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Thursday24th Aug 2023
News EA Dev BioWare "Eliminating" Approximately 50 Jobs In Shift Towards More Agile & Focused Studio
"An extremely difficult day for everyone at BioWare"
The Electronic Arts developer BioWare - known for famous RPG series such as Baldur's Gate, STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect - has announced it is "eliminating approximately 50 roles" at the studio. In order to match the changing needs, it will shift towards a "more agile and...
Thursday24th Nov 2022
Video Nintendo Land Will Likely Never Come To Switch, But That's Okay
Catching up on the Wii U launch title
The Wii U had a pretty dull launch line-up, all told. There, we said it. Between the likes of New Super Mario Bros. U, ZombiU, and Mass Effect 3, there was a general consensus that while all of these games are undoubtedly good, they didn't exactly set the world on fire and justify the Wii U as a "must-have"...
Wednesday20th Apr 2022
Video Mass Effect Gets Advance Wars-Style GBA Demake
"It's 2001 and you're playing Mass Effect on your GBA"
Have you ever wondered what Mass Effect would look like if it was transformed into an Advance Wars-style game? YouTube channel 64 Bits has uploaded its own 'demake' of a Mass Effect Advance Wars-inspired game, which is part of a larger series of demakes. It's officially titled "Advance Effect:...
Saturday3rd Jul 2021
News BioWare Had Plans For A First-Person Mass Effect Game On Nintendo DS
But cartridge costs and sales forecasts got in the way
In 2012, Electronic Arts released BioWare's third entry in the Mass Effect series on the Wii U. While we've not seen Commander Shepard appear on a Nintendo platform since then, there were apparently plans prior to this for a spin-off on the Nintendo DS. Ex-BioWare producer, Mark Darrah,...
Wednesday3rd Feb 2021
Could Commander Shepard return?
Over the past year, there have been ongoing rumours about the Mass Effect trilogy remaster coming to the Nintendo Switch. In November 2020, EA officially announced the game would be arriving on Microsoft and Sony's consoles alongside a PC release. At the time, this put an end to speculation about a possible Nintendo...
Thursday7th May 2020
News That Rumoured HD Remaster Of The Mass Effect Trilogy Might Be Coming To Switch
Is Commander Shepard making a return?
Yesterday, the EA CEO Andrew Wilson stated how the company was bringing "multiple" titles to the Nintendo Switch in 2020. While the games he was referring to are believed to be Burnout Paradise Remastered and the latest version of FIFA, there are a few others that might be on the way. One of these is appar
Tuesday25th Feb 2020
News Mass Effect Arrives On The Nintendo Switch As A Minecraft Mash-Up Pack
Download it now
In 2012, EA and Bioware released Mass Effect 3 on the Wii U. Now, the series is finally making its return to a Nintendo system. Instead of a game release, though, a Mass Effect-themed Mash-Up Pack for Mojang's hit title Minecraft has been released (again), this time on the
Tuesday3rd Jan 2017
News Mass Effect Producer Says There's No Plan to Bring Mass Effect Andromeda to Switch
Well, there's one to cross off
Remember the good ol' days of the early Wii U when Nintendo tried to market it as a 'hardcore' console? For a bit, the platform actually received ports of big triple A games from the time, such as Darksiders 2, Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition, and Mass Effect 3. That last one always seemed like a bit of an odd...
Monday25th Feb 2013
News Bioware: "No Plans" To Bring New Mass Effect 3 DLC To Wii U
Citadel and Reckoning DLC unlikely to see the light of day on Wii U
Mass Effect 3 was released for Wii U on launch day, and included all of the downloadable content that had been made available up to that point. Since then Bioware, the game's developer, has released further DLC for the epic sci-fi adventure in the form of the Omega Pack, which saw...
Saturday8th Dec 2012
News Mass Effect Trilogy Could Yet Come To Wii U
BioWare has plans for Nintendo's new console
Mass Effect 3 was a Wii U launch title and saw the franchise make an appearance on a Nintendo console for the very first time. Naturally fans of the series want to see the previous two games make the move to Wii U as well, but BioWare has no plans to do so - at least for now. Speaking to GamerSyndrome,...
Thursday29th Nov 2012
News Assassins Creed III, FIFA 13 And Mass Effect 3 All Come Without Online Passes On Wii U
Pre-owned copies will be able to go online without code redemption
In an attempt to stop people buying their games from the pre-owned section, games publishers often slip a code into the packaging of their latest games that will be required should you wish to play online. We already know that Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition does not require...
Saturday17th Nov 2012
News Wii U Mass Effect 3 Owners Cannot Retake Omega
New DLC pack unavailable on Wii U
Bioware is set to release some additional DLC for Mass Effect 3 on 27th November in the form of the Omega pack, however those with a copy of the game on Wii U will not be able to download it. This news comes via a tweet from the official Mass Effect account, which when answering a fan’s query on the DLC’s Wii U...
Tuesday6th Nov 2012
News Mass Effect 3 Wii U Content Detailed
DLC becomes on-disc C
Mass Effect 3 was one of Wii U's major third-party announcements for a launch release, bringing one of the year's biggest blockbuster titles to the system. The excitement is perhaps dulled by the fact that it's the concluding part of a trilogy, and that a special edition combining the games, Mass Effect Trilogy, is out today...
Friday7th Sep 2012
News Mass Effect 3 Wii U Developer Keen to Meet Expectations
Also working on new IP and "another big franchise" for the system
Last week we reported that a young development studio, Straight Right, had been entrusted with the Wii U port of Mass Effect 3, which surprised some due to its relative inexperience. In an interview with Eurogamer.net, it's become clear that the developer has more mileage than...
Wednesday29th Aug 2012
News Rookie Developer Shepherding Mass Effect 3 Onto Wii U
Read it and reap
Mass Effect 3 is possibly one of Wii U's biggest launch window titles, or alternatively the port falls way down the pecking order; it's all down to personal perspective. In any case, and much like Batman Arkham City: Armoured Edition, the Wii U release won't be put together by the original team but handled by an external development...
Thursday9th Aug 2012
News Could The Wii U GamePad Suffer From Latency?
Early hands-on reports suggest so
One of the most impressive aspects of the Wii U's GamePad controller is its ability to stream gameplay directly from the console so you can play on it even when someone else is hogging your television. This facet of the controller could be a massive selling point in homes that boast large families and subsequently...
Thursday2nd Aug 2012
News Mass Effect 3 Set to Launch Alongside Wii U
Ready for takeoff
Don't worry about missing out on any backstory if you jump into the Mass Effect series for the first time on Wii U; Mass Effect 3 will include an interactive mode that fills in the most important parts and lets you make key choices to shape your character. That's better than nothing, right? Speaking at EA's Summer Showcase,...
Tuesday17th Jul 2012
News Mass Effect 3 Extended Ending on Disc for Wii U
If you don't like it, tough
Mass Effect 3 will be one of the big-name HD ports to come to Wii U and it's easy to forget that, when it was originally released, fans of the series were exceptionally hyped and excited. As a finale to the epic trilogy, however, some didn't like the ending, making such a noise online that developer Bioware felt compelled...
