Tag: Bioware
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Can Hit 4K, 60FPS on PS5, Up to 60FPS on PS4, PS4 Pro
Quality and performance modes revealed
BioWare has detailed the kind of technical performance that we can expect from Mass Effect Legendary Edition on PlayStation platforms. Before we get into the numbers, we should reiterate that Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a PS4 game — but unsurprisingly, it'll run best on PS5 through backwards...
News Easily Create Your Own Custom Mass Effect Wallpaper and PS4 Box Art with This Official Editor
Paragon or Renegade?
EA and BioWare have launched a webpage that lets you create your own custom Mass Effect art, just in time for the release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition. The editing tool lets you choose Shepard's alignment, your favourite squadmates from all three titles in the original trilogy, and a suitable background. Once you've got your...
Live Mass Effect Celebrates Legendary Edition with Full Trilogy Soundtrack Stream
Massively effective bangers
A quick heads up for all you hardcore Mass Effect fans out there: the official Mass Effect YouTube channel is going live with a stream featuring the full original trilogy soundtrack, in order to celebrate the upcoming release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition. We've embedded the video above. In case you already don't...
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Will Have a Photo Mode
Surprise!
BioWare's Mac Walters has broken the news that Mass Effect Legendary Edition will have a photo mode, allowing you to pause the game and capture your favourite moments. Considering how many memorable scenarios the Mass Effect trilogy has, this can only be a good thing. Walters also shared a screenshot, showcasing the newly announced...
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Graphics Comparison Shows Some Massive Improvements
N7 heaven
BioWare has released an official comparison video for Mass Effect Legendary Edition, placing scenes from the upcoming remaster alongside the original trilogy — and the difference is night and day in most cases. As previously stated by the developer, it's the first Mass Effect that's received the most noticeable overhaul, both in terms of...
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Goes Gold Ahead of Release in May
Lift off
It seems crazy to think that an entire console generation almost went by without the announcement of a remastered Mass Effect trilogy, but at least it's finally happening. Mass Effect Legendary Edition is now ready for its 14th May release date on PlayStation 4, as BioWare confirms that the game has gone gold. For those totally out of...
Massive effect
It seems as though BioWare has really put some work into the upcoming Mass Effect Legendary Edition. In case you don't already know, this is a collection of all three games from the original Mass Effect trilogy, remastered and enhanced for PlayStation 4 (and PlayStation 5, via backwards compatibility). Legendary Edition is out in...
Thank the Maker?
Here's a story that somehow managed to pass us by: the next Dragon Age game — commonly referred to as Dragon Age 4 — was going to be a 'live service' title, incorporating a "heavy" multiplayer component. But apparently, that vision for the project was scrapped following the success of single-player adventure Star Wars Jedi:...
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Graphics Comparison Shows a Significant Step Forward
Massive effect
BioWare gave us our first real look at Mass Effect Legendary Edition last week. The remastered package includes all three titles from the original trilogy, touched up with improved character models, assets, textures, and lighting. It's also set to run at 60 frames-per-second on PS5 and PS4 Pro, with support for 4K resolution. We've...
Rumour EA Will Decide If ANTHEM Lives or Dies This Week
Publisher to evaluate ANTHEM Next
A big ANTHEM overhaul has been in the works at BioWare since at least early 2020, following the game's incredibly shaky launch back in February 2019. And now, it's apparently time for EA to step in and see whether it thinks that the project is still worth backing. According to a new Bloomberg report, the publish
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Is Quite the Upgrade in Shepard Comparison Shots
I'm Commander Shepard
All three games in the original Mass Effect trilogy have received noticeable visual upgrades in Mass Effect Legendary Edition, but it's the first title in particular that's sounding more and more like it's had a real overhaul. BioWare has released new comparison screenshots taken from the upcoming remaster, this time showing...
Details on the remastered trilogy
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is shaping up to be the definitive version of the beloved Mass Effect trilogy. We already know that the original Mass Effect has had the most work done to it; BioWare confirmed that Shepard's first outing features a number of "gameplay enhancements" in Legendary Edition. We're talking...
News Mass Effect 1 Has 'Gameplay Enhancements' in Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Better everything, apparently
Let's face it: the original Mass Effect had already aged terribly when it was finally ported to PS3 in 2012, and here in 2021, it's a borderline disaster in terms of gameplay feel. Thankfully, BioWare has apparently taken the time to finetune the first game for Mass Effect Legendary Edition. The official site says that...
