LAZY DAY TRAILERS: MASS EFFECT
Now this is what Lazy Day Trailers are all about! I’m not talking about Mass Effect, I’m talking about days where I’ve overslept so badly that I need something I can toss online to entertain you. See? I do really care about you and your entertainment needs!
Today we’ve got an exclusive look at Mass Effect direct from the good folks over at GameTrailers.com. Check it out!
Mass Effect will be hitting retail on November 20th exclusively for the Xbox 360.
- Mass Effect – Official website
- Mass Effect: Exclusive Launch Trailer – GameTrailers.com
- Mass Effect Video Page – GameTrailers.com
ELECTRONIC ARTS BUYS PANDEMIC STUDIOS & BIOWARE
In a surprise announcement, Electronic Arts has announced that in a deal worth up to 810 million dollars, they’ve purchased both Pandemic Studios (Mercenaries 2) and Bioware (Mass Effect). I can only assume that EA took those stories about them falling behind Activision on the third party developer size chart poorly.
“Today I want to announce two new teams joining the EA family – Pandemic Studios in Los Angeles and Brisbane , Australia ; and BioWare Corp. in Edmonton and Austin . Both will become part of the EA Games Label, reporting to Frank Gibeau.
As you may know, I brought these studios together and served as their CEO while I was with Elevation Partners. I know and respect these teams, the games they make and the strong individual creative cultures that define them. I couldn’t be happier to have them join us at EA.” -EA.com
This one was a bit upsetting. Bioware and Pandemic Studios are two of the more unique development houses out there, and fears of them getting the standard EA treatment (sequel after sequel with few real changes) is running pretty high on the internet right now. We can only hope that this turns out well in the end.
On a related note, Microsoft was quick to point out that regardless of today’s announcement, they are still the exclusive publisher for Bioware’s Mass Effect, and the game will remain an Xbox 360 exclusive. However, they also did make a point of noting that Bioware owns the intellectual property for Mass Effect and that, at present, there are no deals in place for the second or third games in the series.
“First, and most important right now, EA’s acquisition of BioWare will not change the current release schedule for Mass Effect. All of us are excited for the game’s worldwide release, starting Nov. 20. Everyone at BioWare (the owners of the Mass Effect IP) and Microsoft (the exclusive publisher of Mass Effect) are committed to keeping everything on track. And yes, Mass Effect will be an Xbox 360 exclusive, despite any rumors (or wishful thinking) to the contrary.
Since neither BioWare nor Microsoft have made any announcements about sequels or publishing deals, we aren’t ready to say anything more about the future of the franchise, but you can be sure we’ll be discussing a lot of things with BioWare (and EA) in the weeks to come.” – Gamerscore Blog
Why do I get the feeling that eventually every third party developer will fall under EA, THQ, Ubisoft or Activision? *Sigh*
- Electronic Arts – Company website
- Bioware – Company Website
- Pandemic Studios – Company website
- EA To Acquire BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios – Press release
- BioWare Corp and Pandemic Studios Join EA – EA.com
- Mass Effect Fully On Track for November 20 – Gamerscore Blog
ELECTRONIC ARTS BUYS PANDEMIC STUDIOS & BIOWARE
In a surprise announcement, Electronic Arts has announced that in a deal worth up to 810 million dollars, they’ve purchased both Pandemic Studios (Mercenaries 2) and Bioware (Mass Effect). I can only assume that EA took those stories about them falling behind Activision on the third party developer size chart poorly.
“Today I want to announce two new teams joining the EA family – Pandemic Studios in Los Angeles and Brisbane , Australia ; and BioWare Corp. in Edmonton and Austin . Both will become part of the EA Games Label, reporting to Frank Gibeau.
As you may know, I brought these studios together and served as their CEO while I was with Elevation Partners. I know and respect these teams, the games they make and the strong individual creative cultures that define them. I couldn’t be happier to have them join us at EA.” -EA.com
This one was a bit upsetting. Bioware and Pandemic Studios are two of the more unique development houses out there, and fears of them getting the standard EA treatment (sequel after sequel with few real changes) is running pretty high on the internet right now. We can only hope that this turns out well in the end.
On a related note, Microsoft was quick to point out that regardless of today’s announcement, they are still the exclusive publisher for Bioware’s Mass Effect, and the game will remain an Xbox 360 exclusive. However, they also did make a point of noting that Bioware owns the intellectual property for Mass Effect and that, at present, there are no deals in place for the second or third games in the series.
