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Review | Mass Effect 2: Overlord
Good lord.
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Mass Effect is coming to Destiny 2 next month in new collaboration event
Starts 13th February.
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All romances and flings across all three games explained.
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Supporters | Five of the Best: Presidents
The make-believe kind.
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![The El Presidente protagonist character from the Tropico series of games. They're white-skinned with fairly bushy black beard, and they have aviator sunglasses and a military dress suit and hat on. Behind them, a tropical paradise has skyscrapers and power plants on.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/tropico_6_el_presidente_headline.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Making Mass Effect, from the birth of a trilogy to Andromeda and beyond
"I'm a person who is always dreaming up new worlds."
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Ex-BioWare writer discusses early ideas for Mass Effect trilogy ending
"It involved luring the Reapers through the Mass Relays..."
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Mass Effect romance options: All male and female Shepard romance options in the Legendary Edition explained
All romances and flings across all three games explained.
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In Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the trilogy's best ending is still available if you only play ME3
But you'll need to complete "almost all" content available.
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Plotting a course: how Mass Effect 3 brought the trilogy to a close
BioWare talks scrapped Reaper boss, switched missions, and picking up the pieces after ME2's Suicide Mission.
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Mass Effect 2 writer discusses impact of Fox News on game's LGBTQ+ romances
Jack relationship changed from pan to straight.
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Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah announce departure from BioWare
"They will always be an essential part of the studio's history", says EA.
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The release of the rumoured Mass Effect trilogy remaster was scheduled for October but "could start to slip"
“I know it's real."
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Syd Mead's artistic legacy lives on through video games
From Aliens to Cyberpunk via the Mass Effect arc.
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10 years later, Mass Effect 2's Suicide Mission is BioWare at the top of its game
Assuming direct control.
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The Mass Effect trilogy remaster everyone wants is already here - thanks to modders
Saved by the drell.
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