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Developer BioWare has continued its teaser campaign for its mysterious presumably new project, due to be revealed at Gamescom next week. The latest short, entitled ‘You’ve Been Chosen: Impact’ (which you can see below) is the third such release from the company following ‘Nightmare’ and ‘Spark’ last month. There’s a …
Read More »Battlefield Hardline slips to 2015; Dragon Age Inquisition pushed back a month
EA has taken the surprising step of pushing back its next Battlefield title from its traditional pre-Christmas release. Battlefield Hardline will now release in early 2015” due to changes that will be implemented following feedback from the recent beta. The more we thought about these ideas, the more we knew …
Read More »Dragon Age: Inquisition features BioWare’s ‘first fully gay’ male party member
Dorian the Mage will set new ground when he debuts in BioWare’s Dragon Age: Inquisition on October 10th. BioWare writer David Gaider describes Dorian as the first fully gay character I’ve had the opportunity to write”, adding: It added an interesting dimension to his back story, considering he comes from …
Read More »E3 2014: EA teases Mass Effect 4 for PS4 and Xbox One
BioWare offers behind-the-scenes glimpse of next entry into blockbuster sci-fi series
Read More »Retailer lists Mass Effect Trilogy on PS4 and Xbox One
BioWare’s Mass Effect could be the next IP in line for a next-gen re-release. As spotted by NeoGAF, Chilean retailer Zmart Games has posted listings for the Mass Effect Trilogy on both PS4 and Xbox One. The listings don’t specify either a release date or price – although the sheer …
Read More »VIDEO: Release date set for Dragon Age Inquisition
EA has confirmed a release date for BioWare’s upcoming RPG Dragon Age: Inquisition. The Frostbite 3 powered game will be released on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on October 7th, as per the end of a new trailer that you can see below. Note of course that, …
Read More »No DLC characters for Dragon Age: Inquisition as it would have to be ‘on disc’
BioWare has said that any future character DLC for Dragon Age: Inquisition would need to be on-disc – so it’s not going to release any. "Because of how deeply enmeshed in the system companion characters are, we can’t just add them on the fly – part of them has to …
Read More »Negative game stereotyping ‘perpetuates social injustices’
BioWare gameplay designer Manveer Heir has called for a revolution in the way video games depict the world and tackle the issue of identity. Polygon reports that in an impassioned speech greeted with applause at GDC, Heir argued that video games – like any other creative industry – are not …
Read More »Bioware contemplating next-gen Mass Effect remaster
Developer BioWare has discussed the idea of remastering its Mass Effect trilogy for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Responding to a fan question on Twitter, Aaryn Flynn, general manager of Bioware Edmonton and Montreal said that it had been discussed internally. The firm has already bundled together its Mass Effect …
Read More »BioWare devs tease first images of Mass Effect 4
Team tweets pictures of work on next instalment in hugely popular sci-fi saga
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