Mass Effect's dialogue was inspired by awkward TV comedy Extras
"This is not a joke."
Remember 2005 British TV comedy series Extras, written by The Office duo Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant? The one where Gervais played an actor stuck making a living as an extra, and where a string of guest stars like Ben Stiller, Patrick Stewart and Samuel L. Jackson appeared? The late, great David Bowie even popped up in Series 2. Good, wasn't it?
BioWare reflects on a decade of Mass Effect
Tapestry tool to archive your choices now live.
BioWare has celebrated a decade of Mass Effect by releasing a new video featuring developers involved in the much-loved, now much-missed space franchise.
EA: "I see no reason why we shouldn't come back to Mass Effect"
Soderlund offers hope alongside confirmation series is shelved.
EA executive Patrick Soderlund sees no reason why Mass Effect shouldn't be revisited in the future, but said if it was, it would have to be in a fresh, exciting and relevant way.
BioWare veteran and Anthem lead designer Corey Gaspur passes away
"Corey was a talented designer and an even better person."
One of BioWare's lead designers, Corey Gaspur, has passed away.
BioWare boss Aaryn Flynn quits, just months after Mass Effect Andromeda launch
Series' former director Casey Hudson returns.
BioWare's general manager Aaryn Flynn is leaving the acclaimed RPG studio after 17 years with the company.
His departure comes roughly four months after the launch of Mass Effect Andromeda, a game that debuted to lackluster sales and disappointing critical reception. Our Edwin Evans-Thirlwell called it "probably BioWare's worst RPG yet" in his review, and the tepid reaction to the game has put the sci-fi series "on ice".
Interestingly, Flynn's role will be replaced by the Mass Effect series' project director Casey Hudson, who left the company back in 2014 and accepted a position as project director at Microsoft Studios the following year, where he was to work on HoloLens projects.
Mass Effect 2 and 3 now available on Xbox One backwards compatibility
What do you Mako that?
UPDATE 5.05pm Microsoft has just made the announcement official:
Sounds like we won't get a Mass Effect trilogy remaster
Our hopes have been Wrex.
EA appears to have decided against releasing a Mass Effect trilogy remaster.
That's according to EA exec Peter Moore, who has poured cold water on the prospect in a new interview.
"Could we make an easy buck on remastering Mass Effect? Yes," he told IGN (around the 1hr 16 mark). Have a thousand people asked me that? Yes they have. Do we have... No."
Mass Effect is getting four spin-off novels bridging the gap to Andromeda
N. K. Jemisin is penning the first, due this August.
The Mass Effect series will be getting four new spin-off novels bridging the gap between the trilogy we all know and love and the highly anticipated fourth entry, Mass Effect: Andromeda, due in Q1 2017.
Origin Access adds Mass Effect Trilogy
Plus Trine 1 & 2 and Peggle.
Origin Access - the PC service granting players loads of EA games, discounts, and early access to upcoming title for £3.99 a month - has added the Mass Effect Trilogy to its Vault.
EA lambasts Donald Trump for using Mass Effect audio in campaign ad
UPDATE: Video removed due to copyright violation.
UPDATE 11.16pm 4th April 2016: As predicted, the ad in question has now been removed from Donald Trump's Twitter account due to a copyright strike.
Microsoft announces native Xbox One-360 back compatibility
UPDATE: Saves transfer via cloud. Small Preview list of games shared.
UPDATE: Microsoft's tech people confirmed to Eurogamer at E3 that Xbox 360 save files will transfer to Xbox One via the cloud. Old games you don't own will also be available to buy further down the line.
The small list of Xbox 360 games compatible with Xbox One in the Preview programme was shared.
Banjo Kazooie: N n B
BioWare have the years gone?
Mass Effect and Dragon Age developer BioWare has turned 20 today, but it doesn't look a day older than 19.
See inside BioWare Edmonton with Google Maps
I spy with my little eye...
I'd love to visit BioWare headquarters in Edmonton, Canada, and now I sort of can. And I don't even have to leave my desk.
BioWare boss polls fans on potential Mass Effect Trilogy re-make
"Organic implementation" with all DLC "definitely what I have in mind."
BioWare Edmonton and Montreal boss Aaryn Flynn has discussed the possibility of a re-mastered Mass Effect Trilogy, and polled fans on what features they would want included.
Mass Effect and KOTOR project director Casey Hudson leaves BioWare
"BioWare is as magical a place today as it was when I started."
BioWare executive producer Casey Hudson has left the renowned studio after 16 years.
New Doctor Who character sure looks like Garrus from Mass Effect
Looks like the BBC has been doing calibrations.
Sci-fi fans have spotted a familiar face in the BBC's new Doctor Who - an alien who looks a lot like Mass Effect squad member Garrus.
Hear BioShock, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy music at RePlay: Symphony of Heroes
Live concert heads to London in September, EGX visitors get discount.
You'll be able to hear live performances of music from the BioShock, Halo, Castlevania and Final Fantasy series in London this year at the RePlay: Symphony of Heroes concert.
PlayStation Store May Madness sale begins
XCOM £8! Mass Effect 3 £6.50!
The May Madness PlayStation Store sale has begin. There's nothing to get excited about on PlayStation 4 but on PlayStation 3 there's plenty.
BioWare "discussed" Mass Effect PS4/Xbox One remasters
"If we can put solid plans together we'll share."
BioWare has discussed internally the idea of remastering the Mass Effect series for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
A fan asked BioWare boss Aaryn Flynn on Twitter what he thought about a next-gen, 1080p, high-resolution texture, 60 frames-per-second version for PS4 and Xbox One.
Flynn's response: "We have discussed that internally. If we can put solid plans together we'll share."
Should BioWare give up romances?
Dragon Age writer David Gaider mulls the answer.
Remember all that hullabaloo about revealing lesbian sex in Mass Effect? However ludicrous the criticism, it's the sort of steamy content BioWare fans have come expect - love stories, love scenes, and often quite daring and progressive ones (for video games, at least).
Marvel's Agents of Shield spotted using Mass Effect 3 concept art
UPDATE: BioWare devs chuckle at ABC's slip-up.
UPDATE: BioWare developers have responded in good humour to the news that a limited edition Mass Effect 3 print was used as an episode backdrop in Marvel TV series Agents of Shield.
A talented papercraft artist has constructed life-size models of Mass Effect characters EDI and Jack.
Mass Effect 4 teaser images released by BioWare
Aliens! Planets! And a return of the Mako?
BioWare has released the first images from its next Mass Effect game, which is currently in development at BioWare Montreal.
BioWare: Mass Effect 4 may not relate to Shepard's story "at all, whatsoever"
ME3 ending controversy "a really good lesson learned".
Mass Effect developer BioWare has suggested that the next entry in its sci-fi RPG franchise will not relate to any events in the existing Commander Shepard-lead story.
SWTOR chief steps up.
EA has made Matthew Bromberg the new boss of BioWare, VentureBeat reports.
Minecraft: Mass Effect mash-up DLC arrives tomorrow
More than skin deep.
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition's first mash-up pack is themed around the Mass Effect series and will launch tomorrow.
Fan-harassed writer Jennifer Hepler leaves BioWare
Questions whether abusive fans scare away talent.
Jennifer Hepler, the BioWare writer harassed by fans for her work on Dragon Age 2 - and for comments made years earlier about wishing to skip combat sections in games - this week left the famed RPG studio to work on a book and pursue some freelance work.
BioWare artist reveals cut Mass Effect ideas
See how Tali's face originally looked.
Veteran BioWare designer Matt Rhodes has posted an array of Mass Effect concept art from throughout the sci-fi trilogy which hints at early ideas for the series' characters and conclusion.
Ex-BioWare writer discusses dropped ideas for Mass Effect trilogy ending
Drew Karpyshyn on the series' cut Dark Energy plot.
Drew Karpyshyn, ex-BioWare developer and lead writer of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, has revealed in detail how his original idea for the trilogy's ending could have played out.
EA retires Mass Effect 3: Datapad app
No more calibrating.
Mass Effect 3's companion app Datapad has been removed from the iOS App Store, publisher EA has announced.
Former BioWare boss: PS4 and next Xbox unlikely to cure "sick market for old-school gaming"
"I honestly don't think they're going to be that big a deal."
Former BioWare boss Dr. Greg Zeschuk thinks the next-generation consoles are unlikely to cure what he describes as a "sick market for old-school gaming".
Mass Effect 3 nearly didn't have Tali as a squadmate
Only 18 per cent played as FemShep.
Mass Effect's fan-favourite mysterious alien mechanic Tali was nearly not an attainable squadmate in Mass Effect 3, the developer revealed earlier today at a PAX East panel attended by Eurogamer.
Mass Effect 3 writer talks of industry "resistance" to creating diverse female characters
"Or any character that isn't both white and male."
A Mass Effect 3 writer has spoken about the difficulties faced within the games industry when creating "engaging" female characters.
Watch the BAFTA Game Awards live on Eurogamer
UPDATE: Dishonored takes top honours, but Journey scoops up five awards.
UPDATE: The 2013 BAFTA winners are in and they're a doozy. Dishonored took top honours, winning best game overall, which is odd as it didn't win in any other awards. Conversely, Journey received a whopping five awards in various other categories.
BioWare says farewell to Mass Effect 3 in new Citadel DLC trailer
"Everyone say... Normandy!"
BioWare has unveiled a new trailer for Mass Effect 3: Citadel, the game's final expansion.
Due tomorrow on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (or Wednesday for EU PS3 players), the game will see Shepard undertake one final mission on the Citadel while on shore leave, before partying with old friends.
A huge cast of returning characters from Mass Effect 1 and 2 will appear, there's a new hub area to explore and a set of mini-games to play with.
