EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: masseffect2
It wasn’t long ago that BioWare writer Daniel Erickson went out on a limb to insult Final Fantasy XIII, saying it had no right to call itself a RPG. Ironically, another BioWare employee - Mass Effect 3’s art director Derek Watts - has recently admitted that the sci-fi series owes a lot to the 2001 CG film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
In the latest issue of Xbox World 360 magazine Watts is quoted as saying:
Bioware recently revealed that the developer’s latest epic action RPG, Dragon Age II, has past the magic ‘one million units sold’ mark and as a result the company is holding a massive celebration by giving away free copies of Mass Effect 2 PC to owners of Dragon Age II!
[Update] ‘Arrival’ for Mass Effect 2 is now available for purchase and download via Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360. [End of Update]
It was recently revealed that the next piece of downloadable content (DLC) for Bioware’s space opera RPG, Mass Effect 2, would be the game’s final story addition, but don’t get too sad – Mass Effect 3 is due for release later this year!
The winners of the 14th annual Interactive Achievement Awards were announced at a ceremony last night, after an extensive list of nominees was announced in late January by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS).
As has become the trend at award ceremonies for games released in 2010, Red Dead Redemption cleaned up and took no less than five awards in categories such as ‘Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction’ and ‘Outstanding Character Performance,’ while Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 2 and Limbo also received multiple awards.
But which title won ‘Game of the Year’?
The full list of awards winners in 24 categories follows below:
After over a year’s absence, the El33tonline podcast returns in 2011 to rattle your eardrums with videogame talk of the highest qual… of some quality!
In the first of our weekly series of podcasts going forward, I attend to hosting duties and am joined by El33tonline team member and contributor Tom, and none other than El33tonline’s Editor-in-Chief Lisa!
During the podcast, we discuss our fondness (and release dates) for Mortal Kombat, Duke Nukem Forever, Stacking, and Nintendo’s 3DS, and we air our opinions on news of the region-locked 3DS.
Also in the podcast, Tom helps us dissect the batch of recent Final Fantasy-related news and talks about Faery: Legends of Avalon, while Lisa tells us about her experiences with DC Universe Online, Mass Effect 2 and Get Fit With Mel B for PS3, as well as Michael Jackson: The Experience for Wii.
We then close out with news on two new community events happening here on El33tonline - El33t M33ts and the PS3 Trophy Hunter Competition!
If I do say so myself, this isn’t a bad bit of audio to kick off the year, so if you enjoy absorbing your gaming news through your ears instead of your eyes, grab the El33tonline podcast for the week of January 24th to hear everything mentioned above and much more!
Well what do you know?! LittleBigPlanet 2 was able to slay the mighty beast, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and reign supreme over all other games in Chart Track’s UK Software sales listing for this week!
Will LittleBigPlanet 2’s control over the chart continue into next week? Media Molecule will certainly hope so! Let’s see if the ‘home advantage’ works in the developer’s favour…
When Mass Effect 2 is (finally) released for PlayStation 3 owners in North America on January 21st, you’ll not only be able to buy it at a traditional brick-and-mortar store, but you’ll also have the opportunity to purchase a digital copy of Mass Effect 2 from the PlayStation Store, sporting a download size of roughly 12GB.
This news arrives ahead of the worldwide launch of Mass Effect 2’s PS3 next week, where in addition to the North American date, it’ll become available in Europe and the UK on January 21st.
According to a post on the US PlayStation Blog, however, Mass Effect 2’s transition to PS3 is no ordinary port…
It’s by now common knowledge that Mass Effect 2 will soon become available on PlayStation 3, following the action RPG’s lengthy exclusivity period on Xbox 360.
What isn’t commonly known is that a demo for this PS3 version of Bioware’s classic space opera title will soon appear on the PlayStation Network to give everybody a taste of this ‘new’ game.
Tons of fantastic titles were released this year, so the task of choosing the very best of the best was extremely difficult! How do you squeeze over thirty amazing games into the space of just ten slots? Impossible, but as is tradition, necessary.
So to compile a final Top Ten list of the ultimate games of 2010, we called on El33tonline’s readers to vote for your favourite title, and thanks to your input, we’ve finally got that list!
We’ve tallied the votes, so without further ado, here are El33tonline’s Game of the Year winners, as voted on by you:
There comes a moment in every gamer’s life when we sit back with satisfaction as the credits roll and think to ourselves: “That’s got to be one of the best games I’ve ever played.”
Unfortunately, just like you eventually get hungry after digging in at an all-you-can-eat buffet, that sense of satisfaction fades with time and an appetite for more gaming goodness gradually takes shape in your belly. The one thing that can get your adrenaline pumping and intensify that hunger is the announcement of a sequel or addition to this game series you’ve irrevocably pledged yourself to.
Think about how ecstatic Call of Duty fans get when a new game in the series is announced - they know it’s coming (one a year without exception it would seem) but that inevitability doesn’t seem to dampen their enthusiasm one iota.
I recently experienced this ‘hunger’ after completing Demon’s Souls for the second time. Although I have encountered people online (a PSN friend from Singapore springs to mind) who get endless hours of entertainment from this title’s cooperative and Player VS Player (PvP) features, I found myself craving new worlds to explore and new behemoths to take down (with a little help from fellow demon hunters of course).
Continue reading El33tonline’s editorial, The Waiting Game.
The 28th annual Golden Joystick Awards took place today, an awards event that invites the gaming public to vote on their favourite games in order to recognise the year’s best titles.
1 543 309 votes came in this year and determined that Mass Effect 2 was the ‘Ultimate Game of the Year,’ as well as ‘RPG of the Year,’ while Assassin’s Creed II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Plants VS Zombies also got a nod apiece.
2010’s edition of the Golden Joystick Awards included games released from August 2009 until August 2010, and the winners this year were:
With the release of EA and Bioware’s epic space opera RPG earlier this year in Mass Effect 2, the companies decided it would be best to add an extra incentive for gamers to purchase an original copy of the game by incorporating the ‘Cerberus Network’ into the online interaction portion of the title, meaning that if you wanted access to exclusive new downloadable content (DLC), you would have to go through this distribution network to get it with a one-time-use code included with the game.
In an interview with Joystiq, executive producer on Bioware’s Dragon Age 2, Mark Darrah, has confirmed that the developer’s next epic fantasy RPG will include a similar network for distribution of exclusive DLC:
What delectable deals and super savings does the Xbox team have for savvy Xbox LIVE Marketplace shoppers this week?
Well, if you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member, you’re going to be able to get access to major discounts on a wide range of Mass Effect 2 downloadable content (DLC), from playable episodes to Xbox Avatar accessories.
Browse through the latest Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week offerings below:
It’s been a busy week for EA and BioWare with downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2 being released upon the world.
The Dragon Age: Origins DLC pack, titled ‘Witch Hunt,’ is now available on the PlayStation Network for $6.99, on the Xbox 360 for 560 MS Points and on the PC for 560 BioWare Points. Witch Hunt is said to feature a story that “reconnects players with one of the series’ original larger-than-life heroes, Morrigan.”
EA announced today at GamesCom that Mass Effect 2 will be coming to the PS3 in January 2011. According to EA, the PlayStation 3 edition will include the full game with hours of bonus content.
EA have not indicated whether Mass Effect, the first game in the franchise, will be ported to PlayStation 3, so how Bioware intend to solve the problem of players not having played the original Mass Effect (this was designed as a trilogy, with continuing story, remember) has not been indicated, but EA assure us that the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 will be the “perfect introduction” to the franchise.
Mass Effect 2 was originally released on Xbox 360 and the PC in January 2010.
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