According to German website GamersGlobal, BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk may have exited the company he started alongside Ray Muzyka back in 1995. He quit as GM back in May this year. Former Major League Gaming CEO Matthew Bromberg took over as the General Manager of BioWare Austin. Apparently Austin devs "fear" they'll be rebranded 'EA Austin'.
According to BioWare online development director Fernando Melo, the metrics for Mass Effect 3 show that a smaller percentage of gamers finished Mass Effect 3 than Mass Effect 2, after five months of release.
A new blog post from BioWare has revealed stats from the latest weekend of multiplayer events for Mass Effect 3. Players hauled in over 253k bronze, 206k silver and 89k gold rated extractions. There's a little something special in the Victory packs as "reward for such an Olympic effort" on behalf of the community. There's always more Reaper and Cerberus tail to kick in the galaxy.
BioWare has announced on its official blog that the Leviathan downloadable content for Mass Effect 3 will be released on the 28th August on PC, Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network in North America. European PSN will have to wait an extra day, the 29th August.
EA COO Peter Moore, formerly big boss of EA Sports, is not short on confidence in RPG developer BioWare. He declares they're "doing great," with many big successes over the past year or so. BioWare has certainly had a rocky ride with the community these past 18 months, what with Dragon Age 2's fan reception, Mass Effect 3's ending and Star Wars going F2P.
Commander Shephard and the Normandy crew have a new dilemma in the run up to retake Earth as BioWare officially releases the Leviathan DLC, which is the first full single player add-on. Until now only multiplayer content has been added with new maps and challenges. This new addition lets fans "really explore, discover and learn more" about the Mass Effect universe.
Some gamers may recall that Electronic Arts mandated that all of their games would have an online component one way or another as a protection against piracy - and a way to monetize titles post-release as well as establish the Origin digital distribution service. EA Games president Frank Gibeau has bragged in a promotional pamphlet for Cloud Gaming USA that he has not green lit any single player titles, and nor will he.
Lost in the noise of the departure of BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, the developer has confirmed that it will be releasing new single player Mass Effect 3 downloadable content, called "Omega".
Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson "and his leads" are putting together an all new "fictional universe, built from the bottom-up with all new gaming technology," teases developer BioWare. Hudson "continues to oversee" Mass Effect's development with the likes of the upcoming Omega DLC. This means the studio has something cooking alongside Dragon Age 3.
Fans of Mass Effect 3 who have once again been data mining the game's files claim to have uncovered text specific to upcoming DLC involving Omega station, a notable hub in Mass Effect 2. It has been alluded by Aria T'Loak in Mass Effect 3 that she was ousted from Omega by the Illusive Man his Cerberus forces, but it seems we'll be getting the opportunity to take it back.
Electronic Arts has announced that all three Mass Effect games will be bundled into a single title, Mass Effect Trilogy, for PC, Xbox 360 and shockingly, PlayStation 3, simply because Microsoft owns the rights to the first game.
BioWare has posted a product page for the recently announced Mass Effect Trilogy, and some of the details of the bundle have been revealed. It'll feature 5 discs and new artwork.
Bioware has confirmed Mass Effect Trilogy will include DLC, although the amount of extra content is based on which platform you purchase.
BioWare has announced on the official forum that a major patch will be coming to Mass Effect 3 this week, with Thursday as the target day.
Some new details about the PlayStation 3 version of the first Mass Effect have been revealed by external producer Ryan Warden, in a series of tweets.
Mass Effect 3 is gearing up for another event. This weekend Operative Overdrive will kick into action on both the allied and squad fronts.
Mass Effect 3 will be getting a major free downloadable content pack called "Retaliation" on the 9th October. It will add the Collectors from Mass Effect 2 as an enemy, new weapons, and new character classes . The shocking addition to classes, however, that will be made available in "Retaliation" are the Volus, the squat, round wheezy environment suit race.
BioWare has revealed details about the upcoming Retaliation downloadable content for Mass Effect 3. The DLC will include a new Turian kit and Collector enemies.
BioWare has revealed the next major DLC instalment for Mass Effect 3 is indeed Omega, and it's the largest effort to date as it's "double the size" of Leviathan's single player extension. It's also the highest priced DLC yet for Mass Effect 3 unless you count the Cerberus Network pass. It's going for 1200 MSP or about $10. New enemies will be included and a female turian!
Producer Fabrice Condominas from BioWare Montreal has affirmed that any future Mass Effect instalment won't be reviving Commander Shephard as "the trilogy is over." They won't opt for a clone either. The universe of Mass Effect is "vast, and very, very rich." Right now the studio is unsure of the timeframe as they're just "gathering ideas from the teams," and user feedback.