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Bioware to Extend ‘Mass Effect 3’ Ending, Pacify the Mob
If you haven’t beaten Mass Effect 3 yet, you might want to wait until the summer, when BioWare and Electronic Arts will round out the game’s ending with extra scenes.
EA and developer BioWare announced that they will release …
EA Says It Sold 890,000 Copies of Mass Effect 3 on First Day
BioWare released Mass Effect 3 on Tuesday to some pretty stellar reviews, including some from critics who weren’t huge fans of the first two games. Apparently people were buying the hype because the game sold 890,000 units in a …
10 Pieces of Star Wars Swag to Ring In BioWare’s The Old Republic
BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic arrives today, December 20, squaring off with Blizzard’s seven-year-old 800-pound gorilla, World of Warcraft. While we’re waiting for the dust to settle, here’s a list of intergalactic odds …
‘Mass Effect 3’ Delayed Until Next Year
The final installment of BioWare’s sprawling space opera apparently needs a bit more time in hyperspace, as the EA-held dev studio announced that Mass Effect 3 won’t be out until the first quarter of 2012.
In a statement that went out on Facebook and BioWare message boards, executive producer Casey Hudson said:
“Today we have
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Played Dragon Age II? Get Mass Effect 2 Free
You loved Dragon Age II to the tune of 1 million unit sales in under two weeks, and now BioWare wants to love you back–by handing out free downloadable copies of sci-fi roleplaying epic Mass Effect 2. The PC version, that is.
(More on TIME.com: ‘Dragon Age 2’ Review: Heavyweight Champion)
The Canadian game studio responsible for …
New Disc Format for Xbox 360 Adds 1 GB, Still No Match for Blu-Ray
Call it the Mass Storage Effect. When comparing the PlayStation 3 vs. the Xbox, one thing developers talk about is the difference in space with the consoles’ disc formats. The DVD format’s a bit long in the tooth, and the usable space on the average Xbox 360 dual-layer disc usually tops out at around 6.8 GB out of 7.95 GB.
According …
BioWare Dev Caught Posting Positive Dragon Age II Reviews
It looks like game developer BioWare’s been caught out posting Metacritic reviews of its own game, just-released roleplaying sequel Dragon Age II. Not only that, game publisher Electronic Arts essentially owned up to the deed, trying to write it off by telling Kotaku:
“Of course the people who make the game vote for their own game… …
Are The Reapers Coming in Mass Effect 2 Expansion?
Everyone knows those creepy-crawly planet-slaying Reapers are earthbound in Mass Effect 3, but maybe the alien invasion actually happens before the game arrives sometime this holiday. Place your bets?
I’m talking about that new screenshot up top, mysteriously tweeted by BioWare as from Mass Effect 2, and which may just be a peek at …
Who’s Right About Dragon Age II, Critics or Users?
Critics seem to love Dragon Age II, awarding it high scores and spouting superlatives by the dozens. Techland’s own Evan Narcisse gave it a 9.7 out of 10, calling it a “heavyweight champion,” and he doesn’t even like fantasy games.
So what’s the deal with all the wildly-at-odds Metacritic user reviews?
The Xbox 360 version of …
‘Dragon Age 2’ Review: Heavyweight Champion
Dragon Age 2
Publisher: EA
Developer: BioWare
Systems it’s available on: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
ESRB rating: Mature
System reviewed on: Xbox 360
It’s time to reveal one of the failings of my geek CV: Fantasy leaves me cold, at least the sort of high fantasy descended from Tolkien. Maybe it was the high school English teacher who …
Interview: Felicia Day On Her New ‘Dragon Age’ Web Series
Fans of super-successful web series The Guild know Felicia Day best as Cyd/Codex, the shy MMO-addicted violinist who has trouble navigating relationships IRL. She’s also portrayed monster-slayer-in-training Vi on the late, lamented Buffy the Vampire Slayer and teamed up with that series’ creator Joss Whedon to play Penny on Dr. …