Category Archives: EA

Origin is offering a free copy of Battlefield 3 with US pre-orders for Mass Effect 3, along with the previously-announced bonus weapons, the M55 Argus Assault Rifle and Origin-exclusive AT12 Raider Shotgun. While you’ve got EA’s digital dsitribution client open, note that the PC demo is now live. BioWare’s anticipated RPG hybrid release for PC on March 6 in the US, March 8 in Australia and March 9 in Europe.

Thanks, CheapassGamer.

Former pro-pitcher Curt Schilling founded 38 Studios in part due to disappointment in Everquest II.

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Here we go with the recursive promotional madness again; this is a teaser for an upcoming trailer promoting Mass Effect 3.

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Oh happy day, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. BioWare delivers unto you the biggest MMORPG of 2011.

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The highly-anticipated single and multiplayer demo of Mass Effect 3 has finally gone live for everyone on Xbox Live Marketplace. Watch the first 15 minutes of it below.

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DICE has confirmed it’s working on a bevy of fixes for Battlefield 3 via a post on the official Battlefield Blog.

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BioWare has kicked off the run-in to Mass Effect 3′s release with the early access launch of the RPG’s demo. Johnny Cullen takes a look at the taster’s single-play portion ahead of an open launch tomorrow.

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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the new UK number one.

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Solve a puzzle and jump on board the Mass Effect 3 demo ahead of its official release on Valentine’s Day.

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Bioware has posted its first weekly developer Q&A over on the SWTOR forums, and in it, the firm addresses questions regarding upcoming content, and fixes currently in the works. According to the post, patch 1.2 will bring about the first rewards to the Legacy System, and will allow players to combine races and classes. More enhancements for the system are planned for future updates. Also, the next major addition to the MMO will add the Hue to Chest feature, social armor for Medium and Heavy wearers, guild banks, and a new same-faction Warzone. Read the Q&A for yourself through appropriate the link. Thanks, Massively.

A YouTube user named NinjaDancer has uploaded a couple videos for the Mass Effect 3 demo, which he got early access to. The demo is posted in two parts, and contains the first two missions in the game. The user apologizes for his aiming at one point, but no matter, as you get the general idea of what the demo will consist of when it drops next Tuesday on PSN and Xbox 360. Thanks, AGB. [image]

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EA has announced the voice cast for Syndicate, and it includes names which should be very familiar to you.

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EA, as promised, has released the Femshep-specific story trailer for Mass Effect 3. This is properly OTT with action, as well as glimpses of cameos from some well-know locations and characters. Get it after the break, but be warned: it might be pretty spoilerific for some people.

The BioWare RPG launches on March 6 in the US and March 9 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.

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If the brief glimpses of FemShep in the new Mass Effect 3 enemies video weren’t enough for you, fear not – the promised trailer drops tomorrow.

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EA COO Peter Moore told Kotaku that up to 20% of those playing the publisher’s games do so “almost offline” – ignoring multiplayer offerings in favour of single-player campaigns. Moore raised the figure while discussing Battlefield 3 but seemed to be applying it broadly.

Bioware has relaunched the official Mass Effect 3 website with not only a cool new backdrop and easier navigation, but five, yes, five new videos.

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Mythic has announced the Night of Murder event has returned to Warhammer Online, and those who participate will receive event credit by completing tome tasks such as the “Marked for Death” quest given out by Witch Elves and Witch Hunters. The quest givers are located in every warcamp, scenario, and capital city. Members of enemy realms and NPCs who have been “marked for death” will need to be killed in order to earn rewards such as: Butcher’s Blessing, Khaine’s Caress, or Lobbin’ Noggin and Burning Blood Potion. The Night of Murder event starts tonight and runs through February 22.

Eric Brown has resigned as EA’s chief financial officer, Gamasutra‘s reporting, with his next move being outside the games industry.

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SWTOR players have reported issues with the PVP planet Ilum since update 1.1.2 was released, citing kills not being registered, this daily and weekly quest requirements not being met. At lot of folks who have leveled in the game are participating in PvP until new content is released, and have posted the issue on the official forum. Bioware’s Joveth Gonzalez has responded to users, stating that the development team “has been investigating the cause” and are “closer to figuring out a solution.” The firm promised to keep players update as more information is known. Thanks, Darth Hater.

GamesRadar‘s gone live with an Funcom interview that introduces the deck system for MMO The Secret World.

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