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Mass Effect Andromeda Release Delayed to 2017

Mass Effect Andromeda Release Delayed to 2017

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It looks like Mass Effect Andromeda can no longer be expected for a release this year. A NeoGAF user brought attention to Electronic Arts’ recent presentation at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. During the conference, EA’s CFA said Mass Effect Andromeda is a Q4 game which reportedly puts the game in the calendar year of 2017. This appears to be the first verbal confirmation that the game has likely been pushed back to 2017. BioWare and EA had previously announced the game would receive a holiday 2016 release, but that no longer appears to be the case. In case you don’t remember, check out the description for the official announcement trailer release for Mass Effect Andromeda here. A recording of the conference was posted online and is available at this link. Here’s a transcript of the presentation that mentions Mass Effect: “We’ve got a great year ahead… we’ve got our Battlefield first-person shooter game coming in the third quarter, and our third-party title that Respawn, our partner,

Mass Effect Andromeda Senior Development Director Exits BioWare

Mass Effect Andromeda Senior Development Director Exits BioWare

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Mass Effect Andromeda lost its original Senior Development Director in Chris Wynn this month. The developer revealed on Twitter that he is leaving BioWare and moving back to the United States. It appears there were no hard feelings or burned bridges over Wynn’s departure. He has nothing but glowing things to say about the BioWare staff and N7 community. You can check out Wynn’s tweets on the subject below. Wynn exclaimed that the Andromeda team was the “most talented team” he ever worked with, and he called the experience “truly inspiring.” BioWare later released a statement on Wynn’s exit to Game Informer. Per the statement from a BioWare representative: “Chris was a great member of the team. We want to thank him for his contributions and we wish him the best in his new adventures. Development of Mass Effect Andromeda continues to move full speed ahead at BioWare Montreal, Edmonton and Austin.” There is still no word on if someone is filling Wynn’s post. It will be interesting to see

Mass Effect: Andromeda Details Leaked

Mass Effect: Andromeda Details Leaked

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A person with access to an early build of Mass Effect: Andromeda, informally known as Mass Effect 4, has released a video onto YouTube explaining some of the features and story elements in the latest instalment of the franchise. Although the user was able to verify that he had sufficient proof to back up his claims to moderators of the Mass Effect 4 subreddit, it is important to remember that these points are still unconfirmed and should be taken with a grain of salt. According to the source, the game will see the same basic setup as previous Mass Effect titles, giving the player the chance to take along two squadmates with them on missions and as they explore various planets. Two of the characters that will be available as squadmates will include a petite blond woman and a krogan. There has also been a massive improvement in the character models and facial animation of characters, thanks largely to the move to the Frostbite 3 engine. The new game will

Star Wars The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire Early Access Open, New Trailer

Star Wars The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire Early Access Open, New Trailer

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The entire world has been going rabid by the release of the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens yesterday. However, that’s not the only bit of Star Wars news to come down the pike this week. BioWare and Lucasfilm revealed a new trailer today for the next upcoming Digital Expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic – Knights of the Fallen Empire. You can check out the video below. In addition, BioWare confirmed that early acces sfor the game is now open. Knights of the Fallen Empire will feature new companions, new enemies and nine new chapters of an evolving, player-driven storyline where the choices you make will have consequences. Players take the role of the Outlander, a veteran of the Great Galactic War and travel to the outer rim of the galaxy. Players will face Emperor Valkorion and his Eternal Empire. However, his own dark destiny is tied to that of the Outlander’s. Players will have to lead the fight to save the galaxy, but they will need help

Dragon Age: Inquisition To Get GOTY Edition

Dragon Age: Inquisition To Get GOTY Edition

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In a move that really isn’t all that surprising, EA and BioWare have announced that their hit RPG Dragon Age: Inquisition will release in a Game of the Year edition that includes all previously released patches, updates and DLC.  Revealed in a brand new trailer (which can be seen below), the announcement says that it will be available from October 6 on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The role-playing game has already received a collection of downloadable content packs since its release. The first was Jaws of Hakkon in March, which was followed by Dragonslayer, Spoils of the Avvar, The Descent and Trespasser. However, not all of those packs included new missions and story elements, some simply contained new items, weapons and armor or customization options and gameplay additions. The fact that the GOTY edition of Dragon Age: Inquisition will only be available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One follows on from a decision made by Electronics Arts in July to not create any more DLC for older

Mass Effect 4 Details Leaked

Mass Effect 4 Details Leaked

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Details about the next instalment in the Mass Effect series have been incredibly sparse. Bar a few teasers and a mini-documentary dealing with how BioWare is approaching the new game, very little has been revealed about it. What we do know is that the story will be completely separate from the original trilogy, meaning we won’t be seeing Commander Shepard, and that it won’t be called Mass Effect 4. Luckily, for fans of the series though, some details have been leaked over the past few months to keep everyone thoroughly interested in exactly what will happen in the title. The latest leak, and arguably the biggest to occur, supposedly reveals plenty of information about both the gameplay and story of the next Mass Effect. The survey was posted on Reddit, in exactly the same way as a Dragon Age: Inquisition survey was. The previous leak was confirmed later, with most of the details proved to be correct. Chief amongst the details is the fact that the successor will not take

