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Thursday19th Jan 2023
Random Mass Effect Director Stoked Someone Finally Caught His Top Gun Reference
"I've been waiting so long"
It looks like Casey Hudson, director of the original Mass Effect trilogy, is a huge fan of Top Gun. Further, he worked a reference to the 80s classic into the opening text of the first Mass Effect game, which has apparently gone unnoticed until now. In fact, the opening text is the reference. As pointed out by Twitter...
Wednesday25th Mar 2015
News Mass Effect 3 Is Free for European PlayStation Plus Members Right Now
Reaper what you sow
You may have already stuffed your PlayStation 3 away in a dusty cupboard, but no one can grumble at free games. Mass Effect 3 is currently flying free for PlayStation Plus subscribers on the European PlayStation Store. This looks like a mistake to us, as it's clearly
Monday14th Jul 2014
Weirdness Garrus, What Are You Doing in Doctor Who?
Mass Effect's popular Turian must have hopped into the TARDIS
Doctor Who will always baffle this particular editor. The low-budget BBC sci-fi series is a British institution like James Bond and Bourbon biscuits, but has always prompted a raised eyebrow from this dismissive scribe. Alas, a new trailer for the latest episode in the never-ending...
Monday3rd Mar 2014
News BioWare Is Thinking About Bringing the Mass Effect Trilogy to PS4
Going, going, paragon
An updated re-release of BioWare's celebrated Mass Effect trilogy may be making its way to the PlayStation 4, if recent staff tweets are to be believed. Last December, Twitter user Shinobi602 asked studio big wig Aaryn Flynn if there were any plans to bring the three part space opera to the next generation system, and we've...
Thursday15th Aug 2013
Weirdness This Mass Effect Dress Is the Best Outfit on the Citadel
FemShep would be proud
Video game shirts are great and all, but they pale in comparison to Black Milk Clothing’s awesome range of Mass Effect-themed outfits and accessories. The Australian boutique designer launched a line of licensed Mass Effect garments overnight, and they’re pretty much our favourite threads on the Citadel. Yeah, we know that...
Thursday9th May 2013
News Who Wants This Mass Effect Paladin Pistol Replica?
Form an orderly queue
Sprinting around your living room kitted out in homemade N7 armour may make you feel like Commander Shepard, but you’ll need to splash out on this replica Paladin Pistol in order to truly complete the look. The snazzy hand-painted Mass Effect 3-themed accessory is available to pre-order now, and will set you back a whopping...
Saturday23rd Mar 2013
News How Many People Played Paragon in Mass Effect 3?
Plus, other assorted spacetistics
It’s hard enough for us to believe that the adventures of Commander Shepard’s lovable alien crew are over, so BioWare must be feeling pretty emotional right about now. Following the Canadian developer’s Mass Effect panel at PAX East earlier today, it released a retrospective video featuring numerous team...
Monday11th Mar 2013
First Impressions Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC Is One Party That You Shouldn't Skip
Cheery bye
Commander Shepard has walked a long and dangerous road – and with Mass Effect 3’s final DLC offering, Citadel, that road comes to a heartfelt and engaging end. What starts off as an opportunity to unwind and relax at the galaxy’s centre of operations takes us on a rather wild ride absolutely packed with cameos and in-jokes. The...
Monday4th Mar 2013
News It's Party Time with Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC
Friends for life
BioWare has unsurprisingly released the trailer for Mass Effect 3: Citadel, the trilogy’s final slice of DLC. It’s looking to be the biggest add-on that the series has ever received, and the trailer is suitably packed full of teasers. It would seem that BioWare weren’t exaggerating when they said that protagonist Commander...
Saturday23rd Feb 2013
News BioWare Blasts Final Mass Effect 3 DLC Details into Orbit
The final frontier
Believe it or not, we’re close to the one year anniversary of Mass Effect 3. It’s been a long rollercoaster ride, but all things must come to pass – and with that, BioWare has revealed the final DLC packs for the space shooter's single player and multiplayer offerings. The multiplayer DLC, named Reckoning, hits next week...