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Arrives in May, 4K Trailer Shows the Remaster in Action
N7 heaven
Mass Effect Legendary Edition was officially announced back in November of last year, following on from months of rumours and speculation. And now, we finally get to see the remastered trilogy in action. We also have a confirmed release date: the 14th May, 2021. It's coming to PS4, but PS5 players will
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Is Probably Being Revealed in Full This Week
Fight for the lost
We're all expecting Mass Effect Legendary Edition to release at some point within the next couple of months or so — a recent leak had it down for the 12th March. But if that really is the case, then we're going to need to see this remastered trilogy in action. Fortunately, it sounds like the big reveal could be heading our way...
Rumour Mass Effect Legendary Edition Release Date Set for 12th March
Geth in
The official release window for Mass Effect Legendary Edition is 'Spring 2021', but a full date may have just been leaked by a number of retailers. They've got it down for Friday the 12th March 2021, and Eurogamer reckons that the information is accurate. Sounds about right to us. For those totally out of the loop, Mass Effect Legendary...
News BioWare Shares Dragon Age 4 Art of What We Hope Is a Badass Magic Archer Class
On target
Wow, slow news day or what? Listen, we don't usually make articles based on concept art, but hear us out on this one. BioWare executive producer Christian Dailey has posted a cool looking picture of what seems to be some kind of magic archer from Dragon Age 4 (or whatever it ends up being called). We're writing about it because it might...
News The Next Dragon Age Gets an Ominous New Teaser Trailer
Seeking Solas
Who's ready for a new Dragon Age trailer? Wait, don't go — this one isn't just a load of concept art! It's an actual legit teaser trailer... With characters and stuff. Okay, look, it's CG, but it's the most we've been shown of this game so far. "The world of Dragon Age needs a new hero – someone who can take on the evil forces...
News The Next Mass Effect Game Teased, Liara Appears in Post-Trilogy Trailer with N7 Armour
It's happening
Surprise! It looks like BioWare is taking Mass Effect away from Andromeda and back to the setting of the original trilogy. A shock trailer for what's been labelled 'The Next Mass Effect' aired during The Game Awards, showing a destroyed Crucible and — gasp! — Liara on a snowy planet. There, she picks up a shard of N7 armour. Just...
News Veteran Mass Effect and Dragon Age Producers Leave BioWare
New games still in development
In news that's sure to set tongues wagging, veteran BioWare employees Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah have announced that they're retiring from the company. This is actually the second time that Hudson has left BioWare. After spearheading the Mass Effect trilogy, his first departure came in 2014, but he returned to the...
News Next Mass Effect Game in Early Development
Here's some nice art
BioWare has confirmed that its next Mass Effect project is underway — although it sounds like it's still very early days. After (finally!) announcing Mass Effect Legendary Edition — a full remaster of the original trilogy, complete with DLC — the studio wrote: "A veteran team has been hard at work envisioning the next...
Spring 2021
After what feels like an eternity of writing about the supposed Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster, it's finally, finally, finally been made official. BioWare has announced that Mass Effect Legendary Edition will launch in Spring 2021 for PS4. It'll include all three Mass Effect games from the original trilogy, complete with all of their...
News Multiple Trusted Sources Tease Mass Effect Announcement This Weekend
Is it finally happening?
Okay, nobody panic, but it looks like it's finally happening. N7 Day falls on this weekend — Saturday the 7th November, to be clear — and fans have been hoping that BioWare will celebrate the annual event by finally announcing the long rumoured Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster (also known as Mass Effect Legendary Edition)...
News Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster May Finally Be Announced This Weekend, Fans Hope
N7 Day
There's a growing hope that the long, long, long rumoured Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster — also known as Mass Effect Legendary Edition — may finally be announced this weekend. At this point, we all know that the remaster is happening — it's been outed by multiple trusted sources on multiple occasions — but the wait for its official...
News Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster Sighted on Retail Website, Please Just Announce This Game EA
Here we are again
The long rumoured Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster was spotted on a Portuguese retail website earlier today. The listing has since been taken down. That's it. That's the story. Does it mean anything? Who knows. But certain insiders swear that this remaster is real, and that a release was initially planned for October. However, with...
News BioWare Gives a Tiny Glimpse of Dragon Age 4
See you in 2023
BioWare brought a new look at Dragon Age 4 to Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020, and when we say new look, we mean it showed us some concept art. Again. The trailer's over four minutes long, but we only get about then seconds of gameplay footage. And even then, it's clearly very, very early in development. We're not expecting to get...
