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EA has revealed that Xbox 360 users who utilise Microsoft’s Xbox Live Cloud save system may face issues importing their Mass Effect 2 save data into Mass Effect 3. BioWare’s RPG series is particularly notable for the fact that it allows users to import save data from previous games, meaning …
Read More »Critics fall in love with Mass Effect 3
The US release Mass Effect 3 in the US overnight has been met with universal and gushing praise from video game critics. It’s a fitting end to the trilogy, although it’s not the leap that Mass Effect 2 was from the original,” CVG concluded in its 9.4/10 review. There’s a …
Read More »Where can you buy EA’s upcoming releases?
With Mass Effect 3, FIFA Street, The Sims 3 Showtime and Tiger Woods 13 all nearing release, EA has released details of exactly how consumers can get hold of its impressive upcoming roster. The move, of course, comes following the ongoing standoff between EA and retailer GAME that will see …
Read More »Pirates leak Mass Effect 3 online ahead of release
Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions pirated
Read More »EA goes Global in Sweden for Mass Effect 3 Space Edition
Bioware and EA hosted their own version of the Mass Effect 3 Space Edition event in Stockholm last night. After three days of puzzling together clues on gaming web site Gamereactor, fans gathered in front of the Stockholm Globe Arena for the final piece of the mystery late last night. …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 loss could cost GAME £2m
The consequence of GAME not stocking Mass Effect 3 could be 2m of lost profit and a 6-7m drop in revenue, one analyst has predicted. Working on the assumption that a decent triple-A title sells 0.8m-1m titles in the first few weeks of release in the UK and assuming GAME …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 will get simultaneous PSN release in UK
EA and BioWare’s sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 3 will be available to download on PSN on March 9th, MCV can confirm. Sony had previously confirmed that the game would be getting a simultaneous digital and retail release in North America, and EA has confirmed that the same will happen in …
Read More »EA-GAME drift is "temporary", retailer asserts
GAME has told its shareholders that it’s current trade stand-off with EA is temporary” and that both parties are in discussions to bring it to and end. "Today the Group confirmed that it will not be stocking a small number of titles from one supplier, Electronic Arts, during March and …
Read More »GAME shares fall 15% following EA crisis
Having this morning revealed that it will not be stocking key Q1 release Mass Effect 3, GAME’s share price has plunged 15 per cent. The retailer’s share price opened at 5.57p this morning. Despite climbing briefly to 5.98p, in the hours that followed the Mass Effect 3 news the price …
Read More »ShopTo experiences Mass Effect 3 order surge
The industry may be wincing from this morning’s disturbing news from retailer GAME, but one man’s loss is another man’s gain. Online indie retailer ShopTo.net has this morning seen record traffic levels as gamers looked to secure their copies of Mass Effect 3 that can no longer be supplied by …
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