Bioware Archive

  • There will be a Mass Effect movie. Will Lost’s Matthew Fox play Commander Shepard?

    There will be a Mass Effect movie. Will Lost’s Matthew Fox play Commander Shepard?

    It's takes a special type of nerd to read a video game's novelization, and I'm none too proud to say that I recently started reading the Mass Effect novel. But there's a certain quiet dignity in reading a novelization that simply isn't present when sitting at the multiplex (or downloading the Blu-ray rip, as it were) watching a movie. Get ready: EA has sold the movie rights to Mass Effect, and it's gone to Legendary Pictures, the same people behind The Dark Knight, Watchmen, and The Hangover. So there's hope the movie won't be total dross.

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  • Video: BioWare explains why The Old Republic combat will be super-duper

    Video: BioWare explains why The Old Republic combat will be super-duper

    It'd take a cataclysmic explosion at Yellowstone to knock World of Warcraft off its perch atop MMO Mountain, but if there's one game that will give it a run for its money it's BioWare's The Old Republic. Two reasons for that: one, it's BioWare, and two, it's Star Wars. Star Wars in the capable hands of BioWare = goodness. And I write that knowing absolutely nothing about Star Wars—I only saw Episode I and Episode III! Anyhow, a video!

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  • BioWare tries to balance the BioWare way with the attraction of new fans with Mass Effect 2

    BioWare tries to balance the BioWare way with the attraction of new fans with Mass Effect 2

    Ladies and gentlemen, I have a conundrum. As many of you know, Mass Effect 2 comes out on January 26. It's the first big game of the year. There's only one problem: I'm having a heck of a hard time getting excited about it. What's wrong with me, because clearly something is?

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