Mass Effect 3: Citadel Achievements list leaks
Mild spoilers within.
The Achievements/Trophy list for Mass Effect 3: Citadel, the game's final add-on, has appeared online.
BioWare on next-gen: "There will be a big leap, but it won't be as obvious"
Because of the Cost Effect.
Temper your expectations about the generational leap in graphics between this generation of console gaming and the next, urged BioWare art director Neil Thompson.
Mass Effect 3 free for PlayStation Plus subscribers in March
PlayStation Store updated to version 1.03.
BioWare's sci-fi epic Mass Effect 3 will be free to download for PlayStation Plus subscribers next month, which marks the one year anniversary of its release.
BioWare announces Mass Effect 3: Citadel, the final single-player DLC
And confirms previously-leaked multiplayer expansion Reckoning.
BioWare has announced Mass Effect 3: Citadel, the final single-player expansion for the game, and the final multiplayer expansion, Reckoning.
Citadel will be released on 5th March for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, priced $14.99 or 1200 Microsoft Points.
Reckoning comes a week sooner - 26th February. Like all other multiplayer expansions, it will be free. European PlayStation versions will likely launch a day later. There's no mention of a Wii U version for either.
Eurogamer takes comedian Dara O'Briain on a space adventure all of his own
The romance option.
Someone actually let me interview Dara O'Briain ahead of his annual British Academy Games Awards hosting duties on 5th March. So I thought I'd film it and do something silly.
BioWare announces Mass Effect version of Risk board game
Roll again for a new ending.
Mass Effect maker BioWare has announced a version of strategy board game Risk themed around its space opera series of video games.
Risk's Mass Effect: Galaxy at War Edition will be available this autumn, BioWare revealed via its Facebook page.
"Oh yes, it's real, and it's coming this Fall!" the developer teased.
The talented and mostly professional artists that frequent CGHubs have created their own Dragon Age and Mass Effect characters (via Kotaku).
The future of RPGs according to Obsidian's Urquhart and BioWare's Muzyka
"Putting the water cooler into the game."
Two of the most influential role-playing game makers in the West - Obsidian boss Feargus Urquhart and former BioWare boss Ray Muzyka - have talked about what they think will be the RPG experience of the future.
BioWare: "calling the next game Mass Effect 4 is a disservice"
"The game does not have to come after. Or before."
BioWare does not want you to refer to the next Mass Effect game as Mass Effect 4. Doing so would imply it was a sequel to Commander Shepard's story.
Buffy and Mass Effect actor Robin Sachs dies aged 61
He was Zaeed Massani.
Robin Sachs - voice of Zaeed Massani in Mass Effect but better known as Ethan Rayne in Buffy - has died aged 61.
Mass Effect 3 DLC leaked in new patch data
New co-op mode linked to your single-player decisions.
Files relating to an upcoming Mass Effect 3 DLC have been unearthed in a new patch for the game.
The title update, detailed by BioWare mere hours ago as a simple bug-fix update, has already been data-mined for clues as to the game's upcoming expansions.
Data for a major new multiplayer gameplay mode was uncovered, to be fully implemented in a forthcoming DLC. The mode will use save data from choices made throughout your single-player campaign, including paragon/renegade values, reputation points and overall progress.
Greg Zeschuk reflects on leaving BioWare for beer
"You just get tired of it after a while."
"You just get tired of it after a while." He probably couldn't have put it better. He being Greg Zeschuk, one of the founders of BioWare, and one half of its famous and now retired doctor duo leadership.
Two images emerge from Mass Effect 3's upcoming DLC
Is that Wrex?
Mass Effect 3 producer Casey Hudson and producer Michael Gamble have each tweeted pics of what could be the last DLC we'll get of the 10 month old game.
Dead Space 3 players with a Mass Effect 3 save on their console will be able to unlock a modified version of Commander Shepard's armour, publisher EA has announced.
More romance in BioWare games or less? Writer discusses
"...wish fulfllment on a level that reduced the characters into romantic playthings, sex dolls."
BioWare adventures are known for their romances. It's one of the first thing players talk about with their friends; "Who did you go for?"
BioWare's "increasingly toxic" forum repels Dragon Age writer David Gaider
"Perhaps there is something to be said about whether the games BioWare makes still satisfy our core fans."
David Gaider has worked at BioWare for 14 years. He first helped make Baldur's Gate 2 and now he's lead writer of the Dragon Age series of games. He's a part of the old BioWare and the new.
BioWare: Mass Effect 4 due "late 2014 to mid-2015"
UPDATE: EA discounts comments, site investigating.
UPDATE #2: EA has this evening informed Eurogamer that GamerSyndrome's information did not come from EA or BioWare at all. We separately contacted GamerSyndrome who told us that the information came from an "unreliable source" and that the site was investigating the matter.
BioWare "all hands on deck" for new Mass Effect 3 DLC
Eight writers on board. Main ME3 composer and Seth Green to return.
BioWare has dropped hints about the next Mass Effect 3 DLC, which will follow last week's disappointing Omega add-on.
You can buy Mass Effect and Mirror's Edge museum-grade fine art
Got a couple of hundred quid?
You can buy officially sanctioned Mass Effect and Mirror's Edge fine art.
Battlefield 3: Aftermath out today on EU PlayStation Store
Plus Mass Effect 3: Omega, Dead or Alive 5 bundle for £48.
Battlefield 3 expansion Aftermath is available today for European PlayStation 3 owners. The download costs £11.99 or is free for those with Battlefield 3 Premium.
Should Mass Effect 4 be a prequel or sequel?
BioWare wants your help deciding.
BioWare has asked fans whether Mass Effect 4 should be a sequel to the existing trilogy or take place before, Phantom Menace-style.
Mass Effect overlord Casey Hudson canvassed fans via his Twitter account last night.
"Parsing through your thoughts on the next #ME game. Would you be more interested in a game that takes place before the trilogy, or after?", he wrote.
Mass Effect 3: Omega DLC will not be available for Wii U
EA relays the bad news.
The Wii U version of Mass Effect 3 will not receive upcoming add-on Omega, publisher EA has announced.
Mass Effect 4 will use DICE's Battlefield 3 engine
Lead development shifted to BioWare Montreal.
Mass Effect 4 will run on DICE's Frostbite engine, the latest version of which was used in Battlefield 3.
BioWare calls for your feedback as it embarks on “entirely new” Mass Effect game
“What do you want to see in it?”
BioWare has called for fan feedback as it begins work on the next Mass Effect game.
PEGI 18-rated games soon readmitted to Windows 8 Store
Microsoft had a bit of a mix-up.
Some relatively good news about Windows 8 at last: Microsoft won't prohibit PEGI 18-rated games like Skyrim, Dishonored and Mass Effect from sale on the Windows 8 Store.
Nine minutes of the Mass Effect 3 anime prequel
Starring Freddie Prinze Jr.
Mass Effect 3 developer BioWare has released nine minutes of footage from the game's upcoming anime prequel, Paragon Lost.
Mass Effect movie gets new screenwriter
From the co-editor of I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Legendary Entertainment is moving ahead with its silver screen adaptation of the Mass Effect series by hiring new screenwriter Morgan Davis Foehl, Variety has reported.
Date for Mass Effect 3's Omega DLC, the biggest and most expensive yet
Sure is something T'loak at.
Mass Effect 3's Omega DLC will be the most expansive and expensive add-on yet, maker BioWare has announced.
Game screenshots taken at such high quality they look like art
One man's mission to show how beautiful they can be.
Duncan Harris takes clean, artistic screenshots of games at their highest resolution and best possible settings. The results are stunning.
Huge free Mass Effect 3 expansion sees return of the Collectors
Retaliation multiplayer DLC available next week.
A huge new Mass Effect 3 multiplayer expansion will see the return of the Collectors - the enemy race Shepard fought in Mass Effect 2.
Mass Effect 3: Retaliation will be available to download for free from 9th October (likely meaning a 10th October release date here on PlayStation 3).
It is the biggest multiplayer DLC pack yet, with six new maps (triple the usual quota) and 16 new characters, including the Krogan Shaman Adept, Asari Huntress Infiltrator, Turian Havoc Soldier and Batarian Brawler Vanguard.
Mass Effect Trilogy includes DLC, amount depends on platform
PC gets more than Xbox 360. PS3 release date now "TBA".
BioWare's Mass Effect Trilogy bundle will include a limited selection of DLC.
Mass Effect Trilogy Edition announced for PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Original Mass Effect to finally launch on PS3, five years later.
BioWare has announced the Mass Effect Trilogy Edition, a compilation of all three Mass Effect games in one big box.
That means that PlayStation 3 gamers can finally play the original Mass Effect (published, back in the day, by Microsoft), just five years after it originally hit Xbox 360.
Mass Effect Trilogy Edition will launch in North America on "N7 Day" - that's 7th November if you're not BioWare, likely meaning a Friday 9th November in the UK.
BioWare details future: a new IP for next-gen, more Mass Effect, more Dragon Age
What's up next, Doc?
With the door closed on founding fathers Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, whose departure BioWare announced last night, the company has moved quickly to confirm a number of future projects in production.
The most exciting being what sounded like a new IP for next-generation machines.
"Casey [Hudson, Mass Effect series boss] and his leads are putting together their vision for an all-new game set in a fictional universe, built from the bottom-up with all new gaming technology," wrote Aaryn Flynn, general manager of BioWare Edmonton and Montreal.
Mass Effect 3 Wii U includes day-one DLC From Ashes as standard
PC, PS3, Xbox 360 paid DLC to be included.
Mass Effect 3: Special Edition for Wii U will include the From Ashes add-on, which launched as a paid day-one DLC pack on other platforms.
