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BioWare is one of those few game developers that keeps hammering its fans with nothing but brilliant releases. Maybe it's because it sticks to one genre and has learned what the fans like or maybe because it's using some Jedi mind trick. The outcome is the same, and the fact that every RPG that was released... |
26 November 2009
04:08 GMT |
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With Dragon Age: Origins now released and set to receive another piece of DLC, called Return to Ostagar, in time for Christmas and with The Old Republic probably only coming at some point in 2011, the big marketing effort for BioWare and their publisher, Electronic Arts, is Mass Effect 2, the space based action role ... |
23 November 2009
04:02 GMT |
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Cooperative gameplay seems to be one of the most present videogaming trends of 2009 with a lot of titles, like Borderlands, selling well mainly on the strength of the experience they can offer when played with one or three other buddies.Even Modern Warfare 2, traditionally focused on a single player experience and a ... |
17 November 2009
06:53 GMT |
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BioWare has announced that it plans to put together a Collector's Edition of Mass Effect 2, the space-based role playing game set to arrive in early 2010. The developer is saying that only a small number of the packages will be produced and that those who are interested in them should pre-order as soon as possib... |
6 November 2009
08:26 GMT |
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The Russian site of Electronic Arts and the official site of the Australian videogame retailer GAME have listed Mass Effect 2 as coming to the PlayStation 3 home gaming console from Sony. Since other retailers do not have this listing, it's not clear whether it's an error on the part of the two above source... |
13 October 2009
03:59 GMT |
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If you plan to read about videogames this Sunday, then this is the place for you. Apart from the Weekend Reading feature that focuses on the cross between Batman, collectibles and obsessive behavior, there are some pieces that deserve your attention.On Monday, Sony revealed that it was still looking around for a catc... |
4 October 2009
10:51 GMT |
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Mass Effect 2 is set to arrive in early 2010 and BioWare, the developer, is promising that it will improve every aspect of the original game, which proved a success with its merging of role playing character progression and dialog with third person shooter mechanics.One element that the studio has been hyping is the ... |
2 October 2009
04:46 GMT |
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If anyone can be directly held responsible for the improvements coming in Mass Effect 2, from the combat system that is less clunky to the more interactive conversations between characters, it's the players who have gotten through the first Mass Effect title and provided feedback to the developers at BioWare.Tal... |
30 September 2009
07:27 GMT |
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When Mass Effect was initially released, as the biggest space-based role-playing game in years and with the perspective of a trilogy looming over it, Microsoft labeled it as being an Xbox 360 exclusive.The PC version was out six months later, following the tradition of other BioWare videogames like Star Wars: Knights... |
25 August 2009
17:41 GMT |
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BioWare is planning to do quite a bit of innovation to the concept of the role playing with Mass Effect 2. Most of the choices made in the first title in the trilogy will have a direct effect on the sequel.The combat system and the dialogue mechanics have been refined in order to allow players a wider array of experi... |
30 July 2009
05:35 GMT |
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Ever since Mass Effect 2 was announced as being in development by BioWare, one of the more interesting features unveiled was that the game would be able to take the data out of a save for the first game in the series and reflect the choices the player made in the initial stages of the sequel.With the release dat... |
27 July 2009
16:11 GMT |
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BioWare has announced that its upcoming role playing game Dragon Age: Origins will be getting, as usual nowadays, a Collector's Edition set to offer interested gamers quite a bit of extra content and some pretty cool behind the scenes features.If you plan to pick up the Xbox 360 version of the Collector's E... |
16 July 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Another week passed and the videogaming world saw at least two big announcements with two classic franchises, Command & Conquer and MechWarrior, getting new games. But these are not the only things that happened these days in the wonderful world of gaming.Monday, an analyst contended that Grand Theft Auto IV might be... |
11 July 2009
08:41 GMT |
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We know quite a lot about Mass Effect 2. The game will be darker and grittier than the initial release, Commander Shepard could die in the game, depending on the way in which the player sets up the finale, a new threat to the Galaxy will be revealed and battled, combat has been revamped in order to make it more engag... |
10 July 2009
18:21 GMT |
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BioWare is one of the most talked about and watched over development teams at the moment and the reasons are easy to see. It is developing at least three announced titles, which are targeted at very different consumer groups and will all strive to offer the best possible experience in the genre.Mass Effect 2 is set t... |
7 July 2009
05:01 GMT |
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BioWare, the developer of Mass Effect 2, has revealed that it is refining the unpolished aspect of the first game in the series. And one of the things that players whined about was that they needed to complete a whole playthrough of the game, a pretty long one, in order to be able to play it all over again on the Ins... |
30 June 2009
07:11 GMT |
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BioWare is keen on spreading the presence of its new franchise, Mass Effect, to as many mediums as possible, so it was no surprise to see that the developer created a game for Apple's iPhone, launched yesterday.It seems that some players have already finished it, proof that it might be too short or that people a... |
