“Extended Cut” DLC not a re-imagining or a change
Time for short, quote-y news today. The PAX East event recently went down across the pond and, despite rumours that angry fan trouble was brewing, the Mass Effect panel went down like the first cool one after work. According to Penny Arcade’s coverage of their own event, the audience was “rowdy but loving”, with some [...]
Read More →Bulletstorm, Comedians and Mass Effect 3
That title is not normally something you’d expect to see, let alone to type, and I dare say that most of you reading this are thinking to yourself: “What do those three things have in common? Why has this crazy person on the internetseemingly strung random words together as a title? The answer is: Not [...]
Read More →EA: Free Mass Effect 3 ending DLC in summer!
Yeah right guys, pull the other one. You think I’m gonna fall for an April Fool’s like that? Wait, what’s this? April 5th? Oh, you’re serious. Excuse me, I have to go make sure I’m not dreaming. All joking about EA’s DLC practices aside, this is actually real. In a press release on their news [...]
Read More →Mass Effect 3 – 360 Review
This is your one and only spoiler warning folks. Turn back now if you care, as I will be talking about spoiler-y things. Well, where to start? All three games in this series have had their ups and downs and Mass Effect 3 is by no means an exception. I had high hopes for [...]
Read More →UK Gaming Charts Top 20
20. Battlefield 3 The place of shame this week goes to RA…oh, no it doesn’t. It goes to Battlefield 3, rather surprisingly. EA’s shooter comes crashing down to us all the way from 12th. 19. F1 2011 Possibly because the new season started this weekend just gone, F1 2011 re-emerges in 19th this week. Poor [...]
Read More →The Mass Effect 3 “From Ashes” controversy
Oi. You. Yes, you reading this. If you’re in any way interested in Mass Effect 3 and don’t want anything spoiled, I suggest you leave this page. Right now. Go on. Still here? Then you obviously don’t give a flyer and I will offer no further warnings of spoilers. Ok, just one more: SPOILERS HERE. [...]
Read More →Mass Effect 3 character importer is not exactly bug free
Oh dear. This isn’t what you want really is it? You make a game, the final part in the trilogy of a character, you make a big thing over the continuing importation feature, finally release it and…bang. Your damn character creator refuses to import faces that were generated in the first game of the series. [...]
Read More →UK Gaming Charts Top 20
20. RAGE The place of shame this week goes to RAGE, which hasn’t budged an inch from last week. I think the term is “clinging on for dear life”. 19. Saints Row: The Third Saints Row: The Third has fallen a place this week to end up in 19thplace. 18. Batman: Arkham City [...]
Read More →360 cloud preventing Mass Effect 3 from importing saves
It would seem that someone, either at BioWare or Microsoft, has made a bit of a whoopsie, so to speak. A troubleshooting article on the EA help site says that while any new save or successfully imported Mass Effect 2 save can be used in the 360 cloud, any ME2 saves that are currently stored [...]
Read More →Mass Effect 3 will not be stocked by GAME, other EA titles too
Wow, this is both unexpected and pretty big news. Eurogamer was alerted this morning by a number of employees from GAME and Gamestation (part of GAME Group) that the group would not be stocking various new EA titles past March, including the upcoming Mass Effect 3. This affects all stores in the group and all [...]
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