinelinx!
