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Mass Effect EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Mass Effect 2 surprise coming this week 23 Yes, it's another story about an announcement for an announcement. You can insert whatever excuse (it's the weekend, people want to know, Mass Effect 2 is a big game) you want here for reporting ... New Mass Effect 2 cover art is not the best we've seen 85 Take a gander at the worst cover art this side of the galaxy.Just kidding. I’ve long believed that excellence in cover art wretchedness belongs to whoever was doing the stuff for fantasy au... Co-op may be a threat in future Mass Effect and DA titles 20 Bioware isn’t opposed to the idea of adding a cooperative element to later Dragon Age and Mass Effect games. In a recent interview, part lord and master of the RPG stronghold, Dr. Ray Muzyk... Mass Effect 2: Legion, enemies, and Garrus oh my! 10 If you’re hot for Mass Effect 2 media, chances are you’ve already seen what’s in the gallery. A total of nine screenshots that accompanied a previewable build of the game hit th... BioWare gets butthurt over story criticism 73 BioWare staff writer Patrick Weekes does not like to be a mocked. A fan recently created an "RPG cliche chart" to poke fun at what he believes is a predictable story structure in BioWare games. A... The Reapers aren't done, influencing enemies in ME 2 18 While the galaxy was able to experience a moment of triumph, the Reaper problem wasn’t solved in the original Mass Effect. In its sequel, these massive constructs are making a bit of a ret... Mass Effect goes half price on Steam 23 Mass Effect enters into the news cycle for the second time today with this precious little announcement via Valve: the original PC version of ME is now available on Steam for 50 percent off as pa... Introducing your Mass Effect 2 Collector's Edition 46 Another BioWare game, another luxurious special edition for you to spend obscene amounts of money on. We're all getting somewhat tired of special editions here at Destructoid, but nevertheless, t... Retailer training quiz drops details on Mass Effect 2 DLC 12 If a recent Microsoft Expert Zone quiz for retailers has it right, Mass Effect 2 will be supported with downloadable characters, specific combat content, and full episodic content.This morning a ... Shepard should take a break, lay off the brains 24 Chances are the majority of you, the Destructoid readers, are fast asleep or drunk and dressed like a vampire right now. It’s OK, we understand -- the Halloween season is happening right no... Mass Effect 2 gets January 26 release date 59 Start working on your best Commander Shepard impressions -- BioWare has announced that Mass Effect 2 will be hitting North American shelves on January 26. Europe needs to hold tight for a few day... First bit of Mass Effect 2 comic appears 16 The word on the street is that Mass Effect 2 kicks off on a mysterious note with Commander Shepard gone missing. But there’s no need to worry about the odd plot thread -- there’s a co... Mass Effect 2 PS3 listings are incorrect, says EA 39 Just like that time when the official EA Web site had Left 4 Dead 2 listed as a PS3-bound title, the publisher says the recent smattering of Mass Effect 2 PS3 listings are bogus. In a conversatio... Rumor: Mass Effect 2 hitting PS3 85 There are a lot of times when you hear a rumor about a single platform game going multiplatform and you brush it off as the desperate gasping of those who only own one system really wanting the o... Mass Effect 2 to be dark like the Empire Strikes Back 25 Like a good little space opera, the Mass Effect series is following in the footsteps of the Star Wars trilogy. Greg Zeschuk of BioWare recently told IGN (via VG247) that Mass Effect 2 is set to h... More about Mass Effect 2's brazen Subject Zero 44 Well well, Subject Zero. Certainly designed to catch our attention, this new addition to the Mass Effect 2 universe has had people chatting since the weekend. She's the type of badass bitch I use... Buy the Mako from Mass Effect for your Xbox Live Avatar 29 Over on the Xbox Live Marketplace, a new prop has appeared in the Avatar Store. You are now able to purchase an RC replica of the Mako craft used to cart Commander Shepherd and crew around the su... Subject Zero the focus of new Mass Effect 2 screens 36 The first footage of Subject Zero -- a previously unannounced character in Mass Effect 2 -- hit the Internet earlier this weekend. The character-centric trailer revealed a tough-curse-slinging wo... Fans are making Mass Effect 2 better 49 The collective BioWare brain is an information sponge. As explained by Greg Zeschuk in a recent interview with Gamasutra, the studio learns something new with each release. That knowledge isn&rsq... Shepard to be sexually assaulted by Subject Zero in ME2 51 A combination of lack of time and other games drawing me away has meant that my copy of Mass Effect has laid dormant on my shelf since about the time the game launched, but considering