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Mass Effect 3 will arrive worldwide on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, EA has confirmed. The third instalment in EA’s popular sci-fi RPG series, developed by BioWare, sees protagonist Commander Shepard leading an assault to save Earth from alien species the Reapers. It will feature Kinect voice gesture capability, with players …
Read More »Microsoft: Kinect support for Mass Effect 3
E3 2011: BioWare RPG to boast voice recognition tech via 360 camera
Read More »BioWare MIA from Develop 100
One of the industry’s most respected studios doesn’t appear in Develop’s definitive list of the best 100 developers in the world – why? The 2011 edition of the Develop 100 – which you can find here – lists studios solely by their total average Metacritic scores in 2010. Under this …
Read More »Develop 100: Why didn’t BioWare make it?
Mass Effect 2 was the shining star of 2010, but the group behind it failed too many times
Read More »Dragon Age 3 confirmed
Production on Dragon Age 3 is underway, BioWare has announced. The developer posted a statement on Twitter looking for environment artists to work on the third main title in EA’s RPG franchise. I’m looking for exceptional environment artists to join me at BioWare Edmonton, Canada to work on Dragon Age3,” …
Read More »EA pumping $80m in SWTOR?
The total amount of money EA has so far ploughed into BioWare’s still delayed Star Wars: The Old Republic could be near to $100m, according to estimates from a leading US analyst. As part of EA’s deal with rights holder LucasArts, as well as paying a loyalty EA has to …
Read More »Side reveals BioWare and Creative Assembly deals
UK group provided voice recording for two key projects
Read More »BioWare considering Mass Effect MMO?
The makers of Mass Effect have reiterated that the upcoming third instalment won’t have multiplayer, but the idea of an MMO appeals to them. In an interview with Game Informer, the series’ executive producer Casey Hudson said that BioWare has yet to find a way to bring traditional multiplayer to …
Read More »Gibeau: ‘City state’ studios saved EA
EA Games president on the benefits of an autonomous studio structure
Read More »Dragon Age II in DRM row
Dragon Age fans have accused Electronic Arts and BioWare of hiding controversial DRM measures in their latest release. According to anti-DRM consumer watchdog Reclaim Your Game, the recently released Dragon Age II contains the SecuROM-related Sony Release Control and have protested that the game’s developer and publisher failed to inform …
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