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Black Swan composer Clint Mansell has joined BioWare to write the musical score for Mass Effect 3. The musician revealed the news in an interview with The Quietus. With something like Mass Effect you’re more like a DJ with all these musical elements,” he said. You’ve got the holding pattern, …
Read More »Old Republic needs 500k subscribers for profit
CFO Scott Brown says rumours of exorbitant dev costs are greatly exaggerated
Read More »Blizzard and BioWare bosses set for DICE Summit
Jade Raymond and Bruce Shelly add to star line-up
Read More »Old Republic rumoured for September
Long-awaited MMO Star Wars: Old Republic will be released worldwide this September, development sources have told MCV. The date is later than many had predicted, with EA CEO John Riccitiello himself suggesting a year ago that a spring 2011 release was likely. The game has been in development for over …
Read More »BioWare ‘aware’ of ME2 save woes on PS3
Developer BioWare has said it is investigating claims of alleged data loss suffered by some users of Mass Effect 2 on PS3. Some users of the studio’s forums have stated that following the game crashing, upon rebooting the machine their save data has become corrupted. In such a time-intense game …
Read More »Mass Effect 2 gets day one PSN release
Triple-A RPG sequel Mass Effect 2 is to break with traditional retail models by releasing both at retail and online simultaneously next week. Speaking on the US PlayStation blog, BioWare’s community coordinator Chris Priestly confirmed that the game will be available to download on PSN on the same day boxed …
Read More »Bumper year for BioWare
2011 will be a landmark 12 months for developer BioWare as it prepares three big titles for the year. The EA-owned developer announced Mass Effect 3 at Spike Video Game Awards last weekend, and revealed it will arrive in time for Christmas. It will follow hot on the heels of …
Read More »Hall Of Fame award for BioWareâ??s doctor duo
Muzyka and Zeschuk awarded for their â??emotionally engagingâ?? projects
Read More »Mass Effect 2 PS3 dated
BioWare’s Mass Effect series will make its PS3 debut on January 21st. EA announced the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 will arrive in the UK three days after its US release on January 18th, according to IGN. The release date is in keeping with the publisher’s initial promise of …
Read More »EA: Old Republic will have ten-year lifespan
Star Wars: The Old Republic has the potential to keep running for at least ten years. That’s according to Electronic Arts’ CFO Eric Brown, who also claims the BioWare-developed MMO won’t depend on the millions of subscribers engaged by titles such as World of Warcraft. Speaking at the UBS Annual …
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