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The Dragon Age series has had two wildly different entries to date. They both have their strengths and weaknesses (I’m looking at you, Dragon Age II), but they’re still both enjoyable RPGs. Whether or not you hate being Hawke or you’re still pining after Alistair, there’s something in these games for everyone. With the third [...]
The first digital expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic is now live, letting players everywhere get their crack at “Rise of the Hutt Cartel.” People who purchased the expansion early may have already dived into the new content, but the rest of us still have plenty to take in. Many people have returned to or joined [...]
Just a few weeks after going free-to-play, BioWare announced they’re making tweaks to Star Wars: The Old Republic based on player feedback. The changes were listed in a developer blog posted today by Executive Producer Jeff Hickman, and specifically affect the amount of quickbars and character slots players of all pay levels have access to. [...]
Get ready, Cerberus: Aria T’loak is coming home. Ever since the launch of Mass Effect 3, the exiled leader of Omega has been biding her time at the Citadel’s bar, manipulating events surrounding the war with the Reapers to her advantage and waiting for the moment when she can take back her home. The time has [...]
There are a lot of people diving into Star Wars: The Old Republic after it switched to a hybrid free-to-play model this past Thursday. Some of those people might have stuck with The Old Republic since its launch almost a year ago, but many are either returning to the game after a time away or [...]
Looks like free-to-play day for Star Wars: The Old Republic isn’t off to a glowing start for Bioware. At the tail end of a 12-hour scheduled maintenance to make the transition and apply Update 1.5, they announced they were extending maintenance hours until further notice. “Hitting a few snafus, so maintenance will be extended. No [...]
Bioware is making good on their promise to continue the Mass Effect franchise post-Commander Shepard. In a blog post today, Bioware Montreal studio director Yanick Roy confirmed they were already working on the next game in the storied sci-fi franchise. Previous titles had been developed at Bioware’s Edmonton studio, but Montreal has worked behind the [...]
As we mentioned yesterday, Bioware’s getting ready to launch their free-to-play “option” for Star Wars: The Old Republic later this month. Today, the company set a firm date for that switch to happen. On Nov. 15, people will have the option to download and play SWTOR entirely for free, with certain content restrictions coming into effect [...]
Bioware sent emails today to current and lapsed Star Wars: The Old Republic subscribers, letting them know they could now check how many complimentary Cartel Coins they were being awarded ahead of the MMO’s free-to-play transition. But that’s not all the email revealed. It also included the following line: “Cartel Coins are a new virtual [...]
Got some downtime between trick-or-treaters ringing your doorbell tonight? Bioware has a solution for that, with special Mass Effect 3 multiplayer stages just for Halloween. “Unnerving reports from the front indicate that the Collector reinforcements are more numerous than we feared,” says Admiral Hackett in the announcement for the Halloween Challenge. “At this point, we [...]
On Saturday, three new pieces of concept art appeared on BioWare’s blog for the upcoming Dragon Age 3: Inquisition. As of now, details are scant, at best, about the project, though Executive Producer Mark Darrah posted last month that the game will feature a new engine based upon DICE’s Frostbite 2. The new engine will reportedly [...]
Hide your kids, hide your wife, hide any human crew members you care about, because the Collectors are back. Bioware announced today that the Collectors would be a big focus of their next Mass Effect 3 multiplayer DLC pack, called Retaliation. They join Cerberus and the Reapers as another enemy faction players can queue up against, [...]
When BioWare announced plans to put the entire Mass Effect trilogy together into a nice and shiny package, they didn’t include information about whether or not DLC for the games would make it into the set. Luckily, the company recently updated the Mass Effect Trilogy FAQ with almost all the details we’ve been waiting for. [...]