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Here’s Three People Coming Back For Mass Effect 3′s Extended Ending

BioWare’s extended ending sequences for Mass Effect 3, which are looking to give players a little more closure on the series, will feature lines from at least three of the franchise’s main voice actors.


May 20, 2012
In Real Life

Let’s Take These Games And Turn Them Into Dating Sims

Examining why I play the games I do sometimes yields surprising insight. It’s become clear to me that many of the games I like… are kind of dating simulators, despite what the presentation or marketing might suggest. I don’t think I’m supposed to admit that, though. To say something like that feels like losing legitimacy as a “real gamer”, as if that idea even means anything. Worse: to say that seems so stereotypical, because I’m a woman.


May 16, 2012
PlayStation

Sony Site Reveals New Mass Effect 3 DLC

While there were whispers of this earlier in the month, Sony’s Hong Kong website has now officially lifted the lid on a new piece of Mass Effect 3 DLC.


May 15, 2012
In Real Life

I’m Commander Shepard, And These Are My Favourite Drinks On The Citadel.

The Mass Effect trilogy features a galaxy’s worth of exotic, alien-inhabited locations… with a bar in nearly every port ready and waiting to serve the Commander and her intrepid crew the finest of the milky way’s brain-draining beverages.


PC

With The Galaxy In Flames, My Video Game Hero Finally Came Out Of The Closet [Spoilers]

I got my idea to play the sci-fi epic Mass Effect 3 as a closeted male version of the lead character, Commander Shepard, before the game’s creators said the third game in the three-game saga would finally include male same-sex romance.


May 14, 2012
In Real Life

See Halo, Mass Effect, Battlefield & Modern Warfare Stab Each Other In The Guts

Some of the biggest shooters in the world (and Mass Effect) go head to head in this clip by Corridor Digital, which compares each series’ “instakill” by having a whole lot of people get stabbed.


May 11, 2012
In Real Life

These Amazing Video Game Guns Actually Fire

Brian Johnson makes replica video game weapons. Unlike other ones that just look nice, though, he goes the extra mile and has them functioning as actual NERF guns.


In Real Life

Video Gaming’s A-Team Brings Samus, Shepard, Master Chief And Jim Raynor Together

Using the magic of Photoshop and the wizardry of Garry’s Mod, Ariel Flores has brought together some of video gaming’s greatest heroes in the one team.


PC

From Baldur’s Gate To Call Of Duty, Those Ex- Mass Effect Composers Are Doing Just Fine

While many composers worked on the Mass Effect soundtracks over the years, Sam Hulick and Jack Wall are the names most commonly associated with the game. Wall composed that emotional menu music that was hidden in Mass Effect 3, while Hulick composed the music that plays while navigating the galaxy map.


May 10, 2012
PC

Nearly 23 Million Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Matches, And Yet The Reapers Just Keep Coming

A scant two weeks after Mass Effect 3 launched, BioWare shared some stats about how the galaxy of multiplayer reaper-killing fared. Now, two months later, they’re back with an update.