The Biggest Gaming News For June 5, 2022

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Here we are at the end of another week. Back to work tomorrow. I assume that you’ve been busy with games ever since at least this morning, so it’s probably time to get you back up to speed on the biggest news of the day. That’s what these roundups are all about. Today, we heard more news to the effect that a GoldenEye 007 remake is on the way, EA has gotten even more embroiled in its gambling scandals, and players have been finding out that you can level up Anderson in Mass Effect 3. There’s more where this came from, so read on for the rest.

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There have been rumors making the rounds for months about a possible GoldenEye 007 remake. Fans of the franchise found a list of achievements for the game earlier this year, but in the six or seven intervening months, we’ve heard absolutely no word from the developer behind the game, Rare. Things have now taken yet another turn with even more achievements turning up for GoldenEye 007. The total at this point is well over 50. What all of this actually means might not become fully clear for quite a while.

Anderson joins your party for only a couple of chapters in Mass Effect 3, but you can apparently still cause him to level up, turning the character into a real killing machine. This fact really flew under the radar when the game was released on March 6, 2012 because fans of the franchise are only just picking up on this little phenomenon. Social media is of course aflame with funny stories.

EA has made something like $1.6 billion from FIFA Ultimate Team, but the company has been coming under fire from consumer groups which argue that it represents a form of gambling. EA obviously maintains otherwise, but rather