Mass Effect 3 Wii U developer "very conscious of not wanting to mess up"
Working on another "big name franchise" for Wii U next year.
Mass Effect 3 Wii U developer Straight Right has an unenviable task. The Australian studio is BioWare's go-to team for relaunching the critically-acclaimed Mass Effect 3 on new hardware, with all-new controls and all for an as-yet untested market.
The Wii U port of Mass Effect 3 is being developed by the studio behind Need for Speed: Shift 2 on iOS, it has been announced.
"You can pretty much pick out the age of most of your readers by their commentary."
I hate DLC. I hate online passes. I hate EA.
GAME Oxford Street closing down
GAME Retail Ltd blames expiration of lease.
GAME Oxford Street, home of countless UK midnight launches, is closing down.
Peter Moore gives BioWare vote of confidence after tumultuous 18 months
"They're doing great. Mass Effect has been enormous for us."
EA COO Peter Moore has given BioWare a vote of confidence after perhaps the most tumultuous year in the developer's history.
The writer who left BioWare: Eurogamer interviews Drew Karpyshyn
On poor fiction, text versus graphics, KOTOR, the Mass Effect 3 ending and Children of Fire.
Drew Karpyshyn not only resembles Commander Shepard facially - he created him. Drew Karpyshyn was one of BioWare's greatest ever writers. He was lead writer of cherished Star Wars role-playing game Knights of the Old Republic, and he was lead writer of Mass Effect 1, 2, and all the books in-between (not Deception). Along the way, Karpyshyn also influenced Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire and massive storied MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic - a job that meant he couldn't be a part of Mass Effect 3.
EA's share price leaps at rumours of a buyout
Could it be true?
Rumours of a buy-out have boosted EA share prices today, as unbelievable as that sounds. Or is it?
Mass Effect 3's Leviathan DLC lands later this month
Don't fear the reaper.
BioWare announced that its upcoming Mass Effect 3 Leviathan DLC is due on 28th August for Xbox 360, PC and PS3 in North America. The PS3 version will be available in Europe the following day.
BioWare on how to monetise players: day-one DLC, Online Passes, micro-transactions
"Gamers are happier, as they are able to spend money when they want".
BioWare has discussed its business strategy for providing extra (paid) content to players after a game has been released.
Fewer players finished Mass Effect 3 than completed Mass Effect 2
More than five months after launch, only 42 per cent have played to the end.
More than five months after Mass Effect 3 was released, only 42 per cent of players have completed the game.
Mass Effect 3 DLC suggests further changes to ending
More information for those who buy Leviathan add-on.
Mass Effect 3 script information hidden within the game's Extended Cut DLC suggests further ending dialogue changes for players who download the upcoming Leviathan add-on.
How the Mass Effect 3 Wii U GamePad controls work
Biotics all the boxes.
BioWare has revealed how the touch-screen GamePad controller will work in the Wii U version of Mass Effect 3.
Mass Effect 3's upcoming single-player DLC detailed
The Wii U version confirmed as a launch title.
The next piece of single-player Mass Effect DLC was revealed earlier today during EA's Summer Showcase event.
2K Games boss says photorealism aids diversity, Notch disagrees
Can games do nuanced emotion like Brokeback Mountain yet?
2K Games boss Christoph Hartmann has gone and said something controversial. He's declared that only when games approach photorealistic graphics will they be able to broaden their genre-horizon and properly do nuanced emotion like Brokeback Mountain - rather than the Mission Impossible experiences we get today.
Crysis 2 Maximum Edition, NASCAR 2011 and Mass Effect 3 DLC hit PlayStation Store
Plus, MW3 and Ghost Recon DLC.
Crysis 2 Maximum Edition and NASCAR 2011 have all arrived on the PlayStation Store courtesy of today's update.
Mass Effect 3 anime prequel gets trailer
From legendary Ghost in the Shell studio.
BioWare has revealed the first trailer for Mass Effect: Paragon Lost, an anime prequel to Mass Effect 3.
The film will detail the earlier career of N7-wannabe James Vega, the beefcake soldier who hung around your cargo bay and you never took out on missions.
Paragon Lost is being created by prolific anime studio Production I.G, the talent behind the Ghost in the Shell series and hundreds of other video game and movie projects, including most of the Tales series.
Mass Effect 3: Earth DLC blown open
Platinum difficulty! New N7 classes! Powers! Pictures!
The contents of Mass Effect 3's Earth multiplayer add-on have been leaked online.
Mass Effect 3: Leviathan DLC confirmed by voice actor
Spoiler-filled Reaper add-on outed.
Mass Effect 3's rumoured Leviathan DLC has been confirmed by voice actor Anthony Skordi.
The actor confirmed to Eurogamer he would play the Reaper named Leviathan in the unannounced add-on.
The news ties in with previously-leaked script details spotted within the code of the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut.
Mass Effect 3: Earth DLC Xbox 360 release date
Leaked multiplayer add-on confirmed.
Mass Effect 3 multiplayer expansion pack Earth has been confirmed for release next week on Xbox Live.
Earth, the game's third multiplayer DLC, will be available to download for free on 17th July. PC and PlayStation 3 dates have yet to be announced.
The news comes from Microsoft community man Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb. Developer BioWare has yet to formally announce the content.
Dead Island GOTY Edition, Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut on EU PlayStation Store
Plus PSN-exclusive role-player Rainbow Moon.
Mouldy-looking survival horror Dead Island is now available to download from the EU PlayStation Store in a Game of the Year Edition.
Mass Effect 3: Leviathan DLC files hidden in Extended Cut
Script leak details SPOILERS.
BioWare has hidden data for a new Mass Effect 3 DLC pack within the files of the game's new 1.85GB Extended Cut.
Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut adds fourth ending
Plus, BioWare's new message to fans revealed. SPOILERS INSIDE.
The Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC adds a fourth ending to the game.
Natural speech the next big challenge for Kinect - Rare dev
Praises Mass Effect 3 for "showing Kinect could be used with a controller".
Natural speech recognition is the next big challenge for Kinect, a Rare developer has said.
Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut ending DLC measures 1.9 GB
UPDATE: Available now on Xbox 360.
Update: The Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC is now available to download for Xbox 360 from the Xbox.com Marketplace.
Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut DLC release date announced
Plus, new BioWare Q&A offers behind-the-scenes detail.
Mass Effect 3's Extended Cut DLC launches for PC and Xbox 360 on 26th June and on 4th July for PlayStation 3, publisher EA has announced.
The free add-on will "expand upon the events at the end of" BioWare's RPG sequel, "through additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes."
"To experience the Extended Cut, load a save game from before the attack on the Cerberus Base and play through to the end of the game," explained a brief FAQ on the game's official site.
Advertising Standards Agency responds to Mass Effect 3 complaints
Did EA mislead or not?
Did EA mislead people about how much their choices would affect the ending of Mass Effect 3?
Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut info leaks - report
Earth multiplayer DLC, too.
Product descriptions for Mass Effect's Extended Cut DLC and another, under-wraps multiplayer expansion, have leaked online.
Mass Effect, Dragon Age dev BioWare defends fan criticism
"It's interactive, so you're going to have your say."
BioWare has addressed the importance of gamer feedback in the wake of the Mass Effect 3 ending furore and the company's recent request for fan suggestions on the future of its Dragon Age series.
EA: Origin won't copy Steam 75% off sales
"It cheapens intellectual property."
Digital sales platform Steam has a reputation for its 75 per cent sales - and many gamers love them. But for rival Origin and its maker EA, that's not the right approach.
Origin boss David DeMartini told Gamesindustry International that random deep-discounting of games "cheapens" IP, and promised not to copy the practice.
"We won't be doing that," he said, bluntly. "Obviously they think it's the right thing to do after a certain amount of time. I just think it cheapens your intellectual property.
Third-party support headed up by BioWare's RPG.
Mass Effect 3 has been confirmed for Nintendo's yet-to-be-released Wii U console, and it heads up an impressive third-party line-up.
Mass Effect 3 update 1.03 patch notes
New "anti-AFK" system to boot multiplayer cheaters.
Mass Effect 3 will receive a huge list of fixes in the upcoming 1.03 Patch, due today on PC. PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gamers get the download on Thursday 31st May.
The list includes a multitude of multiplayer changes, most notably a system that kicks players who have become inactive for more than two minutes.
BioWare's "Anti-AFK system" is designed to penalise players who are deliberately not taking part in the match. Removed players are booted back to the game's menu with zero experience and zero credits.
Mass Effect 3 Rebellion DLC release date announced
Free multiplayer expansion adds maps, weapons, characters.
A new Mass Effect 3 DLC pack, titled Rebellion, is available to download free of charge next week, BioWare has announced.
The pack, which includes a batch of new multiplayer content, is available from 29th May on PC and Xbox 360, and 30th May on PlayStation 3.
First and foremost, there are two new maps. Firebase Jade overlooks a jungle reservoir surrounded by huge waterfalls, while Firebase Goddess is a circular stage set in the middle a Thessian metropolis.
Mass Effect 3 Rebellion DLC details leak
Vorcha race enter the fight.
The next slice of Mass Effect 3 DLC will be named Rebellion, Sony's Hong Kong website has revealed.
Rebellion will be the second expansion for the game's multiplayer modes, following last month's Resurgance Pack.
Sony's now-removed listing for the DLC (spotted by Kotaku) detailed its contents: two new maps, three new weapons and six fresh character classes.
Mass Effect 3 PS3 players given multiplayer bonuses
To make up for previous exclusion.
PlayStation 3 owners of Mass Effect 3 will today be given reward packs from previous multiplayer weekend events.
