Mass Effect

At a recent EA Spring Break event in San Francisco, California IGN got talking to Bioware co-founder and general manager Ray Muzyka about Mass Effect PC and upcoming PC role-playing game Dragon Age.

Dragon Age has been in development for a while. Part of that is BioWare’s attention to quality and detail and making this rich universe that you want to be part of. Dragon Age is in BioWare’s sweet spot; it’s the ultimate fantasy-adventure. It’s going to appeal to the fans of Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights and it’s sort of the next generation of that…We haven’t talked about it recently because we’re just building up to something hopefully in the near future…I was just playing it last week and it’s pretty damn cool.

Can Comment On This And Find Link To Full Interview Here

CVG have recently had an Interview with Bioware CEO Ray Muzyka. In which he talked about such things as Mass Effect on PC, chances of it going to PS3, more downloadable content, the state of the current console market and many more things.

Can Comment On This Here

Bioware have recently explode with PC screenshots of their newest version of the smash hit Xbox 360 title Mass Effect.

Plastered across this very page you’ll see brand new screenshots from the PC version of Mass Effect, BioWare’s sci-fi RPG that got a big round of applause when it landed on Xbox 360 last year.

As it’s BioWare, the PC version is more than just a port of Mass Effect on Xbox 360. On top of prettier graphics, the latest outing for the RPG features the likes of individual squad command and optional less dipping into menus to add pace to the action sequences.

And then there’s the fact that Bring Down the Sky, the download content released for the Xbox 360 version, will be available to download for free for PC Mass Effect on launch day - which is June 6 here in the UK.

Anyway, enjoy the screenshots and look out for a review near release time.

Can See The Screenshots Here

Bioware have recently unveiled the PC specs needed to run its latest version of the Sci Fi blockbuster title Mass Effect.

Minimum System Requirements

* Operating System: Windows XP or Vista
* Processor: 2.4+GHZ Intel or 2.0+GHZ AMD
* Memory: 1 Gigabyte Ram (XP)/ 2 Gigabyte Ram (Vista)
* Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6 series(6800GT or better)/ ATI 1300XT or better (X1550, X1600 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements)
* Hard Drive Space:12 Gigabytes
* Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers

Recommended System Requirements

* Operating System: Windows XP or Vista
* Processor: 2.6+GHZ Intel or 2.4+GHZ AMD
* Memory: 2 Gigabyte Ram
* Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or higher/ ATI X1800 XL series or higher
* Hard Drive Space: 12 Gigabytes
* Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers - 5.1 sound card recommended

Can Comment On This Here

Bioware have recently released some information regarding the PC version of the DLC package for Mass Effect Bring Down the Sky. Suggesting it will be available from launch day of the PC version and also be free but for registered BioWare community member only.

It’ll be available on launch day - May 28 in North America, June 6 in Europe - but you’ll need to be a registered BioWare community member to get it.

Bring Down the Sky’s already available for the Xbox 360 version of the sci-fi RPG, but it costs £3.40 through Xbox Live Marketplace.

The content is the first in a number of planned downloads for the game that’ll expand your Mass Effect experience.

Bring Down the Sky features a new mission on a renegade asteroid which makes up for around 90 minutes of additional gameplay.

A Batarian extremist group has hijacked a mobile asteroid station in the Asgard system, setting it on a collision course with the nearby colony world of Terra Nova. Commander Shepard has to save the millions of innocent civilians before the asteroid hits.

Can Comment On This Here

This interview was conducted in February at the GDC where the BioWare were promoting the PC version of Mass Effect. Biowares co-founder Ray Muzyka has been speaking about why Mass Effect just had to be made into 3 parts.

Can Read The Interview Here

Bioware have recently released 4 new screenshots showing off the revamped HUD for the PC version of Mass Effect.

Can See And Comment On Them Here

Biowares Community Coordinator Chris Priestly has recently announced a slight change in the release date of the highly awaited PC version of its hit Sci Fi RPG Mass Effect. He had the following to say about the change in the date…

I have just confirmed with the development team that we are making a small change to the release date of Mass Effect for the PC. We had previously announced May 6, 2008 for North America. The new release date for North America is May 28, 2008 and June 6, 2008 in Europe.

The team here at BioWare, working closely with the good folks at Demiurge Studios, has decided that a few more weeks in the studio will ensure we deliver the quality that our fans deserve. The additional time will allow us to incorporate more play-testing feedback, add extra polish and tune the additional features so that Mass Effect is a natural and outstanding PC gaming experience.

BioWare and EA are dedicated to excellence. We’re confident that the extra time will be reflected in the final PC experience that we deliver to our fans.

We appreciate your understanding and look forward to delivering a great game!

Thanks all.

Can Comment On This Here

Bioware and EA have recently released 4 new videos of the upcoming PC version of the smash hit sci-fi RPG Mass Effect.

BioWare began whipping the PC iteration - which is due out May - into shape toward the tail-end of work on the Xbox 360 version. And it says it didn’t simply want to do a straight port.

To this end, PC gamers can run Mass Effect in higher resolution with up-scaled textures, environments and character models, blah, blah blah…

More interestingly, on PC the game features an improved user interface, the ability to control squad members individually and what BioWare’s terming “Run & Gun Control”.

Run & Gun Control refers to the optional ability to assign biotics - essentially special powers for your character - to keys 1 to 8 for on-the-fly use. On Xbox 360, you had to pause the action and select a biotic from a radial menu. