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New Mass Effect Comic Series This Year

BioWare is going to continue to work with Dark Horse Comics to publish comics based on its IP, Dark Horse rep Jeremy Atkins confirmed at the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo. The news is sourced to Dark Horse rep Jeremy Atkins,…

Are RPGs Evolving or Dying?

That’s the tough question posed by Game Rant in a new three-page editorial that points to the “streamlining” of modern day role-playing games like Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age II, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as a point of…

With Friends Like These…

In a piece entitled “With Friends Like These…”, Games On Net profiles some of the most memorable companions we’ve adventured with across Black Isle and BioWare’s catalogue of RPGs, including Fallout’s Dogmeat, Baldur’s Gate’s Minsc and Boo, Planescape: Torment’s Morte,…

Internal Consistency In Video Games

In another one of their “analysis” editorials, Gamasutra examines the importance of internal consistency when a developer is creating a sequel-heavy video game franchise. BioWare’s Mass Effect series is referenced as an example: The Codex, Mass Effect’s version of an…

Mass Effect: Evolution Preview

The comic book mini-series’ second issue is the subject of this Mass Effect: Evolution preview on the BioWare Blog. Images of the comic’s first eight pages are provided along with this quick two-paragraph blurb: Our friends at Dark Horse Comics…

EA Kicks Off One-Day 50% Off Winter Sale

Electronic Arts is hosting a very nice “Winter Sale” that has slashed the price of Mass Effect, Mass Effect: Pinnacle Station, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 2 Digital Deluxe Edition, Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition,…

Still of This World: The Aliens of Mass Effect

After calling Mass Effect and its first sequel “phenomenal”, one of the editors over at Gamer Limit has voiced his dissatisfaction with the stark human-like features possessed by most of the alien races in BioWare’s sci-fi series. I found it…

The Biggest Decisions of Mass Effect 3

For a summary of the choices we’ve made during the Mass Effect series and how they’ll most likely affect the unfolding story in Mass Effect 3, you need not look further than captainstarball. Here’s your sampling: The Quarian War –…

Mass Effect Cast Interview, Part Four

Part four of The Gaming Liberty’s interview series with the voice acting cast of BioWare’s Mass Effect trilogy is now online, and once again we hear from Mark Meer (male Shepard), Jennifer Hale (female Shepard), Peter Jessop (Sovereign), Michael Beattie…

Choice in the Mass Effect Universe

Bitmob has published an interesting editorial that makes the argument that reaching different, less-than-perfect conclusions while playing through Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 can offer a more fulfilling experience than taking the “perfect” route. It’s something I’ve been trying…