Last night, at video games’ equivalent to the Oscars, ‘Red Dead Redemption’ racked up the most wins, but ‘Mass Effect 2′ walked away with Game of the Year. It came down to epic space opera vs. lonesome Western drama at the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ annual Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony, and Commander Shepard …
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It’s Awards Season: Does “Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood” Deserve Best-Written Game?
Video Game Awards Season is in full swing, with the games of 2010 having already been assessed in tons of Game of the Year round-ups all over the web. Now come the professional and organizational awards, where developers and other groups recognize outstanding creativity in the video game medium.
The Writers’ Guild of America …
The Reapers Abound In “Mass Effect 3”
The trailer for the final chapter in Mass Effect series was released during Spike’s Video Game Awards this past Saturday, and I’m already putting it on my Chrismukkah wishlist for next year. Mass Effect 3 is slated to be released during 2011’s holiday season for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC simultaneously, and while it may be a long wait for …
Dragon Age 2 Casts Its Spell on March 8, 2011, New Trailer
Bioware’s already let us know that they’ll be going in a slightly different, more human-centric direction with Dragon Age 2. Now we know when we’re going to be able to play it, as well as getting a glimpse at Hawke’s powers in this new trailer.
The trailer’s nice and all, but it remains to be seen what the game plays like. Judging …
Mass Effect 2 Coming to PS3 in January 2011 [UPDATED with Trailer]
Ever since Mass Effect 2 came out in January, the Xbox 360’s been the only place for fans to experience Commander Shepard’s continuing fight against the Reapers. But, at Germany’s Gamescom trade fair, BioWare’s co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka announced that the sci-fi action RPG sequel would be hitting Sony’s console early next year.
Of …
Guardian and Sentinel: Two New “Advanced” Jedi Knight Classes Announced for The Old Republic
BioWare’s slowly, steadily making the year-long wait for The Old Republic MMO more and more unbearable. Today, they’ve detailed what all the leveling up will get you if you play as a Jedi. The two new advanced classes seem to offer skills that will entice players who want to play as part of a group or lone-wolf users who might like a …
Interview: BioWare’s Daniel Erickson on Building The Old Republic
The next year’s going to be a very good one for gamers who are Star Wars fanatics. LucasArts–the game development division of the Star Wars empire–has a handful of major releases brewing, including the long-awaited Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. The Old Republic‘s being developed in conjunction with Bioware, who know a thing or two …
Star Wars: The Old Republic Gets Sith Purebloods and Other New Playable Races
Fans of the Force will soon get the chance to play as or against the original wielders of the Dark Side’s powers in BioWare’s upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. The studio responsible for Mass Effect and Dragon Age revealed that the Sith and other races will be playable when The Old Republic launches next year. Here’s a rundown of …
Dragon Age 2 Announced: New Character, Revamped Combat on the Way
With a game as successful as Dragon Age: Origins was, it’s probably inevitable that a sequel would be coming. But today’s announcement of Dragon Age 2 indicates that Bioware and Electronic Arts plan to take the fantasy RPG into a somewhat different direction than its predecessor.
It appears that you won’t be reprising the …
E3 2010: What We’re Looking Forward To
One of our Techland colleagues who shall not be named asked, “Is it bad that I don’t know what E3 is?”
Sigh.
Well, not really. But, it does make Peter and I a bit sad. So, if there’s anyone else out there who needs a quick primer, then you should know that E3 stands for the Electronic Entertainment Expo. For about 15 years, …
GDC 2010: Bioware’s Casey Hudson on Villains, Finding “Stolen Memory”
I haven’t finished Mass Effect 2 yet. (I know, I know! What am I waiting for?) But, Casey Hudson–the project lead and co-writer of Mass Effect 2–says that’s okay. That’s because the new DLC for Bioware’s super-successful sequel will nestle itself into the story no matter where you are in assembling your strike …
The Daily Dose
Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010
Today in Techland: Lev brought us part one of his awesome Mark Millar interview, and the boys’ conversation with Bioware, the minds behind Mass Effect 2, went up for your reading pleasure. Me? I spent the day chewing on last night’s episode of LOST while Steve brought us some truly strange hybrid beasts. What …