Dragon Age: Inquisition Launch Trailer

Dragon Age: Inquisition Launch Trailer

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Dragon Age: Inquisition is expected to launch tomorrow, so Electronic Arts has released the official launch trailer for the game. The trailer shows the massive open world of Thedas and all the critical acclaim the game has been getting, while you hear a remixed version of “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong. Check out the superb trailer for yourself down below. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SREM6E4Fvs Dragon Age: Inquisition will be released tomorrow in North America and November 20 in Europe on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Dragon Age: Inquisition began as multiplayer only game

Dragon Age: Inquisition began as multiplayer only game

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Dragon Age: Inquisition originally began life as a multiplayer only game set in the Dragon Age universe according to executive producer Mark Darrah. In an interview with gamesindustry.biz, the developer spoke about how game only had online multiplayer aspects at the start of development but that the concept eventually evolved into becoming a full sequel to its predecessors. “Weirdly we actually had a project code-named Blackfoot which was the first game we had that was looking at Frostbite,” said Darrah. “It was a Dragon Age game, multiplayer only, that was in development before Dragon Age II came out. That became the core of what became Dragon Age Inquisition, the techlines, more than any of the development, so we’ve actually been looking at this a long time.” Darrah also went on to explain that the multiplayer in Dragon Age: Inquisition is not just some tacked on feature to please publisher EA or modern audiences, but more of a way of going back to what role-playing actually is – a social experience.

Dragon Age: Inquisition Has Gone Gold

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BioWare has announced that their open-world role-playing game, Dragon Age: Inquisition, has gone gold and is ready to ship. “This milestone is a testament to the hard work of the developers (and their families!) who put so much into this game, and took on every challenge that was put before them,” executive producer Mark Darrah said in a post on BioWare’s website. “That we’ve made it this far is also an acknowledgment of tremendous support and patience from our fans: you’ve been an inspiration to us since the beginning.” Darrah also revealed that they started working on the game four years ago. “We started working on this game in earnest more than four years ago, before we’d even finished Dragon Age II. Back then, our goal was simple: do whatever we had to in order to tell the biggest story we’d ever told in the Dragon Age universe.” Dragon Age: Inquisition will be released on November 18 in North America and November 21 in Europe on the PlayStation 4, Xbox

BioWare Tease New Title ‘Shadow Realms’

BioWare Tease New Title ‘Shadow Realms’

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BioWare Tease New Title ‘Shadow Realms’ Ahead of their panel discussing Mass Effect at San Diego Comic Con, BioWare teased fans with this teaser video; httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32bLpcBoxT8 It’s definitely a teaser video for a new game; it seems unlikely to be related to existing BioWare IPs such as Mass Effect or Dragon Age. The video itself, titled “YOU’VE BEEN CHOSEN: Nightmare Teaser” looks to be predominantly live action filming with some visual effects included, if those are graphics shown in the video then this will be absolutely gorgeous! The video doesn’t give much away, showing a destroyed bedroom, a man running along what seems to be an infinitely looping entry and then reaching a car with another male inside. Interspersed between this are images of a man whose head has been replaced by black smoke, and someone with a hood up and no face, instead there’s a bright white light shining where the face should be. Over at the official website, BioWare has just one blog post alongside this video which says; The time is near. They

Help To Shape Mass Effect 4

Help To Shape Mass Effect 4

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Help To Shape Mass Effect 4 Mass Effect developer BioWare is reaching out to fans in order to help shape Mass Effect 4. Mass Effect producer Michael Gamble tweeted asking fans to “Help us make the next Mass Effect game the best one yet” and included a link to a short survey for fans to fill in regarding their favorite parts of the Mass Effect games. Help us make the next Mass Effect game the best one yet. Id appreciate it if you folks did this short survey… https://t.co/XAH1xjNNty — Michael Gamble (@GambleMike) July 14, 2014 The survey asks players about which game series’ they have been playing over the past two weeks before moving on to rating individual aspects of the Mass Effect games; Story, exploration, combat, customization and the option to add anything you feel they’ve missed. The survey then moves on to ask broadly about RPG habits; hours spent per week playing and important aspects. There are a couple of questions about cosplay before finishing off with

The Top 5 Games We Want To See At E3 2014

The Top 5 Games We Want To See At E3 2014

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E3 2014 is about to roll around and once again it is time to get excited about all the games developers and publishers will be showing off beginning 9 June. Not only do we get lots more information about upcoming titles, but trailers, gameplay demos and huge announcements are all par for the course. The whole expo is used to hype games and hardware. Teasing fans with brief reveals is all well and good but what we really want is plenty of detail. Here we’ll look at the 5 games that we most want to see at E3 2014, the ones we want loads more information about and of course some gameplay footage. 5. Star Wars: Battlefront The Battlefront series was one of the better video game series set in the Star Wars universe. Developed by DICE, the guys behind Battlefield, we already know that it is utilizing the Frostbite engine used for their other games and will be releasing for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. So far, we have

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