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According to tweets from games animator Jonathon Cooper, scenes from BBC sitcom Extras were the inspiration behind the games conversation system
Read More »Did Ricky Gervais inspire a design choice in Mass Effect? Yes
Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw leaves Bioware
The developer who has been involved with almost every Bioware game since Jade Empire says its time to "move on"
Read More »Bioware general manager Aaryn Flynn steps down, as Casey Hudson comes in
Hudson returns to Bioware to continue work on Anthem
Read More »EA dismisses Mass Effect DLC cancellation rumours
Developer BioWare has been forced to dismiss rumours of a cancellation of Mass Effect: Andromeda’s DLC. A Facebook post by what was claimed to be an Austrian company called Sinclair Networks alleged that BioWare had yanked it off development duties and cancelled all DLC plans for the game. This news …
Read More »Opinion: The rush for new IPs
As publishers start to put successful franchises on hiatus, Sean Cleaver asks if this is now a new rush for new IPs
Read More »Pause button hit on Mass Effect series, report claims
There will be no more games in the Mass Effect series for the foreseeable future, it seems. Kotaku reports that the sci-fi RPG series has been put on hiatus and that its developer, BioWare Montreal, has been turned into a support studio. Indeed, the site adds that many of the …
Read More »Heard About: Mass Effect Andromeda
John Broomhall talks with BioWare’s Michael Kent & Jeremie Voillot about the audio design for the latest space adventure
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda is still No.1
For the second week on the trot EA and BioWare’s Mass Effect: Andromeda is the UK No.1. That equals the two week run of Mass Effect 2, and actually betters the one week Mass Effect 3 enjoyed at the top. Sales are down sharply, though, falling 78 per cent week-on-week. …
Read More »How EA wants to extend its Mass Effect fanbase with Andromeda
Space has always been a big theme in games, but in 2016 publishers seemed to have a renewed interest in the genre. In 2016, we had Stellaris, EVE: Valkyrie, Kerbal Space Program, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Adrift, The Solus Project, as well as …
Read More »EA expects Mass Effect: Andromeda to sell 3m copies on Week One
EA revealed its Q3 financial results last night, and shared its expectations for Mass Effect: Andromeda. The publisher believes the title will sell ‘around 3 million units’ in its early days, according to chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen. During the earnings call, Jorgensen was asked about Mass Effect: Andromeda’s revenue …
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