This Mass Effect Legendary Edition guide will help provide a walkthrough for all three games, as you revisit the complete trilogy in its fully remastered glory. As well as the main games, practically every piece of single-player DLC has also been included, meaning you’re really getting the complete package as …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 multiplayer designer tells the story of the Mass Effect FPS that never came to be
With Mass Effect 3 multiplayer being left behind in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, a designer from the original game has shed new light on the surprisingly successful online mode’s origins. Former Mass Effect 3 multiplayer senior gameplay designer Patrick Moran spoke to TheGamer (opens in new tab) about the project, …
Read More »Silicon meets shinobi with gamings greatest cyborg ninjas
A version of this article originally posted February 21, 2013. Part man. Part machine. All ninja Once upon a time, the term cyborg called to mind man-machine combinations like Robocop. Those augmented humans boasted the firepower of tanks, but had the limited mobility to match. Flash forward to today, where …
Read More »“I didnt know what I was buying” is now a valid excuse for a gaming refund
Until today, I had assumed that the Federal Trade Commission had no interest or influence in the world of video games, affecting as much change to our hobby as the Better Business Bureau or online petitions (that is to say, basically none). Boy, was I wrong. CVG News reports that …
Read More »“Player choice is everything” – Q&A with Fallout creator Brian Fargo
Fallout, Wasteland, The Bard’s Tale – these are some of the games created by Brian Fargo. It’s fair to say that he’s been around the games industry for a while, and he was the founder of legendary studio Interplay back in 1983, which worked with development studios like Blizzard, BioWare …
Read More »The Top 7… Surprisingly fun multiplayer games (inside of single-player games)
Its time to eat crow We gamers are a fickle gang, arent we? Cut the hair of our favorite monster-slaying protagonist? Treachery! Port a platform-exclusive series to another platform? Treason! But these are misdemeanors when compared to adding multiplayer to an otherwise single-player franchise. This rabble was recently re-roused when …
Read More »Next Mass Effect built on Frostbite, made by BioWare Montreal
The next Mass Effect game will run on Frostbite, and is being made by a new BioWare team led by series veterans. BioWare Montreal studio director Yanick Roy made the announcements today in a post on the BioWare blog, where he outlined his team’s pedigree with the series and gave …
Read More »Australias best sellers of 2012 come from 2011
The NPD Group (opens in new tab), as reported by MCV Pacific (opens in new tab), has unveiled the ten best selling games of 2012, where only three of which were actually released in that year. The remaining seven were all games of 2011, leaving only Max Payne 3, Mass …
Read More »Mass Effect 3s ending controversy: What do other game writers think?
The discussion over Mass Effect 3’s divisive ending has elicited responses from the game’s vocal lead (opens in new tab), the entertainment press (opens in new tab), our own Dave H (“The Mass Effect 3 ending: Why it is vital to the future health of games that BioWare not change …
Read More »Mass Effect 3: Rare weapons are yours for the earning in first N7 Challenge Weekend
EA’s announced the first N7 Challenge Weekend for Mass Effect 3, which will begin tonight at 5pm PST and run until 5am Monday. This weekend’s Challenge is Operation Goliath, in which players will work to take down Reaper squads and unlock rewards previously only available through the game’s Collector’s Edition. …
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