24 June 2009
14:51 GMT |
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At E3, a behind the closed doors demo of the upcoming Mass Effect 2 from BioWare showed that Commander Shepard, who is now confirmed as the main playable character for the title, could be killed in the game, meaning that he will not be featured for the main role in Mass Effect 3.BioWare was not ready to share any mor... |
22 June 2009
16:31 GMT |
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One of the most eagerly awaited titles of the fall is BioWare's new role playing game Dragon Age: Origins, the first foray that the company made into a fantasy setting since it released the Neverwinter Nights series.Now, BioWare is no longer using the Faerun setting, and has decided to create its own world and t... |
10 June 2009
08:15 GMT |
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One of the big stars of E3 that just wrapped up in Los Angeles was BioWare's space-based role playing game, Mass Effect 2, mainly due to its initial trailer, which implied that the star of the first videogame, Commander Shepard, might be dead in this iteration or even one of the antagonists.BioWare has since cla... |
8 June 2009
09:31 GMT |
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With Mass Effect 2 set to be released this year, the hunger for information of those who loved the first game in what is set to be a trilogy in understandable. And it seems that, just before the E3 trade show, more details related to the game have come out via the yet unpublished new issues of the Official Xbox Magaz... |
26 May 2009
18:11 GMT |
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Even before the release of the first title, BioWare told all gamers that Mass Effect was set to be a trilogy. So, since the end of the first game, people have been wondering about the tone of the sequel. Initial impressions are that it's going to be something entirely different, with the first trailer shown sugg... |
25 May 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Role-Playing Games have become quite popular these days, largely due to the power of current-generation platforms, which allow developers to deliver a great and long experience to players without sacrificing anything. Mass Effect was arguably one of the first next-gen RPGs, coming from veteran developer BioWare, whi... |
23 April 2009
03:09 GMT |
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Over the years, developers have elaborated interesting ways to mask the loading sequences in order to prevent breaking the flow of a game and ruining the whole experience for players. From story sequences to car rides, we've seen quite a lot of systems being developed in order to mask the infamous black screen w... |
2 April 2009
03:04 GMT |
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Mass Effect 2 has recently been revealed as being in development, with BioWare eager to create a game that would be even more popular than the original of the series, which proved to be a big success on both the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and on the PC. It's still early in the creation cycle but at the Game Develop... |
30 March 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Mass Effect was one of 2007's most popular Xbox 360 titles, and, when it was launched for the PC last year, gained an even bigger fan base. That is why when BioWare finally decided to pull the covers off of Mass Effect 2, the interest was very big, as a lot of people wanted to see what would happen next with the... |
26 March 2009
03:58 GMT |
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Role Playing Games, or RPGs, have become very popular in the last few years, as more and more people were attracted to them for their unique and interesting stories, like the ones in Fable II or Fallout 3. But one of the first titles that pioneered the next generation in RPGs was Mass Effect, bringing players a massi... |
18 March 2009
04:15 GMT |
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BioWare is said to be creating a new studio within the Electronic Arts Montreal organization, which is set to bring in 30 new people that will join the efforts to develop Mass Effect 2, the successor to the well received RPG.Ray Muzyka, who is one of the co-founders of BioWare, told Gamasutra that “Our new pres... |
3 March 2009
18:41 GMT |
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The RPG (Role Playing Game) genre has seen a big revamp in the last period, as a lot of high-quality titles appeared, pushing the genre forward with innovative gameplay mechanics and stories. One such title is Mass Effect, which was released by BioWare, creators of other popular RPGs, including Knights of the Old Rep... |
24 February 2009
02:46 GMT |
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Where to start? In the past week, Electronic Arts unleashed a virtual barrage of videogame-related news, mostly regarding upcoming releases, while I signed up for the Dawn of War II beta and posted one article each day about my experience with it.Monday started off with the unveiling of the Achievement list for Stree... |
7 February 2009
08:21 GMT |
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The gaming industry saw a lot of brand new IPs (Intellectual Properties) released last year, most of them coming from a company that was infamous for the fact that it “milked” its franchises with yearly installments and didn't focus on making new games, Electronic Arts. Titles such as Dead Space, Mir... |
4 February 2009
04:23 GMT |
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In 2009, the videogame industry in the United States, taking into account both hardware and software, is set to reach 20 billion dollars. The increase in value should be of 6.7% by the estimates presented by Mike Hickey, an analyst working with Janco Partners.Hickey stated that “We continue to believe video gam... |
29 January 2009
02:23 GMT |
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Every person who played BioWare's masterpiece, Mass Effect, loved it - even Cooper Lawrence said it is an OK game (probably you still remember the scandal that took place in January between Fox News and Electronic Arts). Moreover, this fantastic RPG was a reason of joy for Xbox 360 fanboys because they were the ... |
23 July 2008
03:23 GMT |
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