the badass... BioWare aims to make people emotional with upcoming games 12 Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins might make players cry -- or experience exhilaration, get wicked pissed, or feel like a nerd. Described as the “goal” in an interview with VideoG... PAX 09: Mass Effect 2 screens show characters, explosion 11 While we should never neglect the narrative and RPG components of Mass Effect 2, we can, at times like this, indulge in the visual splendor. Developer BioWare just released four new images of the... Mass Effect DLC 'Pinnacle Station' is live 23 No more drama. Mass Effect DLC “Pinnacle Station” is available for download on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. It weighs in at 246 MB and is priced at 400 Microsoft Banana Credits. New Avatar ... Next Mass Effect DLC premium theme available before DLC is 9 OK. OK. Forget the trepidation from this morning. The Swiss Xbox Web page isn’t pulling any legs. “Pinnacle Station” is the next piece of downloadable content for Mass Effect. H... Mass Effect DLC details leaked by the Swiss 15 The Swiss have awesome watches. They also have some hot and new Mass Effect downloadable content details. CVG is reporting that the official Swiss Xbox Web page is dropping mad information about ... Both versions of Mass Effect 2 hitting at the same time 12 According to game associate producer Jesse Houston, the PC version of Mass Effect 2 will see a simultaneous release with its console brother.  "We learned a lot from building the PC ver... New Mass Effect DLC Achievements revealed 15 Keep expecting that Mass Effect downloadable content announcement. The official Xbox Web page for the sci-fi RPG has been updated with three new Achievements, all indicating that the next bit of ... GC 09: Mass Effect 2's 'Grunt' looks mean, also young 16 Commander Shepard has to assemble the nastiest and deadliest cast of characters around him if he -- and the rest of human civilization -- is to have a chance at finding out why his race is disapp... GC 09: Mass Effect 2 trailer and new details revealed 29 Bioware has delivered new information on Mass Effect 2 at today's EA Gamescom press conference. The first information of note is the inclusion of recruitment and loyalty systems to the game. Play... Stats won't transfer to Mass Effect 2 in obvious way 33 Commander Shepard’s abilities and statistics won’t transfer to Mass Effect 2 in an obvious fashion. Retooling of the game’s core systems has made raw character data carryover im... Revisited: Mass Effect's 'Bring Down the Sky' DLC 20 Whenever possible, Destructoid rediscovers and discusses an old game (or content) for our "Revisited" series. A colossal asteroid punches through the inky black, hurtling towards a thri... EA and Dark Horse announce Mass Effect comic series 14 In case you hadn't already heard, the Mass Effect universe is soon to be available for consumption in every form you can possibly imagine. Videogame, feature film, iPhone game, laundry detergent ... Dragon Age Collector's Edition revealed, packed with stuff 31 Retailer GameStop has revealed the contents of the upcoming Dragon Age Collector's Edition for both Xbox 360 and PC, and it's absolutely stuffed with content. Here's what you get: Fancy tin ... Mass Effect might be more than a trilogy 23 There’s a chance we could see more than three Mass Effect titles. Speaking with 360Zine about new IP, BioWare vice president Dr. Greg Zeschuk said BioWare would continue bringing out the ne... Mass Effect 2 E3 2009 footage available for viewing (Update) 21 BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 demonstration at E3 2009 floored us. It was flush with intrigue and action, and showcased inventive in-game abilities and new stirring ways to interact with others i... Buy Dragon Age: Origins, get Mass Effect 2 bonus content? 30 According to an alleged fan survey, BioWare and Electronic Arts are considering using in-game Mass Effect 2 bonuses to encourage the purchase of its other big RPG, Dragon Age: Origins. The survey... BioWare: Sex scenes 'make sense' in some games (i.e, ours) 28 Mass Effect was the center of controversy when it released in 2007, thanks in no small part to insane fundamentalists and the dribbling mongs of FOX News. Despite idiotic sections of America pret... Completing iPhone Mass Effect unlocks stuff in sequel 15 Just released today, it appears that someone has already completed Mass Effect Galaxy, the iPhone tie-in to BioWare’s Xbox 360 and PC title. Completing the game for completions sake is so... Mass Effect Galaxy hits the App Store 15 Mass Effect Galaxy has (finally) hit the App Store. The comic-style game is priced at around five bucks and promises to give players a peek at two of the characters that will appear in Mass Effec... Rumortoid: New Mass Effect DLC on the way? 37 Say what you will about Twitter, but you can't beat it when it comes to instant gratification. For example, this morning, BioWare updated their Twitter with this interesting message:Getting