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EA Shuts Down Legendary RPG Developer BioWare
“Early development” on the next Mass Effect is also ending. After more than three decades, Electronic Arts has today announced the closure of the legendary RPG developer BioWare. The studio has released an official statement on its website, confirming the shutdown. It’s also announced “early development” on the next Mass Effect project will be ending….
The next Mass Effect would have had ‘a level of autonomy and choice that no other game has been able to match’, according to BioWare veteran
A developer working on Mass Effect 4 has spoken up about BioWare’s plans for the now-canceled RPG. Tony de Waal was cinematic supervisor at the now shuttered studio. He joined the team “29+ years ago”, left for a spell shortly after the launch of Mass Effect 2, and then returned in 2021 to work on…
Can you identify the horror game by its horrors?
You’d think someone who still screams at the sight of the Tomb Raider T-Rex wouldn’t be so into horror games, but I can’t help myself; I love ’em. I’m always down for a good inhuman gurgle or unnatural skitter across the floor. Creature with too many eyeballs? Sign me up. Inordinate number of hands? I’m…
Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners 2 Update (2.5) Officially Revealed, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Coming to Switch 2 soon. CD Projekt Red has now shared the official details about the Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners 2 Update (2.5). The good news is the Switch 2 version is getting everything, including cross-platform mod support. However, as noted by CDPR, Nintendo players won’t receive Update 2.5 alongside the Xbox and PlayStation versions. The…
Holy crap, they’re making Serious Sam: The Third Encounter
It took almost 25 years to happen, but Serious Sam: The Third Encounter is finally, actually happening. Croteam and Devolver Digital revealed today that a proper new game in the Serious Sam series is now in the early stages of development. Serious Sam: The Third Encounter will actually be the seventh mainline game in the…
Machinarium AI tribute cops a flogging from studio: ‘This looks disgusting and has nothing to do with us or our craft’
On October 20, the CEO for “AI storytelling” company Nura Studios posted a now-deleted tribute to Amanita Design’s 2009 cult classic Machinarium. I saw a glimpse of the video while it was still live and it was undeniably AI generated, but that probably goes without saying given its provenance. It wasn’t good, but then: Amanita…
CD Projekt boss pays tribute to BioWare for helping bring The Witcher to life 20 years ago: ‘BioWare has been a massive part of CDPR history’
BioWare was a legendary studio, and its shocking closure today has inspired numerous tributes from fans and fellow game developers alike. One of the most notable came from CD Projekt joint CEO MichaĹ‚ Nowakowski, who credited the studio for the big role it played in bringing The Witcher to life. It’s hard to overstate the…
Modern Warfare 4 players declare ‘broken’ on DMZ perk that lets you self-revive after full death
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s big extraction mode DMZ has been out for one day, so it’s a bit early to make sweeping declarations about balance, but even I’m raising an eyebrow at an operator trait that the internet is already calling broken. That’s “broken” in the “so overpowered it shouldn’t exist” way, not…
It gives me great nerdly joy that the Next Fest demo on Steam’s 100 most-played games list is a shopkeeping sim
As the sicko cartoon goes: “YES… HA HA HA… YES!” That’s how I feel while peering at Steam’s 100 most-played games list and spotting the Next Fest demo for shopkeeping sim Probably Stolen. A singleplayer game about sitting behind a desk and managing inventory doing that well among the other 8,000+ demos that have arrived…
Everyone gets a free ticket to World of Warcraft: Forever today as Blizzard stress tests the servers ahead of launch day
In anticipation of the full launch of World of Warcraft: Forever next month, Blizzard is throwing the gates wide open on the throwback MMO to stress test the servers. Anyone with a World of Warcraft account will be able to play the ‘WoW: Forever – Stress Test” client in the Battle.net launcher later today. You…