Friday22nd Feb 2013
News Mass Effect 3, Dead or Alive 5, and More Free on EU PS Plus
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and Puddle up for grabs on Vita
The season of goodwill continues for European PlayStation Plus subscribers, with a wealth of stellar updates in the pipeline. Starting from 6th March, you’ll be able to download BioWare’s controversial space shooter Mass Effect 3 for free, as well as Tecmo Koei’s busty brawler Dead...
Thursday1st Nov 2012
News BioWare Deploys Mass Effect Trilogy from 4th December
Make sure you Geth it
In an epic blog post worthy of the Pulitzer Prize, developer BioWare has confirmed that the Mass Effect Trilogy will take flight on 4th December in North America and 7th December in Europe. That means that the first title in the series – which originally launched as a Microsoft published Xbox 360 exclusive way back in 2007...
Wednesday17th Oct 2012
News Upgrade Your Arsenal with Mass Effect 3's Latest DLC Pack
Be prepared
You’ll be able to reward Commander Shepard’s galactic antics with a new set of artillery this week. Mass Effect 3’s Groundside Weapons pack – available for $1.99 in North America – will augment humanity’s last hope with a slew of new firearms, including a Kishock Harpoon Gun and Acolyte Pistol. You’re going to need all the...
Friday12th Oct 2012
News Enormous Mass Effect 3 DLC Targets PSN Next Month
T'Soni way to go
Mass Effect 3’s biggest expansion to date Omega will arrive on 27th November in North America, developer BioWare has announced. The $14.99 add-on will see protagonist Commander Shepard re-united with ousted Omega matriarch Aria T'loak, as the duo aim to retake the contested space station from Cerberus control. According to...
Thursday4th Oct 2012
News Mass Effect 3 Retaliates with Massive Multiplayer Expansion
Won't cost a penny
Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer component will be significantly bolstered by a brand new expansion next week. The free download – launching 9th October in North America – will augment an impressive six new maps and 16 playable characters. The addition will plot the return of the Collectors from Mass Effect 2 – and a whole...
News Mass Effect 3 Prepares for Operation Overdrive
Geth ready
We quite liked Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer component, and it seems like we weren’t alone. Over six months since the game’s original release, BioWare is still supporting the title with new original Bounty Events. This weekend marks the start of Operation Overdrive, which will shoulder you with the responsibility of hitting a full...
Wednesday26th Sep 2012
News The Original Mass Effect Is Coming to PlayStation 3
Weird
If you’re a PlayStation 3-only owner, your addiction to the Mass Effect franchise probably started with the second game. After all, the original title was published by Microsoft as an Xbox 360 exclusive way back in 2007 – but now it’s finally coming to the PlayStation 3. The Mass Effect Trilogy will launch at some point in the near...
Saturday25th Aug 2012
News Mass Effect 3: Leviathan Trailer Takes a Dip
Under the sea
BioWare sure knows how to put together a good Mass Effect 3 trailer. We didn’t have a whole lot of interest in the title’s upcoming Leviathan expansion pack, until we saw this short video which shows protagonist Commander Shepard taking a trip beneath the ocean. The content’s due out on 28th August. Let us know if you're going...
Wednesday15th Aug 2012
News Mass Effect 3's Leviathan Emerges on 28th August
Reaper the rewards
Mass Effect 3’s first proper single-player DLC will jet off on 28th August in North America, developer BioWare has announced. European players will be forced to wait until 29th August to get their hands on the content. The expansion pack promises to extend the space opera’s single-player campaign, setting protagonist Shepard...
Friday3rd Aug 2012
News There's Also a New Weapons Pack Firing into Mass Effect 3
Posh pieces
The focus may have been on Mass Effect 3’s new single-player DLC during EA’s Summer Showcase last night, but developer BioWare’s also got some fresh new weapons in the pipeline. The no-nonsense Firefight Pack will augment your intergalactic arsenal with "two powerful new weapons and five bonus weapons" for use in Shepard’s...