News New Artbook May Suggest Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster Is a 2021 Release
Pass effect
A new, official artbook for the Mass Effect Trilogy has been spotted on a number of websites, including Amazon. Titled 'Art of the Mass Effect Trilogy: Expanded Edition', the book is currently up for pre-order, and it's set to release on the 23rd March, 2021. Ever since the book's existence was discovered earlier this week, fans have...
News Here's 10 Whole Seconds of New Dragon Age 4 Footage
Thank the Maker!
We've all been dying to see the next Dragon Age -- commonly referred to as Dragon Age 4 -- in action for a long time now, but the wait is finally over. During EA Play 2020, we got to see ten whole seconds of brand new footage straight from BioWare. It begins 31 seconds into the video above. There's a big tree. A stone arch. Some...
News Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered Reportedly Launching Fall 2020
N7 heaven
Following trusted reports that the Mass Effect Trilogy is finally being remastered for current-gen consoles, a new article from Gamereactor says that, as far as they know, the collection is set to launch this Fall. The supposed timing would come as no real surprise given that we're on the cusp of a new console generation, and Gamereactor...
News ANTHEM's Big Overhaul Is Still a Long Way From Release
It's in "incubation"
Back in February, ANTHEM developer BioWare revealed that an overhaul of the game was in the works. Touted as "a more substantial reinvention than an update or expansion" by general manager Casey Hudson, it's been months since we've heard anything more about ANTHEM's future. The good news is that BioWare has broken the silence...
Soapbox 7 Things BioWare Needs to Fix to Rebuild ANTHEM
This is the ANTHEM, throw your patch up
Do you remember ANTHEM? I do. Despite Mass Effect: Andromeda’s disappointing release, I felt sure that BioWare would be back with a bang, with an attempt at the shared-world shooter, no less – my favourite genre. Of course, what we got just simply wasn’t good enough. Anthem launched last year as a...
News ANTHEM Is Being Reinvented Over the Coming Months, Says BioWare
Mech it happen
ANTHEM ain't dead yet, according to a new development update from BioWare. With the poorly received looter shooter's first anniversary happening later this month, the developer has broken its silence on what it wants to accomplish with ANTHEM moving forwards. General Manager Casey Hudson writes: " will require a more substantial...
News ANTHEM Still Has Christmas Decorations as BioWare Remains Silent on Future Plans
Season's greetin'
Oh ANTHEM, what even are you anymore? The disastrous looter shooter's creeping up on its first birthday, but unless BioWare works some kind of miracle, there won't be much cause for celebration. You may have seen it floating around the web already, but on this latest episode of 'Let's All Point and Laugh at ANTHEM', the game's...
News BioWare Rebrand Underway Following ANTHEM and Mass Effect Rumours
New and improved, hopefully
Adding more weight to the recent rumours that BioWare plans on rebooting ANTHEM and is currently in the early stages of developing a brand new Mass Effect title, the veteran developer appears to be rebranding itself. The company's official Twitter account is adorned
Rumour New Mass Effect Game in Early Development at BioWare
Massive effect
We know for sure that BioWare is currently working on the next Dragon Age -- commonly referred to as Dragon Age 4 -- but according to a lengthy report by Jason Schreier on Kotaku, that's not all BioWare has in the oven. Alongside what sounds like it could be a significant overhaul of the ill-fated
News Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster Rumour Was a Dud, as Expected
Carry on
Update: If you haven't already noticed, it's no longer N7 Day and there's no sign of a Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster announcement. Boooo! As expected, this rumour was a dud. But BioWare did come out and say that it wants to know what Mass Effect fans want from the franchise going forward. We wrote about that through here. Original story:...
BioWare, please
For the love of God BioWare, just remaster the Mass Effect Trilogy. Just do it. Tell EA that it's easy money. Just put the bloody games on PlayStation 4. It's been six years since Sony's console launched and we still don't have ports of the last generation's most beloved trilogy. What are you doing? It's 2019 (!!!) and we can't play...
News ANTHEM's New Mass Effect Skins are Probably the Coolest Things in the Game at This Point
But they ain't cheap
BioWare's added four Mass Effect-inspired skins to ANTHEM, just in time for N7 Day. And you know what? They're actually pretty cool. The Ranger gets a Turian skin, the Colossus gets a Krogan skin, the Storm gets an Asari skin, and Interceptor gets a Quarian skin. But of course, there's always a catch. There's no easy way to...
