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Hypebeast
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
'EA SPORTS F1 25' is Out Now
EA SPORTS F1 25has officially hit the track. The latest entry in theFormula 1video game franchise was released today onPlayStation 5,XboxSeries X|S andPC, promising to deliver the most realistic racing simulation of the series so far. Fan-favorite story mode, Braking Point, returns for its third chapter and this time includes a surprise crossover with Apple Original Films'F1 THE MOVIEthat sees players jump into the cockpit of fictional team APXGP in a playable preview chapter. The brand say that further story content is set to roll out over time, beginning on June 30. Additionally, this year's Braking Point introduces multi-character perspectives and spans a full two seasons, allowing players to experience the highs and lows – as well as the politics of – contending for the title from more than one seat. EA has also introduced a reworked My Team mode, with My Team 2.0 letting players take on the role of team owner to build an F1 operation from scratch – everything from the team's engineering to its personnel can be controlled, and players can easily switch between modes to manage or drive at their leisure. Adding to the new title's realism is the fact game developer, Codemasters, digitally scanned six real life tracks 'using LIDAR' and 'captured during live race weekends', including Silverstone, Bahrain, Miami, Melbourne, Suzuka, and Imola. It makes racing these tracks in-game the closest thing to actually doing so in real life, offering fans a unique perspective that's not found in any other games. In celebration of its launch, EA paired up the seven-time Formula One World Drivers' Championship winnerLewis Hamiltonwith professional footballerKylian Mbappéfor what it calls a 'a sprint showdown ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix' this weekend. Check out the video above. EA SPORTS F1 25is out now worldwide.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
This Story Is Yours - Take the Lead in F1® 25, Available Worldwide Today
Race Your Way with the Return of Braking Point, Revamped My Team, and F1® THE MOVIE Scenarios Featuring Fictional Team APXGP Watch F1® 25 Iconic Edition Cover Star Lewis Hamilton and Football Superstar, Kylian Mbappé, Test Their Speed as the Iconic Rivals Go Head-to-Head HERE REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 30, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) invites players to race their way with F1® 25, an official game of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship™, available today on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Through a variety of gameplay features, players can take the lead as team owner in My Team 2.0, and live the emotional highs and lows of competing at the front of the grid in the return of fan-favourite story mode, Braking Point. Players can also take to the track as fictional team APXGP from Apple Original Films' F1® THE MOVIE with a preview chapter, with additional chapter scenarios (sold separately) available post-launch beginning June 30th.* As part of the launch day celebrations, F1® 25 Iconic Edition cover star Lewis Hamilton challenged three-time EA SPORTS cover star Kylian Mbappé to a thrilling sprint race ahead of the FORMULA 1 ARAMCO GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA 2025. Watch the action unfold HERE. "F1 25 delivers more ways for players to tell their F1 story, from battling for the World Championship to securing a front row seat and interacting with the racing movie of the summer," said Lee Mather, Senior Creative Director at Codemasters. "With story-driven features, Braking Point and F1® THE MOVIE, taking the lead in My Team and Driver Career, or jumping into F1 World with a multitude of bite-sized challenges, customisation enhancements, multiplayer and cooperative gameplay, F1 25 is all-out, unabashed action for every racing fan." Players will experience the third instalment of fan-favourite story mode, Braking Point. Set across two seasons, the returning cast encounter a dramatic event that threatens to throw a title-contending season into chaos. For the first time, players encounter more variety through different driver perspectives, giving the mode a new dimension and alternate endings to the story. Additionally, Konnersport is now available to choose in My Team with a further option to become the 11th team on the grid in Driver Career. F1® 25 gets players closer to the real world than ever before with a series of innovations both on and off the track. Players who want to call the shots can jump into My Team 2.0 and take on the role of team owner. Alongside running the entire operations from the Team HQ, focusing on Engineering, Personnel, and Corporate, players manage the fate of both drivers and can switch between the two for race weekends. Five circuits - Bahrain, Miami, Melbourne, Suzuka, and Imola - join Silverstone as those that have all been digitally scanned during race weekends. Through millions of data points, LIDAR technology delivers pinpoint accuracy from asphalt surface details and kerb heights to the positioning of broadcast towers, barriers, trees, and foliage. These advancements, in conjunction with changes to handling, tested pre-launch by esports drivers and the F1® community, ensure players feel every bump and elevation