How BioWare wrote gay Mass Effect 3 romances
There be spoilers.
Lesbian jelly wrestling cut-scenes aren't what BioWare was going for with gay romances in Mass Effect 3.
EA: Origin now number 2 direct to consumer game service
Second only to Steam.
Origin is now the number two direct to consumer game service, EA has claimed.
The Big GAME Shutdown: An Insider's Account
"In the course of those couple of hours, most of the people I've ever worked with were gone."
"Once the boxes had gone, he [the administrator] did a walk around the store. He was asking us what we planned on doing next. If I'm honest, I was a bit short with him. He was saying, 'What are you going to do now - have you got any plans?' And I was like, 'I've just lost my job. I've been doing this job for two-thirds of my working life, if not more than that, working in a game shop. And suddenly I haven't got that option. So no, I don't know what I'm going to do now. First things first, I'm going to make sure I get the money that I'm owed. But I don't know, I don't know what I'm going to do.'
PS3 players get Mass Effect 3 multiplayer event support
"It is no secret that the Reaper War has had its share of logistical SNAFUs."
PlayStation 3 owners of Mass Effect 3 are now able to take part in the game's multiplayer events.
Now EA games Mass Effect 3 and FIFA Street return to GAME
New CEO's "first priority" was to put more new releases in stores.
GAME and Gamestation are now selling EA games Mass Effect 3 and FIFA Street in stores and online.
EA Origin bans now allow single-player
Takes your satisfaction "very seriously".
Origin ban policy has been revised by EA to allow suspended accounts to "Go Offline" and play games single-player.
The results for March video game sales in the US are in: Mass Effect 3 won! And by quite a distance.
BioWare's trilogy-ending space RPG sold double what Mass Effect 2 managed during its opening month of January 2010, number-cruncher NPD revealed.
Remember, however, that Mass Effect 2 launched on two machines, PC and Xbox 360, and Mass Effect 3 launched on three: PC, PS3, Xbox 360.
BioWare: "Sony won't let us run Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Challenges on PS3"
PC, Xbox 360 get new character unlock this weekend.
BioWare has blamed Sony for the lack of Mass Effect 3 multiplayer promotions on PlayStation 3. PC and Xbox 360 gamers get another event, Operation Resurgence, this weekend.
Mass Effect 3 patch causing widespread crashes
Users unable to load title screen, play campaign or online.
Mass Effect 3's latest title update can cause the game to crash upon loading, rendering the title unplayable for those affected.
The issue appears to be centred around the Xbox 360 version of the game, although some PlayStation 3 users report similar problems.
Some players who have installed the 4MB download are then been unable to load Mass Effect 3's main menu. The game will often enter an endless load cycle while attempting to contact EA's servers or simply crash the console completely.
Mass Effect 3 ending may constitute false advertising, says US consumer group
Better Business Bureau calls on publishers to give marketing blurb "careful consideration".
The widely pilloried ending to Mass Effect 3 may constitute false advertising on the part of developer BioWare, according to US trading standards group the Better Business Bureau.
Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut adds player "personalisation" to endings
BioWare: "It's more than just a few cinematic scenes."
Mass Effect 3's Extended Cut will expand the game's endings with "a sense of personalisation" specific to your playthrough.
Free Mass Effect 3 multiplayer DLC on EU PlayStation Store today
Plus Goldeneye 007: Reloaded for £39.99.
Mass Effect 3's free multiplayer DLC pack Resurgance will be released on the EU PlayStation Store today.
Pro-EA LGBT petition hijacked by bots
Hackers add as many as 5000 signatures.
A petition launched earlier this week by LGBT campaign outfit AllOut offering support to publisher EA over its decision to stand firm after religious groups called for gay-friendly content be removed from its games has been hijacked by bots.
Mass Effect 3 patch out on PS3 and Xbox 360 today
Patch notes revealed, face bug fix included.
The Mass Effect 3 patch launches today for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, BioWare has announced.
It launched on PC yesterday.
It fixes the bug that prevented players from importing character faces generated in Mass Effect 1 through Mass Effect 2 and into Mass Effect 3.
Stephen Fry, Charlie Brooker lend support to EA over LGBT game content row
"Good for @EA for telling the homophobes to f*** off."
Actor and author Stephen Fry and journalist Charlie Brooker are among those to speak up in support of EA over a letter writing campaign directed at the publisher from anti-gay protestors.
Mass Effect 3 Resurgence DLC lands next week
Free multiplayer expansion adds new maps, playable characters.
Mass Effect 3's multiplayer modes get beefed up next week with the release of the Resurgence DLC, EA has announced.
EA hits back at anti-gay groups over same-sex relationships in Mass Effect, SWTOR
"This isn't about protecting children, it's about political harassment."
EA has publicly responded to a letter-writing campaign directed at the publisher by anti-gay groups complaining about the inclusion of same-sex relationship options in games like Mass Effect 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
GAME fully restores Reward Cards and Gift Cards
UPDATE: Hardware trade-ins, pre-orders restored.
UPDATE: GAME and Gamestation stores are now accepting hardware trade-ins and pre-orders.
BioWare announces Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut
UPDATE: no new endings will be added to the game.
UPDATE: BioWare has published its Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut FAQ, and in it confirmed that no new endings will be added to the game.
"BioWare strongly believes in the team's artistic vision for the end of this arc of the Mass Effect franchise," the studio said. "The extended cut DLC will expand on the existing endings, but no further ending DLC is planned."
What it will do is expand on the ending "by creating additional cinematics and epilogue scenes to the existing ending sequences". "The goal of these new scenes is to provide additional clarity and closure to Mass Effect 3," BioWare explained.
PopCap co-founder defends EA after worst company in America win
"Gamers may complain about paid DLC, but there has to be something that sits between Farmville and the $60 price point."
PopCap co-founder John Vechey has defended EA after it won the dubious honour of being crowned worst company in America.
FemShep voice actor talks Mass Effect 3 ending, yet to record more dialogue
"Thank God I'm not a writer!"
Mass Effect 3's Jennifer Hale, voice of the female Commander Shepard, has revealed she is yet to be contacted by BioWare regarding any upcoming changes to Mass Effect 3's controversial ending.
"No plans" for further store closures, says new owner.
Administrator PwC has confirmed OpCapita's purchase of GAME UK.
Baker Acquisitions Limited, an entity advised by private investment company OpCapita, has picked up GAME's UK assets, including all 333 UK GAME and Gamestation stores that remained open during administration.
The acquisition brings the UK business out of administration, which it has been in since last Monday. Baker said today it will provide GAME with "the capital it needs to trade on a normalised basis", and that the jobs of nearly 3200 GAME employees have been saved.
Comet owner OpCapita reportedly buys GAME
Announcement due tomorrow.
Comet owner OpCapita has reportedly bought GAME.
GAME administration to end tomorrow with RBS as buyer - report
UPDATE: OpCapita apparently bids again.
Update: Comet parent company OpCapita has bid again for GAME, according to a new report by The Independent.
GAME Ireland staff launch sit-in protest over redundancies
"Just had an administrator at our door, ain't getting our keys!"
Staff at GAME stores in Ireland have launched a sit-in protest over redundancy pay.
Game Monaghan staff member Ben Lamb O'Sullivan posted images of the team on his Facebook page - reproduced below - that show the closed store from the outside and the inside.
Staff are protesting over the lack of notice given for the redundancies. They believe they are entitled to 30 days notice of redundancy, which they have not received.
PwC cites "unfortunate" proximity of stores and "ambitious" overseas expansion.
Administrators at PwC have blamed GAME Group's collapse on its "ambitious" overseas expansion and the "unfortunate" close proximity of its stores.
GAME administrators close 277 stores, make over 2000 redundant
PwC says job losses "regrettable" but will help conclude a sale.
GAME Group's administrators have today shut 277 stores and revealed plans to let go 2104 staff by the end of the week.
GAME suspends use of Reward Cards and gift cards, cancels refunds and exchanges
"No refunds can be given for any pre-order deposits paid."
GAME has suspended the use of Reward Cards and gift cards and cancelled refunds and exchanges.
It's changed the way it operates as a number of GAME and Gamestation stores across the UK were closed today.
Reward points can be earned in the stores that remain open, but not redeemed "until further notice", the shop said.
GAME.co.uk offline as administrators shut stores
Reviewing and processing orders placed on the website.
GAME.co.uk has been taken offline as the specialist shop's administrators shut stores on the high street.
GAME administrator "hopeful" a sale is "achievable"
Insists "there is room for a specialist game retailer" in the UK.
GAME Group administrator PriceWaterhouseCooper believes a sale of the specialist retailer is achievable.
RBS "leading a plan" to buy a stake in GAME
Administration set for today.
The Royal Bank of Scotland is "leading a plan" to buy a stake in GAME, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Next Mass Effect 3 patch will fix face import problem
No release date yet, though.
The next Mass Effect 3 patch will fix the game's face import problem, BioWare has announced.
The problem prevents users from importing character faces from Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2 into the game. It means Mass Effect 3 is incompatible with faces built on the Mass Effect 1 editor.
Chris Priestly, BioWare's community coordinator, said the problem was to do with an error with how codes were detected when transferred from Mass Effect 1 into Mass Effect 2 and then on into Mass Effect 3 or importing a Mass Effect 2 saved game with New Game +.
Retake Mass Effect 3 protest claims victory after BioWare vows to address controversial ending
"You have been heard. Now it is time to make sure they get the details right."
The Retake Mass Effect 3 campaign has brought to a close its protest against the ending of Mass Effect 3, declaring it a resounding success.
Digital and physical games bought online make up 45% of UK games market
New data shows just how important online and digital sales have become.
