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Laid-Off Dragon Age Testers Will Picket BioWare
6.11.2023
Former quality assurance testers who worked on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf are preparing to picket outside Bioware’s Edmonton offices after being laid off earlier this year. Electronic Arts tried to block the protest but the developers prevailed in a ruling by the Alberta Labour Relations Board...
Ex-Dragon Age Devs Sue BioWare Over Denying Full Severance
4.10.2023
BioWare laid off 50 employees at the end of August. Mary Kirby was one of them. A 17-year veteran of the studio beloved for its story-driven RPGs, Kirby has worked on every Dragon Age game, and her contributions have shown up in some of the series’ most memorable characters and questlines....
Dragon Age And Mass Effect Fans Are Worried About Worried About BioWare's Future
24.8.2023
BioWare announced on August 23 that it wouldn’t be showing off any updates for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and the upcoming Mass Effect game at EA Play Live, much to the disappointment of fans waiting for a glimpse at the latest entries in the beloved RPG franchises. Alongside that came the announcement...
Dragon Age And Mass Effect Studio Lays Off 50 Devs, Claims Games Are Unaffected
23.8.2023
Storied RPG developer BioWare is downsizing. The studio announced on August 23 that it will cut 50 roles as it continues production on both Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 4, telling fans it needed to take a more “agile and focused” approach to game development. Read more
Dragon Age And Mass Effect Studio Lays Off 50 Devs, Claims Games Are Unaffected
23.8.2023
Storied RPG developer BioWare is downsizing. The studio announced on August 23 that it will cut 50 roles as it continues production on both Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 4, telling fans it needed to take a more “agile and focused” approach to game development. Read more
9 Things You Should Never Say To A Mass Effect Fan
10.8.2023
If you have a friend or significant other in your life who won’t shut up about how they’re on their umpteenth playthrough of the Mass Effect series, chances are you’ve slipped up and said something you probably shouldn’t have, possibly even questioning their love of BioWare’s space opera.Read more
Baldur's Gate 3 Shows RPG Romance Can Always Get Weirder
4.8.2023
I’m about 20 hours into Baldur’s Gate 3, and I’ve picked the most basic-ass romance for a person attracted to men: Gale. He’s a human wizard who is sassy and kind of annoying but also sweet and tragic in a way that tickles the part of my brain that writes fanfiction. With Gale as my chosen romance...
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...
The Best Games That Let You Kill Robots And AI-Powered Monsters
8.7.2023
To populate all the various digital worlds we explore in video games, developers often recycle the same kinds of enemies, like zombies or spiders. And then there’s one type of enemy who, throughout game history, has been perhaps the most ubiquitous of all: robots. These AI-powered artificial...
The Video Game Characters That Made Us Gay
28.6.2023
Many of us started playing video games during the crucially formative years of our lives—the time when we learn a lot about ourselves, our interests, our personalities, and our gender and sexual identities. Just like how the movies and television shows we watched may have helped influence...
BioWare Pulls Mass Effect Statue After Everyone WTFs
13.6.2023
Earlier today BioWare announced a new piece of merch for Mass Effect fans: a statue of Commander Shepard from the opening of Mass Effect 2, where if you need reminding they are found dead and floating in space. The statue was accompanied by a slightly odd press release, and the combination of...
Report: BioWare Offloading Star Wars MMO To Focus On Dragon Age, Mass Effect
6.6.2023
Electronic Arts is preparing to move Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioWare’s long-running MMORPG, to outside studio Broadsword Online Games, according to a new report by IGN. The deal would see just over half of the game’s development team move with it while the rest look for new jobs as BioWare...
BioWare Is Selling That Framed Photo Of Tali From Mass Effect
17.5.2023
Remember when the gamers were upset about the OG Mass Effect 3 using a stock photo of an attractive human woman to reveal what fan-favorite Quarian Tali looks like unmasked? Well, apparently developer BioWare wants you to forget about all that because, alongside patching Tali’s portrait into...
Grab Every Dragon Age And Mass Effect Game For Under $20 Right Now
16.5.2023
There’s currently an Electronic Arts publisher sale on Steam right now, and one deal in particular offers a great chance to catch up on some of the best role-playing games of the last 20 years. The BioWare mega collection includes every Dragon Age and Mass Effect game, and it’s only $20.Read more
13 Video Game Boss Fights That Should Be Crimes Against Humanity
14.4.2023
Love them or hate them, boss fights are a staple of video games. Some function as skill checks, others can deliver big, thematic moments at the end of a long journey. Then there are the bad ones. The buzzkills. Hyped encounters that just fizzle out into nothing, or make you want to hurl your...
11 ‘Bad’ Games We’ll Die Defending
28.3.2023
What is a “bad” game, really? Yes, video games are these multifaceted technical miracles that can break and crash on you. But if you really enjoy your time with an absolute mess, is it “bad?” Maybe! But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and we’ve gathered a list of games people think...
16+ Stellar Games To Play Before Starfield
13.3.2023
Starfield, the highly anticipated science-fiction RPG from Bethesda is nearly upon us. While September 6 is not that far off, for sci-fi fans, and folks who appreciate a Bethesda romp, the it’s been a painful wait since the game’s first announcement back in 2018.Read more
Ranking Mass Effect Boyfriends By Whether They'd Actually Be Good Partners
10.2.2023
Hold up there, Mass Effect fan. I know you walked in here ready and eager to see where your favorite BioWare beau ranked on a list of best boyfriends, but let’s make sure we’re all clear on the criteria hereRead more
YouTuber Puts The Office’s Michael Scott Into Mass Effect
7.2.2023
YouTube has graced us with a cavalcade of Mass Effect edits, from mans1ay3r’s iconic “we’ll bang okay” to this radical Mass Effect 2 Suicide Squad mashup trailer. Now there’s a new Mass Effect YouTube video that’s taken the fandom by storm, and at the helm of the Normandy is the most unlikely hero...
Bioware opouští Mike Waters, scenárista Mass Effect 2 a 3
23.1.2023