change, just like the real F1® drivers. F1® 25 delivers greater customisation through the new Decal Editor. Driver numbers receive a visual overhaul with new fonts and colours. Players can bring their personalities to life with the freedom to move, rotate, and resize designs with variants to unlock throughout the game and use across My Team and F1® World. Players can also use the newly introduced sponsor liveries built around the visual identity of the fictional brands in the game, alongside new driver numbers which receive a visual overhaul with new customisable fonts and colours, to create the most authentic-looking vehicle designs the franchise has ever delivered. EA Play** members get a 5-hour Trial, score a monthly 5000 XP boost, and can save 10% on EA digital purchases, including PitCoin, full game, and DLC. More details on EA Play. F1® 25 Iconic Edition owners receive a number of perks linked to F1® THE MOVIE producer Lewis Hamilton, F3™ Driver Icons Pack, 18,000 Pitcoin and much more. F1® THE MOVIE chapter scenarios are available to F1® 25 Standard Edition players through the purchase of the DLC pack, available now for purchase and playable in-game beginning June 30. To keep up-to-date with the latest F1® game news and information, visit the Formula 1® game website and follow its social channels. PRESS ASSETS ARE AVAILABLE AT *Chapter Scenarios playable beginning June 30, 2025. Requires F1® 25 (sold separately), EA account, internet connection & all game updates. **Conditions, limitations and exclusions apply. See for details. About Electronic Arts Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment. The Company develops and delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, mobile devices and personal computers. In fiscal year 2025, EA posted GAAP net revenue of approximately $7.5 billion. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for a portfolio of critically acclaimed, high-quality brands such as EA SPORTS FC™, Battlefield™, Apex Legends™, The Sims™, EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL, EA SPORTS™ College Football, Need for Speed™, Dragon Age™, Titanfall™, Plants vs. Zombies™ and EA SPORTS F1®. More information about EA is available at EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS FC, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Apex Legends, The Sims, Dragon Age, Titanfall, and Plants vs. Zombies are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. John Madden, NFL, and F1 are the property of their respective owners and used with permission. F1® 25 Game - an official product of the FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. © 2025 Electronic Arts Inc. EA, EA SPORTS, the EA SPORTS logo, and Codemasters are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. The F1 FORMULA 1 logo, F1 logo, FORMULA 1, F1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trademarks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula 1 company. The F2 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP logo, FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP, FIA FORMULA 2, FORMULA 2, F2 and related marks are trademarks of the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile and used exclusively under license. All rights reserved. About F1® THE MOVIE Apple Original Films and Warner Bros. Pictures Present A Monolith Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer / Plan B Entertainment / Dawn Apollo Films Production, A Joseph Kosinski Film, F1® THE MOVIE, distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theatres and IMAX® nationwide on June 27, 2025 and internationally beginning 25 June 2025. Category: EA Sports View source version on Contacts Natalia LombardiGlobal Public Relations Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Business Wire
This Story Is Yours - Take the Lead in F1 ® 25, Available Worldwide Today
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) invites players to race their way with F1 ® 25, an official game of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship™, available today on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Through a variety of gameplay features, players can take the lead as team owner in My Team 2.0, and live the emotional highs and lows of competing at the front of the grid in the return of fan-favourite story mode, Braking Point. Players can also take to the track as fictional team APXGP from Apple Original Films' F1 ® THE MOVIE with a preview chapter, with additional chapter scenarios (sold separately) available post-launch beginning June 30th.* As part of the launch day celebrations, F1 ® 25 Iconic Edition cover star Lewis Hamilton challenged three-time EA SPORTS cover star Kylian Mbappé to a thrilling sprint race ahead of the FORMULA 1 ARAMCO GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA 2025. Watch the action unfold HERE. "F1 25 delivers more ways for players to tell their F1 story, from battling for the World Championship to securing a front row seat and interacting with the racing movie of the summer" Share 'F1 25 delivers more ways for players to tell their F1 story, from battling for the World Championship to securing a front row seat and interacting with the racing movie of the summer,' said Lee Mather, Senior Creative Director at Codemasters. 