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You Have One Week To Buy The Whole Mass Effect Trilogy For Dirt Cheap
6.5.2024
If you never tried out BioWare’s highly influential and still (mostly) incredible science fiction trilogy Mass Effect, there is no better time than the present. The whole package is available on Steam for dirt cheap, so as long as you’ve got a PC that can run the Legendary Edition remasters, it’s...
Why I Make Myself In Every Video Game Character Creator
19.4.2024
On the day I started here at Kotaku back in 2022, the very first post I wrote had an image of a character who looked like me right at the top. It was my custom V from Cyberpunk 2077, and he’s appeared more than a few times on this site as I’ve covered the game and its Phantom Liberty expansion....
12 Years Ago, Mass Effect 3’s Ending Was Ahead Of Its Time
6.3.2024
Today is March 6, 2024, and that means it is the 12th anniversary of the release of BioWare’s epic RPG, Mass Effect 3. The finale in the blockbuster trilogy is still, to this day, considered one of the most important in video games—not because it was beloved, but because it was incredibly divisive....
The Video Game Endings We'll Never Forget, For Better Or Worse
19.7.2023
A lot of people never finish the video games they buy. We’re all guilty of it, and as a result, we’ve missed out some pretty memorable finales, both good and bad. For some games, an ending can be a great culmination of hours and hours of storytelling, design decisions, and and interacting with...
Mass Effect 4 Merch Has Fans Talking About Commander Shepard’s Return
11.5.2022
If there’s one thing Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard has earned, it’s some goddamned rest.Read more
Next Mass Effect Teased Again With New Poster
7.11.2021
Though it’s not news that there’s a new Mass Effect game in development—it was first shown off in a trailer late last year—this poster BioWare released for the game today is new, and if you’re the type of fan to speculate wildly at the tiniest hints and suggestions (which would be every Mass Effect...
After Backlash, Mass Effect 3 Devs Say Team Crunched To Deliver New Ending
21.10.2021
Almost a decade ago the internet blew up over Mass Effect 3’s controversial ending, resulting in death threats and online harassment of BioWare developers and helping to set a new, terrible tone for the video game fan/developer relationship in the years since. It also reportedly resulted in more...
Everyone Makes The Same Choices In Mass Effect, Apparently
27.7.2021
Mass Effect is contingent on choice—or at least the illusion of it. Turns out, in playing (or replaying) Mass Effect Legendary Edition, a lot of you who played the remastered trilogy made pretty much the same decisions. That’s according to an infographic BioWare posted on Twitter today.Read more
Mass Effect 3 Easter Egg Revealed After Nine Years
1.6.2021
Nine years since the release of Mass Effect 3 and just a couple of weeks after the release of its shiny new Mass Effect Legendary Edition remaster, a long-hidden Easter egg has been revealed.Read more
BioWare Sounds Open To Restoring Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer In Legendary Edition
17.5.2021
When it was announced last year that the original Mass Effect trilogy would get a proper remaster, it was mostly good news. However, EA and BioWare sadly explained that the new release would omit Mass Effect 3’s co-op multiplayer mode. Now, Legendary Edition’s project director, Mac Walters, says...
Mass Effect Legendary Edition Makes The First Game Required Playing
14.5.2021
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is out today, remastering BioWare’s space trilogy with 4K HD graphics and other kinds of tweaks and twinges to bring the games into the current generation. Of the trilogy, the original Mass Effect stands out as the game benefiting the most from graphical updates...
Mass Effect Legendary Edition Has A Calibration Menu
14.5.2021
Mass Effect Legendary Edition released today, and if you’re a long-time fan of the series, you’ll find a nice Easter egg before you even start your first campaign.Read more
Mass Effect Legendary Edition Will Have Photo Mode
16.4.2021
Today on Twitter, Mac Walters, project director of Mass Effect Legendary Edition confirmed that the remaster will have a photo mode.Read more
Mass Effect Legendary Edition Will Remove The Mako's BS Instant Deaths
6.4.2021
Sorry, Ash. It looks like Mass Effect Legendary Edition touched the Mako. Touched it a lot, in fact.Read more
For Nine Years, I Have Somehow Avoided Finding Out How Mass Effect 3 Ends
9.2.2021
It didn’t start out as something I tried to do. It just happened. The year was 2012. I’d reached the point in Mass Effect 3 where it felt like I was one or two loose ends away from heading into the grand finale. Then, for various reasons, I stopped. It has been nearly a decade since. Somehow...
Mass Effect DLC Missing From Remaster Due To Corrupted Source Code
3.2.2021
On May 14, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition will bring 4K versions of the original Mass Effect trilogy plus most of its downloadable content to PS4, Xbox One, and PC. However, one single-player expansion is notably absent: the first game’s Pinnacle Station. According to an interview with Game...
How To Pre-Order Mass Effect: Legendary Edition and Time Travel Back To Your Gaming Glory Days
2.2.2021
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (PS4) | $60 | Amazon, Best BuyMass Effect: Legendary Edition (Xbox) | $60 | Amazon, Best BuyMass Effect Legendary Cache | $150 | Best BuyRead more