By Joey Davidson |
Earlier this week, EA had an earnings call with investors. During that call, EA Labels President Frank Gibeau announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic is enjoying a solid rebound in income. Last fall, The Old Republic MMO added a free-to-play option to its tier of member…
By Ron Duwell |
Speaking at PAX East over the weekend, Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson hinted of a brand new game underway deep in the halls of BioWare Edmonton. Where they have the time to work on a new game, I have no idea. BioWare is currently…
By Ron Duwell |
One final run for Shepard and his loyal crew. The last of the Mass Effect 3 DLC packs is being released, ending an impressive five year run of what has to be the highlight of this cycle of HD consoles. What better way to spend…
By Ron Duwell |
BioWare’s browser and mobile division based out of San Francisco has just become the latest video game studio to be shuttered. The team responsible for the free-to-play Dragon Age: Legends and browser-based Mirror’s Edge 2D was comprised of roughly 25-30 employees, all of whom have…
By Ron Duwell |
The Mass Effect trilogy is effectively coming to a close very soon, turning the page from one of the great chapters of video game history. BioWare has announced two final DLC packages, Reckoning and Citadel, for Mass Effect 3 that will cap off half a…
By Ron Duwell |
Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, the retired doctors who founded BioWare, will be receiving a well earned Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards. The popular duo announced their retirement last September after putting the finishing touches on their magnum opus swan…
By Ron Duwell |
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the folks BioWare. Hopefully, they’re all locked up in a bunker somewhere, protecting themselves from their ever increasingly “toxic” fanbase and hard at work revolutionizing RPGs once again with the help of DICE’s high-quality Frostbite 2 engine.…
By Ron Duwell |
It’s hard to believe how far Mass Effect has come over the last five years. When I first heard of it, I was still stubbornly holding onto my PlayStation 2 and ringing it dry for every last bit of enjoyment before finally making the jump…
By Ron Duwell |
BioWare is looking to continue their success following a decade of being one of the most popular developers in the world. With two generations behind them, they are now looking towards the future once again with Dragon Age III: Inquisition. The Dragon Age series had…
By Ron Duwell |
EA still keeps pumping resources into Mass Effect, and I’m not really complaining. I’ll gladly take as much from this series as I can before it gets rebooted or continued in the heavily speculated sequel. In the meantime, Mass Effect 3‘s largest single player DLC…
By Ron Duwell |
BioWare really wants fan participation in the upcoming Mass Effect sequel. No doubt they are playing it safe after the firestorm of bad press about the ending to their first Mass Effect trilogy, which is quite a shame because that would put BioWare in the…
By Ron Duwell |
BioWare has already told the entire world that Mass Effect 4 is happening, and they are turning to their fan base for advice and feedback on how to move forward. Obviously, dragging out their narrative into another trilogy must be handled sensitively given the backlash…
By Ron Duwell |
Xbox 360 and PC gamers who still have yet to play the finest new franchise from the last decade will have an affordable chance to do so this week. The Mass Effect Trilogy box-set is being launched on November 6th as announced earlier this fall.…
By Ron Duwell |
BioWare has spilled the beans with a huge amount of information on Dragon Age III: Inquisition at the Edmonton Comic & Entertainment Expo, as well as provided a few early concept art pieces for the game. At a live panel for the game, BioWare has confirmed…
By Ron Duwell |
Months after its release and BioWare is still chugging along on this Mass Effect 3 train, fully supporting this game to the very bitter end. The game’s next paid DLC, Omega, will land on November 27th across all platforms and will be double the size…
By Ron Duwell |
Wedbush Securities video game analyst Michael Pachter is at it again. This past week, the often quoted analyst used his weekly “Pach Attack” segment on Gametrailers.com to call out the “whiner BioWare fans” and even sites them as the reason the popular doctors Ray Muzyka…
By Ron Duwell |
The Collectors are back and want revenge on humans after Commander Shepard destroyed their base. Launching all out attacks on Alliance Installments through the galaxy, the remnants of Mass Effect 2‘s principle antagonists are still possessed by the ungodly powers of the Reapers and want…
By Ron Duwell |
Commander Shepard and his crew of wildly assorted aliens will be soaring back to retail shelves once again. EA and BioWare will be bundling the popular sci-fi RPG trilogy into a Mass Effect Trilogy box set on November 6th, and all three games will run…
By Eric Frederiksen |
The Doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk announced today their retirement from BioWare, the video game company they founded together in 1995. BioWare was founded in 1995; “As the legend goes, Ray and Greg went to medical school together here in Edmonton before trading in…
By Eric Frederiksen |
Dragon Age Executive Producer Mark Darrah announced today the next installment in BioWare’s flagship fantasy series. While Darrah and the team aren’t ready to say much just yet, they did drop a few hints about what’s coming. “The Dragon Age team has been working on…
By Ron Duwell |
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is finally getting a Steam release a full seven years after its original PC launch. Obsidian’s follow-up to BioWare’s popular original has always been considered the weaker of the two games, thanks to Obsidian’s…
By Eric Frederiksen |
Finding something good on NeoGAF can be a bit like wading through the Swamps of Sadness from The Neverending Story. You’re wading waist high for what seems like forever, but then you find that turtle, alternately sneezing and letting escape some very interesting information. Today a…
By Ron Duwell |
The latest DLC from BioWare’s popular RPG shooter Mass Effect 3 is now available. The Firefight Pack will bring the most popular guns from the game’s robust multiplayer into the main campaign, overpowering Shepard and his wayward crew even more. All in all, seven guns…
By Joey Davidson |
Star Wars: The Old Republic launched as a subscription-based MMORPG. In order to dive into the BioWare tailored version of George Lucas’ universe, gamers had to pony up a monthly charge. That subscription may have been too much to overcome for BioWare’s foray into the galaxy…