'With story-driven features, Braking Point and F1 ® THE MOVIE, taking the lead in My Team and Driver Career, or jumping into F1 World with a multitude of bite-sized challenges, customisation enhancements, multiplayer and cooperative gameplay, F1 25 is all-out, unabashed action for every racing fan.' Players will experience the third instalment of fan-favourite story mode, Braking Point. Set across two seasons, the returning cast encounter a dramatic event that threatens to throw a title-contending season into chaos. For the first time, players encounter more variety through different driver perspectives, giving the mode a new dimension and alternate endings to the story. Additionally, Konnersport is now available to choose in My Team with a further option to become the 11th team on the grid in Driver Career. F1 ® 25 gets players closer to the real world than ever before with a series of innovations both on and off the track. Players who want to call the shots can jump into My Team 2.0 and take on the role of team owner. Alongside running the entire operations from the Team HQ, focusing on Engineering, Personnel, and Corporate, players manage the fate of both drivers and can switch between the two for race weekends. Five circuits - Bahrain, Miami, Melbourne, Suzuka, and Imola - join Silverstone as those that have all been digitally scanned during race weekends. Through millions of data points, LIDAR technology delivers pinpoint accuracy from asphalt surface details and kerb heights to the positioning of broadcast towers, barriers, trees, and foliage. These advancements, in conjunction with changes to handling, tested pre-launch by esports drivers and the F1 ® community, ensure players feel every bump and elevation change, just like the real F1 ® drivers. F1 ® 25 delivers greater customisation through the new Decal Editor. Driver numbers receive a visual overhaul with new fonts and colours. Players can bring their personalities to life with the freedom to move, rotate, and resize designs with variants to unlock throughout the game and use across My Team and F1 ® World. Players can also use the newly introduced sponsor liveries built around the visual identity of the fictional brands in the game, alongside new driver numbers which receive a visual overhaul with new customisable fonts and colours, to create the most authentic-looking vehicle designs the franchise has ever delivered. EA Play** members get a 5-hour Trial, score a monthly 5000 XP boost, and can save 10% on EA digital purchases, including PitCoin, full game, and DLC. More details on EA Play. F1 ® 25 Iconic Edition owners receive a number of perks linked to F1 ® THE MOVIE producer Lewis Hamilton, F3™ Driver Icons Pack, 18,000 Pitcoin and much more. F1 ® THE MOVIE chapter scenarios are available to F1 ® 25 Standard Edition players through the purchase of the DLC pack, available now for purchase and playable in-game beginning June 30. To keep up-to-date with the latest F1 ® game news and information, visit the Formula 1® game website and follow its social channels. *Chapter Scenarios playable beginning June 30, 2025. Requires F1® 25 (sold separately), EA account, internet connection & all game updates. **Conditions, limitations and exclusions apply. See for details. About Electronic Arts Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment. The Company develops and delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, mobile devices and personal computers. In fiscal year 2025, EA posted GAAP net revenue of approximately $7.5 billion. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for a portfolio of critically acclaimed, high-quality brands such as EA SPORTS FC™, Battlefield™, Apex Legends™, The Sims™, EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL, EA SPORTS™ College Football, Need for Speed™, Dragon Age™, Titanfall™, Plants vs. Zombies™ and EA SPORTS F1®. More information about EA is available at EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS FC, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Apex Legends, The Sims, Dragon Age, Titanfall, and Plants vs. Zombies are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. John Madden, NFL, and F1 are the property of their respective owners and used with permission. F1® 25 Game - an official product of the FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. © 2025 Electronic Arts Inc. EA, EA SPORTS, the EA SPORTS logo, and Codemasters are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. The F1 FORMULA 1 logo, F1 logo, FORMULA 1, F1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trademarks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula 1 company. The F2 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP logo, FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP, FIA FORMULA 2, FORMULA 2, F2 and related marks are trademarks of the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile and used exclusively under license. All rights reserved. About F1 ® THE MOVIE Apple Original Films and Warner Bros. Pictures Present A Monolith Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer / Plan B Entertainment / Dawn Apollo Films Production, A Joseph Kosinski Film, F1 ® THE MOVIE, distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theatres and IMAX ® nationwide on June 27, 2025 and internationally beginning 25 June 2025.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Perfectly recreated FI cars gliding around perfect recreations of F1 tracks...AND Brad Pitt? Now that's what I call a formula for success!