“First, and most important right now, EA’s acquisition of BioWare will not change the current release schedule for Mass Effect. All of us are excited for the game’s worldwide release, starting Nov. 20. Everyone at BioWare (the owners of the Mass Effect IP) and Microsoft (the exclusive publisher of Mass Effect) are committed to keeping everything on track. And yes, Mass Effect will be an Xbox 360 exclusive, despite any rumors (or wishful thinking) to the contrary.
Since neither BioWare nor Microsoft have made any announcements about sequels or publishing deals, we aren’t ready to say anything more about the future of the franchise, but you can be sure we’ll be discussing a lot of things with BioWare (and EA) in the weeks to come.” – Gamerscore Blog
Why do I get the feeling that eventually every third party developer will fall under EA, THQ, Ubisoft or Activision? *Sigh*
- Electronic Arts – Company website
- Bioware – Company Website
- Pandemic Studios – Company website
- EA To Acquire BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios – Press release
- BioWare Corp and Pandemic Studios Join EA – EA.com
- Mass Effect Fully On Track for November 20 – Gamerscore Blog
ELECTRONIC ARTS BUYS PANDEMIC STUDIOS & BIOWARE
In a surprise announcement, Electronic Arts has announced that in a deal worth up to 810 million dollars, they’ve purchased both Pandemic Studios (Mercenaries 2) and Bioware (Mass Effect). I can only assume that EA took those stories about them falling behind Activision on the third party developer size chart poorly.
“Today I want to announce two new teams joining the EA family – Pandemic Studios in Los Angeles and Brisbane , Australia ; and BioWare Corp. in Edmonton and Austin . Both will become part of the EA Games Label, reporting to Frank Gibeau.
As you may know, I brought these studios together and served as their CEO while I was with Elevation Partners. I know and respect these teams, the games they make and the strong individual creative cultures that define them. I couldn’t be happier to have them join us at EA.” -EA.com
This one was a bit upsetting. Bioware and Pandemic Studios are two of the more unique development houses out there, and fears of them getting the standard EA treatment (sequel after sequel with few real changes) is running pretty high on the internet right now. We can only hope that this turns out well in the end.
On a related note, Microsoft was quick to point out that regardless of today’s announcement, they are still the exclusive publisher for Bioware’s Mass Effect, and the game will remain an Xbox 360 exclusive. However, they also did make a point of noting that Bioware owns the intellectual property for Mass Effect and that, at present, there are no deals in place for the second or third games in the series.
“First, and most important right now, EA’s acquisition of BioWare will not change the current release schedule for Mass Effect. All of us are excited for the game’s worldwide release, starting Nov. 20. Everyone at BioWare (the owners of the Mass Effect IP) and Microsoft (the exclusive publisher of Mass Effect) are committed to keeping everything on track. And yes, Mass Effect will be an Xbox 360 exclusive, despite any rumors (or wishful thinking) to the contrary.
Since neither BioWare nor Microsoft have made any announcements about sequels or publishing deals, we aren’t ready to say anything more about the future of the franchise, but you can be sure we’ll be discussing a lot of things with BioWare (and EA) in the weeks to come.” – Gamerscore Blog
Why do I get the feeling that eventually every third party developer will fall under EA, THQ, Ubisoft or Activision? *Sigh*
- Electronic Arts – Company website
- Bioware – Company Website
- Pandemic Studios – Company website
- EA To Acquire BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios – Press release
- BioWare Corp and Pandemic Studios Join EA – EA.com
- Mass Effect Fully On Track for November 20 – Gamerscore Blog
ELECTRONIC ARTS BUYS PANDEMIC STUDIOS & BIOWARE
In a surprise announcement, Electronic Arts has announced that in a deal worth up to 810 million dollars, they’ve purchased both Pandemic Studios (Mercenaries 2) and Bioware (Mass Effect). I can only assume that EA took those stories about them falling behind Activision on the third party developer size chart poorly.
“Today I want to announce two new teams joining the EA family – Pandemic Studios in Los Angeles and Brisbane , Australia ; and BioWare Corp. in Edmonton and Austin . Both will become part of the EA Games Label, reporting to Frank Gibeau.
As you may know, I brought these studios together and served as their CEO while I was with Elevation Partners. I know and respect these teams, the games they make and the strong individual creative cultures that define them. I couldn’t be happier to have them join us at EA.” -EA.com
This one was a bit upsetting. Bioware and Pandemic Studios are two of the more unique development houses out there, and fears of them getting the standard EA treatment (sequel after sequel with few real changes) is running pretty high on the internet right now. We can only hope that this turns out well in the end.