News Dragon Age 4 Lead Producer Leaves BioWare
A new age
Dragon Age 4, or whatever it ends up being called, is currently in development at BioWare. The game was put on hold as the developer wrestled with ANTHEM, but now, as far as we know, it's the studio's primary project. That said, we don't know much about it yet, and it'll likely be a while until we get any concrete details. Supposedly, the...
News ANTHEM Lead Producer Leaves BioWare
Another nail
ANTHEM lead producer Ben Irving -- who's appeared on many an ANTHEM livestream over the last nine months or so -- has revealed that he's leaving BioWare after eight years with the developer. Irving has basically been the spokesperson for ANTHEM since it launched -- he appeared at EA's E3 show to talk about the game's future. Of course,...
News ANTHEM Cataclysm Outrage Could Be the Death Knell for BioWare's Looter Shooter
Eye of the storm
Things are not looking good for ANTHEM right now. To be fair, things haven't looked good for months, but this latest tidal wave of disappointment could well be the final nail in the coffin for BioWare's looter shooter. At this point ANTHEM's downfall is incredibly well documented, but if you're somehow late to the party, allow us...
News BioWare Remains '100% Committed' to ANTHEM Following Developer Downsizing Speculation
BioWare reiterates its stance
Several key BioWare staff members have recently stepped away from ANTHEM, with the likes of executive producer Mark Darrah turning his attention to Dragon Age 4. Not exactly surprising news given how live service titles are usually handled, but there's been a lot of speculati
News ANTHEM Sheds Key Staff as BioWare Looks Towards Dragon Age 4
Let's hope it works out
Some of the most prominent figures throughout ANTHEM's lengthy development have now stepped away from the project. Lead producer Mike Gamble and executive producer Mark Darrah have both moved on, while lead director Jonathan Warner has taken temporary leave for personal reasons. This suggests that a much smaller team is now...
News ANTHEM Matchmaking Is Falling Apart, Seemingly Due to a Lack of Active Players
A slippery slope
Look, we don't want to necessarily kick ANTHEM while it's down (and let's face it, it's been down for a while), but we're now reaching a worrying point in the game's life. As reported across the title's official forums as well as boards like Reddit and throughout social media, the game's currently facing a bit of a matchmaking...
News Devs Give Update Following ANTHEM Patch, Key Features Are Delayed
"We believe in ANTHEM"
BioWare has issued a statement over on Reddit with regards to ANTHEM. The game's latest update has just launched, adding a fresh stronghold and some welcome quality of life changes -- but it's not all good news. As the developer focuses on further improvements, such as bug fixes and better game stability, it's noted that some...
News ANTHEM Player Survey Reveals Some Troubling Statistics
Remember ANTHEM?
ANTHEM only launched a couple of months ago but it already feels like the game has completely fallen off a cliff. BioWare's looter shooter failed to find any kind of momentum post-launch, partly because it was hit with a recurring barrage of bad press. The title no longer makes it onto the top 40 of the UK charts, and it barely...
News Dragon Age 4 Still 'Very Early' in Development, ANTHEM Reception Could Have a Big Impact on It
Not so hot
According to yet another Kotaku report, it sounds like BioWare has barely begun stitching the next Dragon Age game together. Based on anonymous comments from developers at the studio, the report states that Dragon Age 4 -- or whatever it ends up being called -- is still in "very early" production. You may remember that Dragon Age 4 got a...
News BioWare Responds to Damning ANTHEM Development Report with Studio Statement
"The creative process is often difficult"
Hot on the heels of Kotaku's in-depth report on the serious troubles of ANTHEM's development, BioWare has issued a statement. "We’d like to take a moment to address an article published this morning about BioWare, and Anthem’s development," it begins. "We chose not to comment or participate in this...
The list goes on
An impressively in-depth report on the development of ANTHEM has been published over on Kotaku. Based on statements from a number of anonymous BioWare employees, news editor Jason Schreier outlines the game's incredibly rocky road to release. The report also highlights poor working conditions behind closed doors at developer...
Deja vu
Really? Are we really doing this again? After just a few hours of relative optimism, the ANTHEM community is already going mental over the game's latest patch. Update 1.04 launched yesterday evening, promising improvements to loot and (gasp!) the removal of a particularly annoying loading screen. It all sounded great on paper, but in...