Thursday2nd Aug 2012
News New Mass Effect 3 DLC Explores the Reapers' Origins
Liara you excited?
As promised, EA has revealed the first details about Mass Effect 3’s first full DLC expansion pack. Dubbed Leviathan, the single-player add-on promises to expand upon the events of the main campaign with “gripping and emotional storytelling, compelling new characters, powerful weapons and unique upgrades”. By playing the...
News Look Out for a Mass Effect 3 Announcement Later Today
T'Soni a few hours to wait
Announcements of announcements – how do you like them? Publisher EA Games doesn’t care, as it’s promised to show something Mass Effect 3 related during its Summer Showcase event later today. What is it? We don’t know. The likeliest candidate is a new piece of single-player DLC, but we suppose anything’s...
Thursday26th Jul 2012
News Mass Effect 3 Deploys Operation Overwatch This Weekend
Loot pursuit
If you’re one of the six people still actively engaged in Shepard’s war against the Reapers, you might be excited to learn that BioWare’s preparing another Bounty Weekend for Mass Effect 3. This time the developer wants you to aim for successful extractions on any difficulty with at least one Earth pack character in your squad...
Wednesday11th Jul 2012
News Latest Mass Effect 3 DLC Takes a Tour of the Earth
Homecoming
You won’t need to crack open Mass Effect 3’s code in order to extract the details about its latest DLC pack, because BioWare has done all of the hard work for you. The developer has announced that a new Earth-themed multiplayer expansion will launch on 17th July in North America and 18th July in Europe. It'll boast three new m
Tuesday10th Jul 2012
News Mass Effect 3 Voice Actor Confirms Leviathan DLC
Geth a load of that
It turns out that the hackers who extracted hidden information about a character called Leviathan from the Extended Cut of Mass Effect 3 were right on the money. Chatting with Eurogamer.net, voice actor Anthony Skordi has confirmed that the Reaper is set to be introduced in an upcoming DLC pack. According to Skor
Thursday28th Jun 2012
Rumour Mass Effect 3 DLC Details Extracted from Extended Cut
Between the lines
It was only yesterday that Mass Effect 3 producer Mike Gamble teased the impending arrival of additional single-player DLC for the popular space opera. But rather than patiently wait for the developer to officially share additional information, hackers have taken it upon themselves to crack open the recently released Extended Cut...
Wednesday27th Jun 2012
News Mass Effect 3 Producer Teases Plenty More DLC
Play beyond
If you felt that Mass Effect 3’s recently released Extended Cut DLC wrapped things up nicely, then you might be keen to know what’s next the for the mammoth space adventure. Thankfully, producer Mike Gamble has taken to Twitter to confirm that there’s plenty more content on the horizon. Chatting on the micro-blogging website,...
Friday22nd Jun 2012
News Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut Concludes the Trilogy Next Week
Deleted scenes
Those of you offended by Mass Effect 3’s original conclusion will finally get closure next week, when the hotly anticipated Extended Cut DLC pack lands on the US PlayStation Store on 26th June. European players will have an additional week to prepare for the true ending, as the content will not arrive overseas until 4th July. The...
Monday11th Jun 2012
Rumour Mass Effect 3 DLC Takes the Fight to Earth
Backyard battle
It looks like BioWare has a traitor amongst its ranks. A super secretive Reddit tipster, who’s already accurately leaked every Mass Effect 3 DLC pack, has returned with another glimpse at the future. The poster has revealed that the space opera’s next expansion pack will add Earth-based levels to the divisive multiplayer...
Thursday24th May 2012
News Mass Effect 3 Rebels with Free DLC
Out next week
After the controversy surrounding Mass Effect 3’s conclusion, BioWare sure is making all the right moves with its fanbase. It has announced a brand new multiplayer expansion pack, set for release later this month on PS3. Brilliantly, assuming you’ve got an online pass for the title, the DLC will be totally free. Entitled the...