On a related note, Microsoft was quick to point out that regardless of today’s announcement, they are still the exclusive publisher for Bioware’s Mass Effect, and the game will remain an Xbox 360 exclusive. However, they also did make a point of noting that Bioware owns the intellectual property for Mass Effect and that, at present, there are no deals in place for the second or third games in the series.
“First, and most important right now, EA’s acquisition of BioWare will not change the current release schedule for Mass Effect. All of us are excited for the game’s worldwide release, starting Nov. 20. Everyone at BioWare (the owners of the Mass Effect IP) and Microsoft (the exclusive publisher of Mass Effect) are committed to keeping everything on track. And yes, Mass Effect will be an Xbox 360 exclusive, despite any rumors (or wishful thinking) to the contrary.
Since neither BioWare nor Microsoft have made any announcements about sequels or publishing deals, we aren’t ready to say anything more about the future of the franchise, but you can be sure we’ll be discussing a lot of things with BioWare (and EA) in the weeks to come.” – Gamerscore Blog
Why do I get the feeling that eventually every third party developer will fall under EA, THQ, Ubisoft or Activision? *Sigh*
- Electronic Arts – Company website
- Bioware – Company Website
- Pandemic Studios – Company website
- EA To Acquire BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios – Press release
- BioWare Corp and Pandemic Studios Join EA – EA.com
- Mass Effect Fully On Track for November 20 – Gamerscore Blog
MASS EFFECT COMING NOVEMBER 20TH
Microsoft has announced that BioWare’s Mass Effect will be hitting retail on November 20th, 2007.
"Today, Microsoft Game Studios and BioWare Corp. announced that the highly anticipated action role-playing game (RPG) “Mass Effect” will ship to retailers throughout North America on November 20, 2007. The recipient of more than 50 awards, including the 2007 Game Critics Awards for “Best Console Game” and “Best RPG” at the Electronic Entertainment Expo last month in Los Angeles, “Mass Effect” is poised to become the must-play RPG of 2007." – Microsoft press release
Mass Effect will be an Xbox 360 exclusive release. Not much else to say at this point – November is looking to be a very expensive month for gamers.
- Mass Effect – Official website
- Critically-Acclaimed RPG “Mass Effect” Begins Epic Journey to Retailers on November 20 – Gamerscore Blog
LAZY DAY TRAILERS: MASS EFFECT
Now that I’ve shown you trailers for the top system exclusive first person shooters from E3, we’re going to move on to role playing games. I figured there’s no better game to start off with than one of the titles on my "most anticipated’ list, Bioware’s Mass Effect. I’m not even going to spoil this one by posting some rambling comments – just sit back, watch and enjoy.
Mass Effect will be available exclusively for the Xbox 360 this November.
- Mass Effect – Official website
- Mass Effect E3 2007 Trailer – GameTrailers.com
- Mass Effect – Video page at GameTrailers.com
LAZY DAY TRAILERS: MASS EFFECT
Bioware has made another video of their upcoming sci-fi epic Mass Effect available to the public. The video you’re about to watch seems to be from a cut-scene that I’m guessing serves as an introduction to the main plot line. Check it out below.
Mass Effect is rumored to be launching on June 5th and will appear exclusively on the Xbox 360.
- Mass Effect – Official website
- Mass Effect (Battle Transmission Cinema) – YouTube
MASS EFFECT TO SHIP ON JUNE 5TH?
That’s at least the word over at Destructoid. According to this story, Mass Effect, the highly anticipated opening to Bioware’s sci-fi trilogy, will be gracing Xbox 360 owners with it’s presence on June 5th, 2007. While the folks over at Bioware aren’t confirming the date, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this one turns out to be true.
While we’re on the topic of Destructoid, I’d also like to give a huge shout-out to them on celebrating their first anniversary just two days ago – you guys make me feel so inadequate, it’s not even funny. Congratulations on building an awesome site and community!
- Mass Effect (finally) has a release date – Destructoid
- Destructoid says June 5th release date, is this right? – Mass Effect forums
- Mass Effect – Official website
MASS EFFECT E3 2006 DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
I saw this video on Kotaku awhile back, and I keep forgetting to put it up here. There’s a copy of Bioware’s E3 2006 Mass Effect demonstration video on YouTube – it’s definitely worth checking out.
I absolutely loved the first Knights of the Old Republic and can’t wait to see what bioware has in store for us with their own property. No release date has been set for Mass Effect at this time, but the word on the street is it should be hitting shelved in the 2nd quarter of 2007.