F1 25 (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £69.99) Rating: It's not EA FC, the game formally known as Fifa. It's not the NBA series either. It's not even my beloved Rocket League. No, the best sports-simulation game is always Codemasters' latest F1 release, and that's been the case for some years now. Why? It's mostly in that word simulation. Here are perfect recreations of Formula 1 cars gliding around perfect recreations of Formula 1 tracks. If you're a disaster on four wheels, like me, you can make everything - every detail of the vehicle's handling and performance - as forgiving as you want. If you're rather more talented, you can ramp up the difficulty until the experience is practically real. There's a reason why actual F1 drivers, such as Lando Norris and Max Verstappen, play these games in their downtime. Now they - and we - have another one to play: F1 25. It is an improvement on F1 24, which basically makes it great by default. I mean, you even get to play as Brad Pitt! There's an enjoyable challenge based on the upcoming F1 movie, with more to come after that movie's release. And, of course, after a year's gap, there's the very welcome return of Braking Point, the narrative mode that builds a soap opera around the racing. The continuing story of Aidan Jackson, Callie Mayer and all our other favourite fictional drivers is surprisingly affecting. The only disappointment? As tends to happen with this sort of annual release, it can all feel more repetitive than revolutionary. It doesn't help that many of this year's improvements are micro-adjustments to car physics and track geography that only the pros will notice. Still, iterating on the best sports-simulation game there is still leaves you with the best sports-simulation game there is. Add in Brad Pitt too, and F1 25 takes the checkered flag. The Siege And The Sandfox (PC, £11.99) Rating: Let's take some familiar ingredients from the cupboard. First, the explorative, bouncy platforming from series such as Castlevania and Prince Of Persia. Then the stealthy mechanics of, say, the Thief and Commandos games. Add a dash of retro pixellated graphics. Now stir it all together, The result isn't something entirely novel, but it is quite different and kind of tasty. It's The Siege And The Sandfox, a platformer that has you sneaking through the shadows and avoiding any baddies you come across. But who are you? The Sandfox himself, a hooded assassin who has been framed for the murder of his patron, the king, in an Arabian Nights-esque realm and cast down into the depths of the capital. And who are the baddies? The city's unforgiving guards and the wicked agents of an invading power, most of whom you have to bypass on your way back up to surface — where you plan to dispense some justice. It's a shame that the game shows off almost everything it has to offer - from all the possibilities of its mechanics to its best little quests - in its opening couple of hours The setup and the setting of The Siege And The Sandfox are just two of the many things to admire about it. Its graphics are simple but gorgeous; a tremendous mix of light and dark. And speaking of light and dark, you can extinguish any lamps you come across, so the Sandfox is less visible to his would-be captors - though they can still hear his footsteps if you're not careful. So it's a shame that the game shows off almost everything it has to offer - from all the possibilities of its mechanics to its best little quests - in its opening couple of hours, leaving half a dozen hours that feel rather empty. In fact, it's much like its protagonist in that regard: now you see it... now you don't.
Top Gear
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Top Gear
F1 25 review: a racing game that's all about the drama
Gaming Narrative mode Braking Point returns along with Hollywood stars Skip 5 photos in the image carousel and continue reading We're about a month away from Brad Pitt and his pals attempting to turn a sport that involves understanding the concept of tyre degradation into a gripping Hollywood blockbuster. But if you've been playing the official F1 games over the past five years, you'll know that mixing F1 with melodrama works brilliantly. Yes, Braking Point, the narrative story mode that began in F1 2021 , returns for a third time in F1 25 . We'll confess to having a massive soft spot for Braking Point. Alright, some of the plotlines are cheesier than a three day fondue festival, but there's a lot to be said for having a more human off-track narrative pushing you along between race events. This storyline is a continuation of the arc that began in F1 2021 with even messier family drama this time around and, while you might be entirely lost if you've not played the previous two instalments, for long-time fans it's as involving and entertaining as it always was. Advertisement - Page continues below Away from the soap opera, the other significant update in F1 25 is My Team mode. Rather than the throwback concept of an owner-driver, this new version of My Team has you stepping into the branded trainers of the team principal of an 11th Formula One team, with all the additional responsibility that entails. While it's naturally not quite as in depth as the now cancelled F1 Manager series, it's most of the way there and streamlined, intuitive menus ensure it's never completely overwhelming. Plus, unlike F1 Manager, you have the added bonus that when the race weekend arrives you aren't sitting on the sidelines fiddling with fuel strategies. In F1 25 you get to assume control of one of your two contracted drivers and clamber behind the wheel yourself. Oh and one of those drivers might be Brad Pitt. You might like Yes, that upcoming F1 movie is also well represented in the official game. In My Team you can choose to play as the movie's own fictional 11th team, APX Grand Prix, with drivers Sonny Hayes (Pitt) and Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) casually dropped into the driver mix. There's also a separate scenario mode which blends clips from the movie with in-game challenges in much the same way as Braking Point does. There's only one small prologue challenge available so far, so as to avoid ruining the plot, with the rest only arriving as downloadable content once the movie is out in cinemas. We'd make a gag about spoilers, but on an F1 car it's actually a rear wing. Advertisement - Page continues below After a lacklustre seasonal update last year, whose main development focus appeared to be making the handling model undriveable, F1 25 is a return to form. Braking Point will keep you entertained for a good few hours, but it's the expansive new My Team mode that offers proper novelty and longevity to those who have loyally dropped their cash on the official game every year. Newcomers and lapsed fans, meanwhile, will return to menus upon menus of modes and options in one of the most refined and feature rich racers available. And if your fantasy is just 'pretending you're handsome Hollywood star Brad Pitt', somehow it's now got that covered too... Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. Look out for your regular round-up of news, reviews and offers in your inbox. Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your inbox.