As GAME fights for its future, new sales data released today highlights the shift in how we buy games in the UK.
Mass Effect 3 publisher EA hopes GAME will rise from the ashes
But highlights ME3 and FIFA Street success without specialist retailer.
Mass Effect 3 publisher EA hopes and believes GAME will rise from the ashes of administration.
Japan chart: Mass Effect 3 sells 8142 copies
Pokémon spin-off takes top spot, Vita still in doldrums.
The PlayStation 3 version of Mass Effect 3 debuted at number 20 on the weekly Japanese sales chart, shifting just over 8000 copies.
That might not seem like much, but it's well up on the 5885 that Mass Effect 2 managed in its debut week last year.
DS franchise spin-off Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition took the top spot with 172,027 copies sold, followed by Sega's PSP strategy RPG Shining Blade with 122,257.
BioWare vows to answer Mass Effect 3 ending questions
"We will not support or respond to destructive commentary."
BioWare appears to have capitulated - the team are working on "content initiatives" to answer the questions left by the controversial Mass Effect 3 ending.
BioWare has posted a list of changes made yesterday to Mass Effect 3 multiplayer.
The alterations look to be server side, and tend to only insignificantly tweak damage/shield/health. But there are some meatier changes to class abilities.
The first Mass Effect 3 update was 6th March, then on 13th March, then on 20th March.
Mass Effect 3 playable on Eurogamer now via Gaikai
Stream the demo in your browser.
Mass Effect 3, the biggest game of 2012 so far, can be played on Eurogamer right now.
GAME confirms intention to enter administration
Will continue to trade in the short term.
GAME has confirmed its intention to enter administration.
In a statement, the specialist retailer said its efforts to save the company had so far failed.
"Further to this morning's announcement of the suspension of trading in shares of GAME Group plc, the board has concluded that its discussions with all stakeholders and other parties have not made sufficient progress in the time available to offer a realistic prospect for a solvent solution for the business," the company said. "The board has therefore today filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator."
Mass Effect 3 DLC coming to Final Fantasy 13-2
UPDATE: First screenshot revealed.
UPDATE: The new Mass Effect 3 Final Fantasy 13-2 costumes will launch 27th March 27, priced 240 Microsoft Points, according to Andriasang.
GAME suspends trading of its shares on the stock exchange
Board feels "there is no equity value left in the Group".
GAME has suspended the trading of its shares on the London Stock Exchange.
Mass Effect 3 ending controversy saddens BioShock creator
Levine argues disgruntled fans would end up disappointed if they got their way.
Those calling on BioWare to change the ending to Mass Effect 3 would only end up disappointed if they somehow got their own way, so says BioShock creator Ken Levine.
BioWare details Mass Effect 3 multiplayer stats
Less than 1% of successful matches on Gold difficulty.
BioWare has revealed reams of player data relating to Mass Effect 3's enjoyable online multiplayer mode.
Did you know that less than one per cent of all matches completed succesfully were on the game's hardest difficulty, Gold?
A third of all matches fail altogether, with no one left alive to be extracted at the end of your mission.
UK Top 40: FIFA Street boots Mass Effect 3 off top spot
Twisted Metal turns up 12th, Yakuza fails to chart.
Jumpers for goalposts footy game FIFA Street has kicked Mass Effect 3 off the top spot in the UK's all-format chart. It scored the best launch week for any FIFA Street game to date.
Mass Effect 3 ending: BioWare admits fans needed "more closure"
"You don't need to know the answers to the Mass Effect universe."
Mass Effect 3 executive producer Casey Hudson has responded to players upset about the game's ending, admitting fans needed more closure and answers.
GAME store closure letters go out to customers
Pre-orders transferred.
GAME has begun sending out letters to its customers notifying them of impending store closures.
BioWare promises to discuss Mass Effect 3 ending when more have finished game
NO SPOILERS INSIDE.
BioWare has promised to discuss the controversial Mass Effect 3 ending when more have finished the game.
Cancelled Mass Effect competitive FPS detailed
Mass Effect: Team Assault morphed into ME3 multiplayer.
BioWare was at one point planning a standalone competitive FPS called Mass Effect: Team Assault, the developer has revealed.
The news, as reported by Kotaku, comes from The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3 iPad app which has just gone live on the App Store.
"The goal was simple," explained presenter Geoff Keighley, "to create a standalone multiplayer experience in the Mass Effect universe that would mix the play styles of Unreal Tournament and Battlefield 1943 - and likely be released as a downloadable game."
UPDATE: OpCapita reportedly makes a firm offer.
UPDATE: OpCapita has reportedly made a firm offer for the retailer.
BioWare responds to Mass Effect 3 ending furore
Gamers' petition raises $28,000 for charity.
Mass Effect 3 developer BioWare has responded for the first time to fans furious at the game's ending.
Free Mass Effect 3: Datapad iOS app now live
Receive emails from squadmates, raise your Galaxy at War score.
EA's free Mass Effect 3: Datapad app is now available to download on iPhone and iPad.
Mass Effect 3 multiplayer DLC spotted
Ready? Geth set, go.
Mass Effect 3's multiplayer mode will be expanded via an upcoming DLC pack, a leaked image suggests.
Ex-Mass Effect dev pleads: "judge DLC based on what it is"
"Stop thinking you're a producer."
A former Mass Effect designer has pleaded for gamers to judge downloadable content for what it is - not when it is released.
EA: GAME collapse a "temporary dislocation", won't harm Mass Effect 3 sales
Other shops will fill the hole, reckons Riccitiello.
GAME Group's perilous situation won't stop EA selling every copy of Mass Effect 3 made, publisher boss John Riccitiello has declared.
"I'm really confident that the consumer that wants to buy Mass Effect or Madden or FIFA or whatever, if a particular retailer is gone, other retailers will absorb the business," said Riccitiello at an investment conference last week (reported by MCV).
"In the fullness of time, I am extremely confident that, whether it's UK or France, or United States et cetera, the retail marketplace will absorb that business.
Mass Effect 3 day-one DLC character already in game files
BioWare responds.
The character included in Mass Effect 3's controversial day-one DLC pack From Ashes can be unlocked simply by altering the core game's files, PC gamers have discovered.
UK Top 40: Mass Effect 3 outsells ME1, ME2 launch weeks combined
Who needs GAME?
Stop the presses! Mass Effect 3 is the UK's new all-formats chart number one.
But exactly how well did it do? Chart-Track doesn't publicly reveal sales figures, but mentioned Mass Effect 3 was comfortably the biggest game launch of the year so far. It has already outsold the previous four number ones (SSX, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, UFC3 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning).
BioWare's third entry in its space opera trilogy outsold the launch weeks of Mass Effect 1 and 2 combined, although release dates on separate platforms were previously staggered.
GAME unsure over future as it reportedly puts itself up for sale
Share price plummets to below 1p.
GAME has admitted it is unsure over its future as reports swirl that it has put itself up for sale.
GAME "has two weeks to turn its fortunes around"
Administration possible.
Embattled high street shop GAME "has two weeks to turn its fortune around", according to a new report.
EA ships 3.5 million copies of Mass Effect 3 around the world
"We have been truly humbled."
Hot on the heels of the news that Mass Effect 3 sold close to 900,000 copies in the US day one, EA has announced it has shipped over 3.5 million units to retailers worldwide.
BioWare working to fix Mass Effect 3 face import problem
Offers PC gamers a temporary workaround.
BioWare is working to fix a problem with Mass Effect 3 that prevents users from importing character faces from Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2 into the game.
Mass Effect 3: where's the cheapest price?
Relaying the UK's best deals.
The cheapest place to buy Mass Effect 3 in the UK is at supermarket megashop Asda. You will be able to pick up a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 version there for £37.97.
GameStop wants to buy GAME's shops in Spain and Portugal - report
That's 288 stores.
GameStop wants to buy GAME's shops in Spain and Portugal, according to a new report by UK newspaper The Independent.
Mass Effect 3 £49.99 on EU PlayStation Store
Trine 2 free for PlayStation Plus subscribers.
Mass Effect 3 will arrive on the EU PlayStation Store this Friday priced £49.99, Sony has revealed.
Mass Effect: Infiltrator's in-app purchases revealed
£34.99 for CEO's Pack.
iPhone and iPad shooter tie-in Mass Effect: Infiltrator is now available on the iTunes store for £4.99 and comes with an array of in-app purchase options.
Publisher Paradox: GAME was a bully, this is "karma"
"Now it comes back to bite them on the ass."
Paradox Interactive doesn't feel bad for GAME, because the UK retail giant has been "abusing" its power and "bullying" publisher partners for "a long time".
Mass Effect 3 doesn't allow ME2 imported saves from cloud
EA: "we understand this may be a great setback."
Mass Effect 3 on Xbox 360 will not allow you to import Mass Effect 2 saves from the cloud, EA has confirmed.
EA responds to "unfortunate" GAME stock issue
"We don't anticipate any delay getting titles to market."
EA has called the GAME situation "unfortunate", but said "we don't anticipate any delay getting our titles to market".
Mass Effect 3 day one DLC From Ashes has Achievements
Spoilers within.
Mass Effect 3's day one DLC pack From Ashes will award players with two extra Achievements.
"Real risk" bosses may pull the plug on GAME, insiders claim
In discussions with legal advisors.
GAME's bosses may pull the plug on the embattled high street shop, insiders have claimed.
Mass Effect 3's Reputation system is different
"You're never going to be the villain."
You cannot be the bad guy in Mass Effect 3, BioWare has revealed. Whether you're a kindly Mother Teresa or ruthless Jack Bauer, you'll still fight to save the day.
Where can you buy Mass Effect 3 in the UK?
