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.
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 [...]
This year saw the second edition of the Penny Arcade Exposition, Eastern Variant, otherwise known as PAX East. In the new Boston Convention Center venue, the 2011 fan festival saw gaming of every stripe celebrated with CCG groups playing Magic: The Gathering in the hallways, giant LAN parties for FPS and fighting game competition and [...]
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?
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 [...]
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.
Chalk up another point for video gaming’s health benefits. This time, a new study suggests that kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have shown symptom relief after engaging in a five-week working memory-training program revolving around “game-like” software.
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.
Two entries in, the Mass Effect franchise is proving to be one of the most interesting storytelling experiences in modern video games. Part of that comes from the unique customization that comes from how you play and the choices you make at all those crucial moments in the main games. Your Commander Shepard avatar is [...]
According to Bioware exec and Project Lead Director for Mass Effect 2 Casey Hudson, there’s a lot of downloadable content coming for Mass Effect 2. That brings up a question: how do you evaluate DLC for a game like it? I’m not talking about whether it’s objectively good or bad. When I reviewed the free [...]
Players of the first Mass Effect will remember the Mako. It was the deeply flawed wheeled personnel vehicle from ME1. People hated that thing and it’s easy to see why. The Mako jumped like a three-legged dog trying to snatch a biscuit it didn’t really want. Lining up targets with the transport’s guns was scream-inducing, [...]
