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Mass Effect was always advertised as a trilogy, but does that mean the release of the third game in March 2012 is the end? Studio co-founder Ray Muzyka says Mass Effect 3 is as much an entry point for new fans as it is the next step in setting up …

The problem with interviewing a games firm about its new MMO is the inevitable question you must ask.So, when MCV met doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, the founders of BioWare, we asked it first, to get it out of the way. Not at all, no,” says Muzyka. We’re really …

In the run-up to the big event on Wednesday October 26th at Vinopolis, we’re providing a series of features profiling those media brands and individuals in the running for an award. Ian Crump – Southern Daily Echo In 2007 Ian Crump was tasked by one of the largest distributors of …

There are two weeks to go until the biggest night of the year for the UK’s games media. In the run-up to the big event on Wednesday October 26th at Vinopolis, we’re providing a series of features profiling those media brands and individuals in the running for an award. The …

The Battlefield 3 media and community event in Sydney last night had the most in-depth hands-on with DICE’s latest opus, and even had the Frostbite 2 logo carved out of ice! The game is looking stunning. The on-foot engine has been firmed up to compete with the best of them, …

There are just over two weeks to go until the biggest night of the year for the UK’s games media. In the run-up to the big event on Wednesday October 26th at Vinopolis, we’re providing a series of features profiling those media brands and individuals in the running for an …

New research from comScore – ‘Digital Omnivores: How Tablets, Smartphones and Connected Devices are Changing U.S. Digital Media Consumption Habits’ – merely consolidates what we all knew: in the US, the tablet market is the iPad market. It also found iPads have also begun to account for a higher share …

Bethesda has released a patch for id’s latest shooter, RAGE, fixing a number of bugs and adding graphics engine settings "due to popular demand." Legendary gaming pioneer John Carmack enraged a number of PC gaming faithful by saying: "We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games" …

The Guardianhas publishedan guide to UK iPhone 4S mobile tariffs, concluding that some two-year contract deals are cheaper than buying the new iPhone outright on a SIM-only contract. "The entire phone contract field is a thicket," wrote Guardian journalist Charles Arthur. The conclusion that two-year contracts are better than SIM-only …

MCV looks at what the arrival of the toughest game, Namco Bandai’s Dark Souls, ever says about the market… Expanding the games industry has had the inevitable effect of ‘dumbing down’ the more challenging elements of interactive entertainment. New interfaces and new audiences mean that games have to be accessible, …