the f... Mass Effect appears on Games on Demand, then quickly pulled 10 Our second proper peek at Microsoft’s Games on Demand service was provided by a pre-emptive launch of Mass Effect. Around 4 AM this morning, the Xbox LIVE Marketplace RSS feed listed Mass E... Mass Effect 2's ending could be a 'bloodbath' 27 Mass Effect 2 will see you recruiting, training, and possibly shagging a brand new team of allies, in very much the same way you did with the original game. However, project director Casey Hudson... Mass Effect downloadable content to be announced soon 4 More Mass Effect downloadable content will be officially announced soon. BioWare executives Dr. Greg Zeschuk and Dr. Ray Muzyka recently spoke with Joystiq and said details on the additional cont... E3 09: Moral choices chosen in ME transfer to Mass Effect 2 19 From what we understand, Mass Effect saved data will transfer to Mass Effect 2 in a unique way. At the demonstration for the game we attended recently at E3, the audience was told by the presente... E3 09: Mass Effect 2 demo impressions 28 After watching a twenty-minute demo for BioWare’s Mass Effect 2, I left the poorly ventilated booth with a better understanding of that whole “Shepard is dead” tease. Mass Effec... E3 09: Commander Shepard not exactly dead 10 After the Dragon Age Origin’s hip caressing, Electronic Arts shifted the focus of their E3 press conference to BioWare’s Mass Effect 2. The new details aren’t too hot, but we&rs... More details emerge on Mass Effect iPhone game 4 Since the cat is effectively out of the bag on the forthcoming Mass Effect iPhone game, Bioware capitulated and decided to give a little bit of further information. The game, titled Mass Effect G... Pre-E3 09: A peek at the Expo as a work in progress 12 Although E3 proper doesn’t start until this Tuesday, we hoofed it down to the Los Angeles Convention Center to pick up our badges and to see how things were going. With two more days to go ... Commander Shepard on cover of next OXM 30 My Commander Shepard looks like Peter Weller, yours may look like Sylvester Stallone. Either way, it doesn’t matter -- BioWare has a face for Shepard. Just look at your Mass Effect box.Now ... Mass Effect 2 Prelude to E3 video is a go, exciting 51 We told you that a new Mass Effect 2 pre-E3 trailer would be falling into our laps today, and now we've finally got our hands on it.The new video says that there will be a behind-closed-doors dem... New Mass Effect 2 trailer expected today, reveals tweet 10 Mass Effect 2 is one of those sequels that you just know they're ready to show off. They know we can't wait for it. They grin when they think of what they know and what we don't. They're more tha... Mass Effect prequel coming to ... the iPhone? 20 My first thought when I heard that a Mass Effect prequel would be coming to the iPhone this morning was that it might be a little hard to see. At least for me, considering I'm mostly blind, and i... Possible Mass Effect 2 footage leaked, check it out 23 Looks like Insomniac Naughty Dog (Uncharted 2) and SCE Studios Santa Monica (God of War III) weren’t the only victims of footage theft at Game Developers Conference 2009. Recently, we caugh... GDC 09: BioWare 'amping' up Mass Effect 2's action 13 Mass Effect wasn’t a competent shooter. Mass Effect 2 could be. In fact, you may even view it as a “shooter RPG.”The good doctor Ray Muzyka recently spoke at GDC and touched on ... Bioware officially announces Mass Effect 2 39 Official announcements are odd things. After all, we've known about Mass Effect 2 for some time and seen everything from trailers to the ability to transfer save files from the first game, but he... BioWare creating a new Montreal group to handle Mass Effect 2 24 BioWare is creating a new Montreal “group” for Mass Effect 2. The plan is to take a few staff members from the existing BioWare Edmonton studio and put them in Electronic Arts’s... Mass Effect saves files will transfer to Mass Effect 2 30 Late last week, BioWare debuted a bananas Mass Effect 2 teaser trailer. It lacked gameplay footage and zest, but it wasn’t short on shock value. According to the video, Mass Effect’s ... Mass Effect 2 teaser trailer is bananas 69 Whoa! BioWare just melted my brain. Literally. Globs of pink, sticky goo are currently leaking out of my ear. I haven’t the slightest idea how I’m writing this paragraph right now, bu... Mass Effect PC patch 'coming soon,' second DLC episode on the horizon 18 Last week, a BioWare community coordinator slipped in a good bit of information for PC owners of Mass Effect. A patch is on the way. During a conversation at New York Comic Con a BioWare communit... Mass Effect and Battlefield: Bad Company sequels coming in 2010 19 What’s more exciting to have than a room full of cottage cheese? If you guessed a Mass Effect and a Battlefield: Bad Company sequel you’re correct. Electronic Arts recently confirmed ... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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