Plus, Collector's Edition and previously GAME-exclusive DLC.
Where can you buy a copy of Mass Effect 3 when it launches in the UK next Friday, 9th March?
GAME could face £2.5m of lost profit by not stocking Mass Effect 3
"The focus very much remains on pure survival."
GAME could miss out on £2.5 million in profit by not stocking Mass Effect 3.
GameStop wants to buy GAME - report
GAME shares fall nearly 16%.
UPDATE: GAME Group has issued a note to shareholders in an attempt to calm concern over its ability to stock new games.
Mass Effect 3 Vault console armour DLC details
Dress up your console, get multiplayer gear.
Mass Effect 3's chunky Vault console casing allows you to dress your PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 in Commander Shepard's battle armour. It also comes with free Mass Effect 3 "DLC".
We knew this already, but now the nature of this extra in-game content is clear.
Far from being exclusive missions or spoilerific squad-mates, the Vault's "Reinforcement Packs" instead offer gamers more of the randomly selected upgrade packs that everyone can buy in the game's co-op mode.
GAME "may" stock Mass Effect 3 in the future
Limited editions and other exclusives "a question for our suppliers".
GAME "may" stock Mass Effect 3 in the future.
GAME Mass Effect 3 cash refund confusion cleared up
Cash refunds confirmed. £5 in-store credit from tomorrow.
UPDATE: GAME will offer customers a cash refund for cancelled Mass Effect 3 pre-orders today, tomorrow and afterwards.
Revealed: GAME's memo to staff on Mass Effect 3 cancellation
Cancels pre-orders for FIFA Street, Tiger Woods 13, Sims 3 Showtime.
Eurogamer has been sent the internal memo emailed to GAME and Gamestation staff this morning which broke the news that the company will not be stocking Mass Effect 3 at any of its stores.
The first half of the email is for store managers explaining the situation, while the latter includes a list of instructions for how to break the news to pre-order customers who have already given GAME their money.
GAME will not stock EA titles as the company is "committed to only stocking products on which we could get the right credit terms", something it has apparently failed to do for Mass Effect 3.
GAME not stocking Mass Effect 3 or EA games past SSX
In March. And beyond?
UPDATE: GAME has issued a statement to Eurogamer in response to the retailer's decision not to stock Mass Effect 3, blaming it on a "supply issue".
What happened to the Mass Effect 3: Space Edition copies?
UK landing sites hunted down, but problems in Paris, San Francisco.
Mass Effect 3 publisher EA yesterday launched two weather balloons full of goodies from locations near London, England.
BioWare discusses potential Mass Effect MMO
"It's fun to think about. It's really interesting."
Ahead of Mass Effect 3's 9th March release, developer BioWare has discussed the possibility of creating a Mass Effect MMO.
Mass Effect 3 pre-orders "well ahead" of ME2's
Consumers flocking to Shepard finale.
Mass Effect 3 pre-order numbers are "well ahead" of those for Mass Effect 2 at the same point before its release, publisher EA has trumpeted.
EA launches Mass Effect 3 into space from London this morning
Be at the landing zone to get a copy early.
It is one of the most elaborate video game marketing stunts in recent memory.
But this time it has some value - the chance to win a copy of one of this year's most anticipated games weeks before it goes on sale.
EA will this morning (11.30am) launch BioWare science fiction shooter Mass Effect 3 into space from London - and it wants fans to track it down.
Gotham City Impostors tops XBLA chart
Mass Effect 3 demo 10th most played game last week.
Downloadable multiplayer FPS Gotham City Impostors is sitting pretty at the top of the Xbox Live Arcade chart in its second week on sale, Microsoft has announced.
BioWare: we finished Mass Effect 3 before working on DLC
"I've read all 96 pages of this thread..."
The Xbox Live leak of Mass Effect 3 DLC From Ashes posed a dangerous question: did BioWare snip the extra squad member from the full, finished game in order to have something to offer Collector's Edition owners - and something to sell - on launch day?
Mass Effect 3 gets simultaneous US PSN digital release
Pre-order the download now for bonus content.
Gamers in North America can download a digital version of Mass Effect 3 from PlayStation Network on the same day the retail version arrives in stores, developer BioWare has announced.
Nvidia GeForce 295.73 drivers better Skyrim, Mass Effect 3 performance
Phwoar - look at those frame rates.
New GeForce drivers (295.73) are out, and they dramatically boost Skyrim and Mass Effect 3 performance.
Leaked Mass Effect 3 DLC reveals race of secret squad member
Obvious spoiler within.
The Mass Effect 3 From Ashes DLC was accidentally, and briefly, sold on Xbox Live Marketplace.
Mass Effect 3 DLC bundled with Razer peripherals
Keyboard, headset, controller include multiplayer extras.
Not content with bundling Mass Effect 3 DLC with toys and books, developer BioWare has announced you'll also be able to pick up extra content for its forthcoming space RPG with a range of Razer peripherals.
Peter Moore on EA's Origin: "I would ask give us 18 months to two years"
"It got off to a rocky start for all the wrong reasons."
Don't stand Origin directly next to Steam yet, EA's Peter Moore has asked - "give us 18 months to two years".
BioWare details Mass Effect 3 upgrades guide
Time for some calibrations.
BioWare has posted a helpful guide on how to "maximise" Mass Effect 3's upgradable powers.
Mass Effect 3 senior designer Manveer Heir provided detailed information on the mathematical formulae BioWare uses to calculate how bonuses are applied to players' stats via the developer's forum.
BioWare's systems remain similar to those used in Mass Effect 2, Heir notes, although were previously kept hidden from the players. Until now.
BioWare explains why PC Mass Effect 3 doesn't support gamepads
"Definitely not we don't give a damn."
There's no BioWare masterplan behind Mass Effect 3 not supporting gamepads on PC - the team was overstretched and couldn't spare the time and effort required.
Huge range of PlayStation 2 Classics storm European PlayStation store
Mass Effect 3 and Binary Domain demos also land today.
A huge range of PlayStation 2 Classics will be made available to download from the EU PlayStation Store today, Sony has revealed.
PC Mass Effect 3 does not support game pads
"They may or may not work," says BioWare.
Despite being a multi-platform release (or perhaps because of it), Mass Effect 3 on PC won't support game pads such as the Xbox 360 controller.
Five new Mass Effect 3 gameplay trailers
Story, customisation, enemies, action, co-op.
BioWare has blasted out five fresh Mass Effect 3 videos, showing off the game's story choices and in-game customisation, enemies, action sections and its co-op multiplayer offering.
First up, a look at how Shepard shapes the story of Mass Effect 3 through good and evil (Paragon and Renegade) dialogue options - and how the consequences of these play out.
Next, a glance at the game's multiplayer and the races you can play. Choose a sniper-loving Turian like good old shipmate Garrus, or paint yourself blue to join Liara T'Soni's biotic bunch, the Asari.
Official Mass Effect 3 Xbox 360 and PS3 console mods revealed
Simply the chest.
Mass Effect 3 publisher EA has signed up hardware case creator Calibur11 to create Commander Shepard-themed Vault armour for your console.
Mass Effect 3 gets From Dust day-one DLC
What could it be?
US shop GameStop is selling codes for a Mass Effect 3 DLC pack named From Dust - ahead of the game's March release.
Mass Effect Infiltrator, Datapad iOS games incoming
Recieve texts from your Mass Effect 3 crewmates.
Mass Effect 3 will be supported by two iOS apps, BioWare has revealed. Mass Effect Infiltrator is a third-person shooter, while Mass Effect Datapad allows players to stay in touch with their crewmates on-the-go.
No more Mass Effect 3 N7 Collector's Editions will be made before launch
You can still get the digital edition, says BioWare.
No more Mass Effect 3 Collector's Editions will be made before the game's launch, BioWare has confirmed.
The Mass Effect 3 N7 Collector's Edition, which costs £70 in the UK, is sold out on a number of US shop websites.
On Amazon.com, for example, a note on the Xbox 360 version product page reads: "Due to high demand (and possibly the imminent Reaper invasion), we have unfortunately run out of our pre-order allocation for Mass Effect 3 - Collector's Edition for Xbox 360.
BioWare responds to Mass Effect: Deception outcry
Changes coming to correct "errors and oversights".
BioWare isn't happy with the new Mass Effect: Deception novel either.
Mass Effect 3 Achievements list leaks
But do you need Kinect?
The list of Mass Effect 3 Achievements has leaked, as usual courtesy of Xbox360Achievements. Presumably Trophies for the PlayStation 3 version will be identical.
In what won't become the mystery of the century, BioWare has suggested hanging on to Mass Effect 3 save-games.
Mass Effect 3 Facebook app rewards Xbox 360 players
Complete missions, earn prizes.
Microsoft has launched a Mass Effect 3 Facebook app to reward players with avatar props and competition prizes.
BioWare: Mass Effect 3 ending will "make some people angry"
But "you'll get answers to everything".
Mass Effect 3's ending will anger some of the series' fans, BioWare has admitted.
Mass Effect 3 demo includes free Xbox Live Gold
Online multiplayer available to all.
Mass Effect 3's demo includes access to Xbox Live Gold, enabling all players to sample the game's online multiplayer.
Fans pick apart canonical errors in Mass Effect: Deception book
Some even burn it.
The just-released Mass Effect: Deception book has gone down like a lead balloon with Mass Effect fans. The novel is apparently riddled with canonical errors.
Mass Effect 3 cover-camping a no-no on Hardcore, Insanity
"You'd better be doing everything well, or you'll die."
Apparently I'll need to do more when playing Mass Effect 3 on Hardcore or Insanity difficulties than cower behind cover and pop up every so often to fling a biotic ability or loose a round of ammo, safe in the knowledge that my Krogan ally-plus-one have taken care of everything else.
