The highly-anticipated Mass Effect trilogy could be released as soon as October – but delays caused by COVID-19 may push it back to later in the year. It’s long been rumoured that BioWare was looking to remaster the fan-favourite trilogy for a new generation of consoles and players, and fans …
Read More »“There was some nervousness at the start” – The history of BioWare as told by people that were there at the time
If we were to make a tier list of video game developers, there’s no doubt in my mind that BioWare would be sat among the very best that the industry has to offer, atop the god tier. There’s a special amount of hype that builds up around any new release …
Read More »In praise – and defence – of Ashley Williams, the most contentious character in BioWare’s sci-fi epic
Mass Effect (opens in new tab)will be ten years old this year. I don’t know about you, but I think I’d prefer to contend with civilisation-consuming immortal robo-squid than confront the actual process of entropy that this last decade represents. Even so, some things weather time better than others – …
Read More »8 of the most common names in video games – and what they mean
If you play games long enough, you start to notice a lot of similarities. “Hey, these games sure have a lot of chest-high walls.” “Wow, there sure are lots of games with zombies.” And so on. One thing you’ll also begin to notice is how many video game characters share …
Read More »What if video games didnt exist… and we all read books instead
Does it have any pictures? Imagine, if you will, a terrible alternative reality where video games don’t exist. How did that happen? Er… maybe people continued to believe that video games might break their television sets. Who knows. Point is, if parallel dimensions do exist, one of them looks like …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 “Leviathan” single-player DLC revealed
The following post will contain mild spoilers about the plot of the “Leviathan” downloadable content pack for Mass Effect 3. If you don’t want to know anything about the storyline, then you should stop reading, and simply know that a voice actor in the new content confirmed the news toEurogamer …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 “Operation Silencer” multiplayer Bounty Weekend announced
Called “Operation Silencer,” this latest Mass Effect 3 multiplayer event challenges players to take down 3 million banshees between the dates of May 11, and May 14 (Friday to Monday.) If the community can rally to take down that colossal number then everyone will be rewarded with a Victory Pack, …
Read More »March 2012 NPD: Mass Effect 3 and Xbox 360 assume control
Mass Effect 3 is back in the news, but this time without the words “ending”, “corrupt save”, or “petition” cramping its style. Today, sales analyst group NPD named BioWare’s sequel the best-selling game in March, adding it sold nearly double the amount Mass Effect 2 did in its debut month. …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 teases DLC spoilers on XBLA, exclusive PSN items and Femshep cover
Bioware’s teased the first DLC for Mass Effect 3, releasing (then retracting) a vaguely spoilery blurb on Xbox Live ahead of the game’s release next month. What are the spoilers? SPOILERS Available on all platforms, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes will allow players to “unearth lost secrets from the past …
Read More »Mass Effect 3: Female Shepard leads a small army of new trailers to your eyes
February is exploding with releases (just look at this release calendar (opens in new tab)), but you need to remember to clear your gaming schedule by the first week of March if you plan on playing Mass Effect 3. BioWare’s finale to the trilogy comes to the US March 6 …
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