I've got bad news, good news, and more good news; I'll start with the bad news: Chris Priestly, the community coordinator for BioWare stated on the Mass Effect Forums that Mass Effect PC will have to experience a slight delay from its original May 6th release, to May 28th, and June 6th (for Europe). Reason being is pretty simple, but you can over complicate it if you wish: they're doing some extra playtesting, polishing, and overall 'just making sure everything works,' so that quality is ensured.
And now for some good news: Soon after, BioWare announced a new HUD design for the PC version to heal the broken hearts bent on enjoying the crap out of Mass Effect on May 6th. It can easily be accessed with a simple slap on the space bar; allowing you to select your biotics, guns, etc. for yourself and squad members. To be perfectly honest, though, a new HUD really doesn't at all mend for annoying delay (however insignificant it was) caused by the original HUD.
The last of the good news is that I just know BioWare's only delaying it so it could match my birthdate.
[via Mass Effect forums]
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BioWare, acclaimed developers behind such games as Mass Effect and the original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, are returning to their career-defining franchise after KotOR II: The Sith Lords was handed over to Obsidian Entertainment (much to the chagrin of fans).
According to an EA investor report (remember, they bought BioWare), "KOTOR" is listed as one of BioWare's ongoing projects. As many hoped, EA and LucasArts are kissing and making up just fine after EA's controversial BioWare-Pandemic purchase. And why not, with a massive cash cow in a galaxy far far away just WAITING to be milked?
EDIT 1: EA responded to Joystiq, claiming that they never actually confirmed that BioWare was working on a new KotOR game, but simply listed the game in their portfolio of past titles. However, seeing as there is a confirmed LucasArts/BioWare collaborative game as well as a confirmed new BioWare MMO, it's safe to say that Knights of the Online Republic has a pretty good rating on the rumorometer.
[via Joystiq]
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Massive game publisher Electronic Arts announced on October 11th plans to purchase VG Holding Corp., the company that owns both BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios. This assimilates BioWare, which is currently working on the highly-anticipated Xbox 360 exclusive RPG/Action game Mass Effect, and Pandemic, which is currently working on Mercenaries 2, into the EA developer's structure.
According to EA and Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios will still publish Mass Effect exclusively on the 360, but the franchise, which was previously owned by BioWare, will now be owned by EA. This means that EA can conceivably publish any possible sequels to Mass Effect on multiple consoles, though the publisher has stated that they have no current plans to take Mass Effect beyond the Xbox 360. In addition, both BioWare and Pandemic will now publish under EA's "EA Games" label. Finally. EA plans to publish BioWare's mysterious MMO project within a general 2011 time window.
Electronic Arts held a conference call on Thursday discussing the acquisition, claiming that the move was "mutually beneficial" for all parties. EA CEO John Riccitiello said that EA can "reach places where [BioWare and Pandemic] don't get to so we can build their properties bigger," also admitting that action and RPG games are not EA's specialty, so these new developers would broaden their focus.
The gaming community (myself among it) was shocked and angered by this news. EA is notorious among gamers for caring more about making money than making good games. While the acquisition of BioWare could theoretically help improve EA's reputation, the most likely effect of this change will be for BioWare's talent to leave, giving EA just the BioWare name and the Mass Effect IP. Ironically, this saddening news comes just days after Bungie announced their independence from Microsoft.
Enjoy Mass Effect, gamers, because that will be BioWare's last hurrah in their current independent form.
[via Joystiq]
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BioWare's highly anticipated game Mass Effect was given a release date during Peter Moore's Microsoft press conference yesterday. The game will release on Xbox 360 this November, with an unconfirmed exact date.
[via Joystiq]
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I've got bad news, good news, and more good news; I'll start with the bad news: Chris Priestly, the community coordinator for BioWare stated on the Mass Effect Forums that Mass Effect PC will have to experience a slight delay from its original May 6th release, to May 28th, and June 6th (for Europe). Reason being is pretty simple, but you can over complicate it if you wish: they're doing some extra playtesting, polishing, and overall 'just making sure everything works,' so that quality is ensured.