Mass Effect 3 DLC included with new art book
"Character boosters" and new weapon offered.
Another day, another report of obscurely packaged Mass Effect 3 DLC.
How Mass Effect 3 will be easier on series newcomers
"Story so far" narrative, altered AI responses.
Mass Effect 3 will be the third and final part of Shepard's story, but don't worry if you've never played the series before - BioWare has come up with a couple of ideas to ease you in.
Mass Effect 3 action figures to come with exclusive DLC
"Could include powerful new weapons and new characters."
Mass Effect action figures due to go on sale in the US later this year will come with download codes for exclusive DLC.
As spotted on NeoGAF, a retail listing on BigBadToyStore shows eight separate figures available individually ($17.99) or in packs of four ($67.99).
The accompanying blurb reads:
Mass Effect 3 PC system requirements
Drell-core processor?
Can your PC run Mass Effect 3? BioWare has released a list of PC system requirements needed to run the demo of its sci-fi role-player, which will likely remain the same for the full game.
Mass Effect 3 demo coming next month
Play through BioWare sequel's opening sequence.
A demo for forthcoming action RPG sequel Mass Effect 3 launches on PC, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live on 14th February, developer BioWare has announced.
PC Mass Effect 3 requires Origin, excludes Steam
BioWare blames Valve's "restrictive" TOS.
Origin will be required to run all editions of Mass Effect 3 on PC, BioWare has revealed - including copies bought from shops.
Mass Effect 3 Kingdoms of Amalur cross-promotion
EA RPGs raid each other's dressing up box.
Playing the upcoming demos of Mass Effect 3 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will unlock player skins and weaponry themed upon each other's games, publisher EA has revealed.
UK Mass Effect 3 pre-order retailer deals
Game and Origin get exclusive deals.
Anyone pre-ordering Mass Effect 3 in the UK will receive an extra M55 Argus Assault Rifle - a quick-burst ranged weapon.
Retailer-exclusive Mass Effect 3 items detailed
Origin, GameStop offer in-game extras.
A handful of retailer-exclusive Mass Effect 3 items have been announced.
According to GameInformer, purchase the PC version through EA's own Origin store and you'll snag the AT-12 Raider Shotgun.
"The AT-12 Raider Shotgun fires a large pellet spread, ensuring maximum coverage for close-range targets. Designed for superior rapid fire, the AT-12 allows for optimal recovery time between shot," states the announcement.
The composers behind the Mass Effect 3 score
Clint Mansell and co revealed.
BioWare has announced the composers behind the Mass Effect 3 score.
BioWare video demos new Mass Effect 3 combat abilities
Nova! Sentry Turret! Improved Charge, Overload! Melee!
The Vanguard class in Mass Effect 3 has a new Nova ability that sees Shepard leap up then slam his/her fist into the ground, sending out a close-range shockwave that crashes into surrounding enemies.
Mass Effect 3 features cancelled ME2 Citadel quest
Plus, lead writer discusses writing around ME2's ending.
Mass Effect 3 will feature a Citadel mission originally intended for Mass Effect 2, according to the game's lead writer.
Speaking in an interview with OXM, Mac Walters explained that BioWare had planned to include more Citadel content in Mass Effect 2 but then changed direction, leaving a number of mission ideas on the cutting room floor.
However, at least one of those threads will be resurrected in the impending threequel.
Mass Effect 3 Collector's Edition has bonus character and mission
Fabric N7 patch! Robotic Dog! Additional content!
The innards of the Mass Effect 3 Collector's Edition have been revealed.
BioWare may tweak the Mass Effect 3 story based on feedback to leaked script
"If leak gets more people interested in ME3, it'll be a positive."
BioWare may change the Mass Effect 3 story based on feedback to the game's leaked script, the developer has told Eurogamer.
New Mass Effect 3 co-op details
Playable races "you may not expect".
A bountiful space-cache of Mass Effect 3 co-op details has been opened.
They come from the mouth of Mass Effect 3 producer Jesse Houston, who was interviewed by BioWare's social media coordinator "Erika".
The only answers out of place below are those about PC DRM and whether decisions in ME1 and ME2 affect Galactic Readiness in ME3. Galactic Readiness, remember, is what you can contribute towards by playing Mass Effect 3 multiplayer co-op.
Mass Effect 3 story files leaked
BioWare: "We urge fans not to read them."
A lengthy story breakdown for Mass Effect 3 has been leaked online, developer BioWare has confirmed.
Mass Effect 3 beta leak reveals campaign game modes
Action Mode, Story Mode and RPG Mode spotted.
Mass Effect 3's three campaign modes were revealed over the weekend after an early version of the game was accidentally published to some Xbox 360 owners.
Microsoft published the Mass Effect 3 beta to those who were in the new Xbox Live dashboard preview. The beta was quickly removed, but not before gamers published spoiler-filled gameplay videos via NeoGAF.
Revealed are three ways to play Mass Effect 3's campaign: Action Mode, Story Mode and RPG Mode.
EA: multiplayer now an "expectation"
But single-player only isn't dead.
Multiplayer is now an "expectation", according to EA - but single-player only games are not dead.
BioWare: Mass Effect 1, 2 "just a preamble" to Mass Effect 3
Developer working hard to create a "proper conclusion".
Mass Effect 1 and 2 were just a "preamble" to Mass Effect 3, developer BioWare has said.
BioWare attempts to calm Mass Effect 3 multiplayer fears
Nothing "walled off" to those who refuse co-op.
Those who refuse to play Mass Effect 3's multiplayer will find there is nothing "walled off" from the single-player campaign, BioWare has insisted.
Mass Effect 3 SP/MP demo in January
Early access via Battlefield 3.
BioWare has announced a single-player and multiplayer Mass Effect 3 demo.
EA: Origin has over 5m daily users
Fans "get what we're doing last".
Over five million people use Origin every day, EA has said.
EA details Mass Effect 3 Online Pass
Multiplayer, BioWare Social Network.
The recently announced Mass Effect 3 multiplayer mode is accessed via the Online Pass code included in every new copy of the game, EA has announced.
The new Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War system, unveiled this week, is activated once the code found in the Online Pass is entered. Buy the game second hand, and you'll have to buy the Online Pass to access the Galaxy at War.
Players use Galaxy at War in both the single-player campaign and "through a suite of Mass Effect games and applications". They will be on iOS devices and Facebook, as revealed earlier today.
More Mass Effect 3 multiplayer details
Level-cap! War Assets! Drell! iOS/Facebook!
Progress made in Mass Effect 3 co-op multiplayer can be viewed on iOS devices, Facebook "and more".
You'll see a colour-coded map that will chart each area your squad has successfully defended, according to a deluge of information from OXM mined by StickSkills.
It sounds as though you'll visit these war-torn areas during the single-player campaign, and that multiplayer co-op enables you to take up arms and defend them.
First Mass Effect 3 multiplayer details
BioWare moves to calm concerned fans.
BioWare has revealed the first details on Mass Effect 3 multiplayer, and moved to calm concerned fans worried by its inclusion.
As revealed by Eurogamer in June, Mass Effect 3's multiplayer is a standalone, four-player co-op experience that is separate from single-player.
Today, following confirmation of the mode's existence by an Australian magazine, BioWare went into further detail.
Mass Effect 3 multiplayer confirmed
Australian magazine outs new feature.
Mass Effect 3 multiplayer - the worst kept secret in video games - has been confirmed.
Australian magazine
">PC Powerplay announced the feature on its website alongside an image of the cover of its November issue.
BioWare: EA doesn't tell us what to do
"We still have huge autonomy," say Docs.
BioWare still has "huge autonomy" in what it does, co-founders Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk have promised Eurogamer. To say that EA now calls the shots "is not actually remotely true".
Mass Effect 3 multiplayer pass spotted
Evidence for online co-op builds.
An advertisement in a South African magazine suggests Mass Effect 3 has multiplayer.
Mass Effect film focuses on male Shepard
Tells a new story without Seth Green.
The Mass Effect film being made by Legendary Pictures will focus on the male version of Shepard.
BioWare wants Liara statue feedback
Busty figurine proving divisive.
BioWare wants your feedback again, this time for a prototype figure of Mass Effect 1 squad member and romance option Liara T'Soni.
Mass Effect 3: Red head FemShep wins
She's flameous.
The red headed female Commander Shepard has been voted the default female appearance in Mass Effect 3.
Mass Effect 3 will be the end of Shepard
"Correct," says BioWare.
Mass Effect 3 will be the end of Commander Shepard, BioWare has confirmed.
EA: our games won't be Origin exclusive
Gabe Newell comments on Steam ban.
EA has promised gamers it won't make digital versions of its games exclusive to Origin.
This is not part of what the mega publisher is trying to do with its recently launched digital platform, EA said.
"When we were talking about it's best for the consumer that competition is a good thing, for the consumer also choice is a good thing," EA's European boss Jens Uwe Intat told Eurogamer.
Mass Effect 3: FemShep voting round 2
Decide on hair colour.
The face-type for the pre-built female Shepard in Mass Effect 3 has been voted and decided on - now BioWare needs your help with hair colour.
EG's Game of Gamescom 2011: The Nominees
A shortlist of 10. Winner announced Monday.
Eurogamer is proud to announce the 10 nominees for its Game of the Show, gamescom 2011!
Mass Effect 3: vote on default Femshep
What will pre-built Shepard look like?
BioWare wants fan input on what the default pre-set appearance of the female Shepard should be.
BioWare: 18% play Mass Effect FemShep
"Aren't enough female heroes in games."
