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BioWare co-founder Dr Ray Muzyka has dropped a big hint that the studio is to offer fans an alternative ending to RPG title Mass Effect 3. The vocal parts of gaming’s online community have been up in arms since the game’s release, complaining that the conclusion to the trilogy did …
Read More »Ken Levine upset over Mass Effect 3 ending saga
Irrational founder Ken Levine says users calling for a revised Mass Effect 3 ending saddens him because they’d be left disappointed”. The BioShock creator was talking at the opening of a new US exhibit The Art of Video Games, reports The Verge. "I think this is an important moment," he …
Read More »BioWare ‘shouldn’t change’ Mass Effect 3 ending
'Players would be very disappointed in the emotional feeling they got because they didnâ??t create it', says Irrational boss
Read More »Mass Effect 3 ending ‘may change’ amid protests
'Retake Mass Effect' campaign raises $67,000 for charity
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA Street breaks series records
FIFA Street is this week’s retail No.1, beating the week one sales of all of its predecessors. EA holds the entire Top Four this week, and has posted three new No.1s on the trot – SSX, Mass Effect 3 and FIFA Street. The first time it has achieved that since …
Read More »UK games retail generated £17.9m last week
The UK games retail market rallied last week thanks to the release of EA’s Mass Effect 3 and Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken. The pair helped break a two-week decline, generating a 47.9 per cent increase in market value to 17.9m. Unit sales rose 27.2 per cent. However, the market …
Read More »Indies profit from GAME shortages
Small UK games retailers are thriving after customers flocked to them to buy Mass Effect 3. Indie retailers have seen sales spike as GAME fails to stock top new releases such as Street Fighter X Tekken, Mario Party 9 and the aforementioned Mass Effect. We’ve just had our best weekend …
Read More »BioWare faces petition over Mass Effect 3 ending
Campaign to 'retake' Mass Effect 3 story ending raises over $30,000 in single day
Read More »REPORT: HMV denies "receiving extra EA support" amidst GAME crisis
There is a sad truth to the seemingly inevitable demise of GAME Group – it’s potentially good news for other video game retailers, in the short term at least. But more than simply picking up GAME’s lost sales on key titles such as Mass Effect 3 and Street Fighter X …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 Datapad app available on iOS
BioWare has released a new app to assist those who just can’t seem to get enough Mass Effect. The Mass Effect 3 ‘datapad’ is available now for free on the app store, offering interested parties access to extra features and info including codex entries from all three titles in the …
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