“There’s a moment of letting go where you can see all the flaws,” project director Mac Walters tells a call full of journalists on a private Mass Effect: Legendary Edition livestream. According to the team on the remastered trilogy, this is a dream project that allowed them to go back to something beloved and fix […]
Mass Effect Legendary Edition Gameplay Trailer Revealed, Coming This May
The Mass Effect trilogy is an iconic action/RPG franchise that still has fans in love even years after release. Now the already-impressive community is about to get a lot bigger because the remaster is opening up Commander’s Shepard story to gamers of this generation. To celebrate, we’ve got our first look at the Mass Effect Legendary […]
A Mass Effect Spin-Off Game Inspired By Han Solo Was Cancelled Before Mass Effect 2
The Mass Effect universe teems with everything from giant, subterranean worms who feed on solar radiation to space jellyfish capable of communicating with one another via barely perceptible alterations in color. There are gentle giants who have learned to move slowly because of how dangerous it is to fall on their homeworld, and ancient aliens […]
Mass Effect Andromeda Had A Playable Prototype For Space Exploration, But It Was Scrapped
Mass Effect Andromeda featured a variety of new systems that iterated on preexisting ones from the series’ original trilogy. For example, a lot of work was put into developing the Nomad, a land vehicle designed for traversing rough terrain on certain planets. Given the amount of flak directed at the first Mass Effect game’s Mako, which handled […]
How Mass Effect Inspired The Games Industry And Beyond
At the beginning of Mass Effect 2, the Normandy – your spacefaring base of operations for the entire first game – is destroyed. Protagonist Commander Shepard stays back to make sure her crew escapes with their lives. Shepard isn’t so lucky. She’s still inside when the Normandy cracks open, sucking her out into the cold […]
Report: Mass Effect 2 was once a bit more gay, but then Fox News happened
As far as big budget video games go, Mass Effect has traditionally been a pretty progressive franchise that allows for a variety of different romances, depending on your character’s sexual orientation. But during the development of Mass Effect 2, one potential affair was apparently tweaked due to a scaremongering news clip. Players of the galactic […]
You Can Pre-Order The Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster Right Now
We’ve known for a while that a remastered trilogy is in the works. Announced during this year’s N7 day (that’s November 7, in case it wasn’t immediately obvious), BioWare said that the remastered trilogy will include all previously released DLC along with enhanced textures, 4K graphics, and an original Mass Effect that plays a lot […]
Mass Effect 4 gets official reveal trailer and so does Dragon Age 4
The new Mass Effect has got its first cinematic trailer and it features Liara T’Soni and the implication that it’s set in the Milky Way. Although technically BioWare has already promised a new Mass Effect is on the way, and has even shared a few pieces of production artwork, given the recent upheaval at the […]
New Mass Effect seems set immediately after third game
At the end of The Game Awards 2020 livestream, BioWare teased a new Mass Effect game. Based on the teaser, it appears to be a continuation of the Mass Effect 3 story. The trailer starts with a camera flying through space, with various sci-fi mumblings over the radio. Eventually, we see some debris, including a […]
Mass Effect: You’re Going To Make The Same Choices All Over Again In The Remaster, Aren’t You
If the rumors are to be believed, tomorrow we’re going to see the announcement, finally, of a Mass Effect Trilogy remaster. We don’t yet know what exactly this will entail, but we do know one thing about you, the person who’s going to buy and play it: You’re going to make the exact same choices […]