BioWare has revealed that "18 per cent of everyone who plays Mass Effect plays it with a female character".
Microsoft "not forcing Kinect" on devs
But gamers will "embrace" it if they use it.
Microsoft isn't forcing developers to incorporate ten million selling motion sensing add-on Kinect into their games, it's insisted.
New Mass Effect 3 team-mate James Vega
Formerly known as James Sanders.
New Mass Effect 3 team-mate James Sanders is now known as James Vega, BioWare has revealed.
BioWare has Mass Effect 3 "demo plans"
Single-player or multiplayer?
BioWare has plans to release a demo for Mass Effect 3, a new tweet by series overseer Casey Hudson has revealed.
Mass Effect 3: exclusive Origin version
Digital Deluxe edition has special items.
EA will release a Mass Effect 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition exclusively on its download service Origin.
It costs £54.99. Here's what it includes:
Digital commemorative artwork of Commander Shepard.
Panel discussion set for Comic-Con.
The Mass Effect movie is alive and kicking, and will be discussed at this year's Comic-Con.
Play Mass Effect 3 at Eurogamer Expo
And Need for Speed: The Run.
Mass Effect 3 and Need for Speed: The Run will both be playable at the Eurogamer Expo in London this September.
"From a gamer's perspective it's a positive."
Some criticised game show E3 2011 for its focus on sequels, but for one game developer they're a good thing.
That developer is BioWare, creator of Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3, the third game in the science-fiction shooter role-playing series.
"There are a couple of reasons why sequels are actually good in the games business," BioWare boss Greg Zeschuk told Eurogamer.
ME3 "a beginning and a conclusion"
"We have more things planned."
Mass Effect 3 is the final chapter in the Mass Effect trilogy, but it does not mark the end of the Mass Effect franchise.
Mass Effect 3 box has lady Shepard
'FemShep' a cover girl at last.
Lady Shepard will feature on the Mass Effect 3 Collector's Edition box, BioWare has said.
Four-player co-op for Mass Effect 3?
We've heard it's in. What does BioWare say?
Mass Effect 3 is strongly rumoured to feature a four-player co-op mode.
BioWare: Kinect an "additional platform"
"We found something pretty innovative."
Mass Effect 3 creator BioWare considers motion-sensing add-on Kinect to be a video game platform separate to the Xbox 360 used with a controller, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Why Mass Effect 3 supports Kinect
EA's "core and more," strategy explained.
Why does upcoming science-fiction role-playing game Mass Effect 3 support Kinect? Because EA wants more than just core gamers to play it.
Mass Effect 3 gets Kinect Support
Uses voice to Shepherd squad.
Mass Effect 3 will be getting Kinect support, BioWare's Dr. Ray Muzyka confirmed today.
Origin: exclusive ME3, BF3 game content
EA launches Steam rival today.
Sign up to Origin, EA's Steam rival, and you'll get "exclusive game content" for games such as Mass Effect 3 and Battlefield 3.
EA is yet to reveal exactly what that exclusive game content is, however.
Exclusive limited edition copies of Battlefield 3, FIFA 12 will be available from Origin. Future additions will include access to the latest online betas as well as demos and try before you buy opportunities, EA said.
Mass Effect 3 Kinect support rumoured
EA image suggests E3 reveal.
Will you be able to play upcoming science fiction role-playing game Mass Effect 3 with motion-sensing add-on Kinect? A new image – discovered on publisher EA's own website – suggests so.
Skip ME3 sidequests, get "minimal" ending
BioWare details Mass Effect 3 endgame.
Dodge Mass Effect 3's myriad sidequests and you'll be punished with an unsatisfying endgame, developer BioWare has revealed.
Mass Effect 3 has same-sex romances
Who will be the male option?
Unlike straight-as-an-arrow Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3 will embrace same-sex romances.
Spoilers at the bottom.
A slew of Mass Effect 3 magazine coverage has been absorbed and summarised by the internet.
Non-spoiler information first, courtesy of Xbox World magazine and NeoGAF.
Mass Effect 3 develops melee fighting and each character class will have a special move. An Engineer will use an Omni-tool fire lash attack, for example, while an Adept will throw people back and stun them.
Mass Effect 3 tweaked for "larger market"
Sequel more commercial than ME1, ME2.
BioWare is in the process of realigning its Mass Effect franchise to appeal to a larger audience, according to EA boss John Riccitiello.
Mass Effect 3 delayed until Q1 2012
BioWare ensuring it "exceeds expectations".
Mass Effect 3 will be in your hands some time in the first quarter of 2012, not later this year as originally announced, says developer BioWare.
New Heavy Melee class for Mass Effect 3
Potential spoilers inside.
UPDATE: We've run the original Spanish by our colleagues at Eurogamer.es, and have amended some of the details reported below as a result.
BioWare: Mass Effect MMO "makes sense"
Would be "amazing" to "live there".
A Mass Effect MMO is not only a possibility, teased BioWare series overlord Casey Hudson - it "makes sense".
Mass Effect 3 details - no multiplayer
Expanded RPG elements, weapon mods.
There will be no multiplayer in Mass Effect 3, BioWare has apparently revealed.
Multiplayer will, however, be considered for future games and spin-offs, according to new details lifted from the latest issue of Game Informer (read by NeoGAF).
Mass Effect 3 will offer more than one bad ending and more than one good ending, depending on the turns your personal story makes. Your choice of companions also affects the outcome.
Mass Effect anime film for summer 2012
Will fans of Shepard flock to see it?
A Mass Effect anime feature film is currently being produced for a summer 2012 airing, BioWare has announced.
New Mass Effect novel announced
Deception due out later this year.
A fourth Mass Effect novel is on its way to bookshops, publisher Del Rey has announced.
Mass Effect: Deception will continue the story of enigmatic biotic Gillian Grayson, who was introduced in the second book in the series, Mass Effect: Ascension.
It's being written by one-man game tie-in factory William C. Dietz, who has also churned out books expanding the Resistance, Hitman, StarCraft and Halo universes.
BioWare toying with Mass Effect 3 HUD
Senior designer loves Dead Space interface.
BioWare is thinking about how it can improve the heads up display for third-person science fiction shooter Mass Effect 3 – and Dead Space may provide some answers.
Mass Effect 2 Arrival DLC spotted again
Inside the Dragon Age 2 box.
The Mass Effect 2 Arrival DLC uncovered last month has been sighted again - this time inside the Dragon Age II game box.
Mass Effect composer explains ME3 split
Jack Wall: It was "time to move on".
Earlier today we learned that Requiem For a Dream composer Clint Mansell is scoring Mass Effect 3, taking over from series mainstay Jack Wall. Why the change? Well, it was just time to move on, Wall has revealed.
Clint Mansell making Mass Effect 3 music
BioWare hires Aronofsky's favourite.
Mass Effect 3 may sound very different to Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2 - BioWare has hired Clint Mansell, whose best work has been done partnering with celebrated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler and Black Swan), to make the game's music.
Mass Effect's Citadel "like Manhattan"
Ripe for thousands of stories, says BioWare.
BioWare's gargantuan science fiction Mass Effect universe was designed from the beginning to provide opportunities to tell spin-off tales in comics and novels – but one area in particular could be ripe for further investigation: the Citadel.
BioWare Docs videogame Hall of Famers
Join Miyamoto, Suzuki, Molyneux, Carmack.
BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk have been inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame alongside videogame greats such as Shigeru Miyamoto, Peter Molyneux and Yu Suzuki.
Mass Effect 3 a simultaneous release
PS3 owners won't have to wait.
All three versions of Mass Effect 3 will launch simultaneously next Christmas, EA has confirmed.
EA Store confirms Mass Effect 3
Save Earth from "terrifying machines".
Oops. Someone is about to get hauled in front of HR. The EA Store has seemingly just ended weeks of speculation and confirmed the existence of Mass Effect 3.
A product listing on EA's online shop spotted by Joystiq showed Mass Effect 3 as clear as day, along with a descriptive blurb that read: "Earth is burning. Striking from beyond known space, a race of terrifying machines have begun their destruction of the human race.
"As Commander Shepard, an Alliance Marine, your only hope for saving mankind is to rally the civilizations of the galaxy and launch one final mission to take back the Earth."
EA sells off Mass Effect movie rights
Doctors Ray and Greg to exec produce.
A big screen adaptation of hit RPG series Mass Effect is in the works at Legendary Pictures.
BioWare bosses Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk will work as executive producers on the film, along with Casey Hudson - who executively produced the games. There's no script just yet but Mark Protosevich, who wrote I Am Legend and Thor, is in talks to produce one.
Legendary Pictures' previous offerings include 300, The Dark Night, The Hangover and Watchmen. The company will work with Warner Bros. to co-finance and distribute the Mass Effect movie.
BioWare bosses apologise for Bazaar
Promise future events for "excluded" fans.
BioWare bosses Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk have apologised for restricting the BioWare Bazaar competition to North American residents only (but not those in Florida or New York).
BioWare: EA helped us "see everything"
Didn't understand DLC when independent.
BioWare's full of praise for new owner EA, which has helped the RPG-maker see the light in terms of creating, pricing and planning downloadable content.
BioWare "think of games as franchises"
Sequels are fun to make, says Muzyka.
BioWare once steered clear of sequels, but today the EA-owned company has a very different mindset.
EA: more Mass Effect for early 2011
Plus: New ME2 DLC released today.
EA boss John Schappert has told disembodied investors to expect "something far-reaching from Mass Effect" early next year.
More Mass Effect games after third one
Zeschuk: universe too "valuable" to ditch.
BioWare co-founder Dr Greg Zeschuk has said the developer will continue to create games in the Mass Effect universe following the completion of the current trilogy.
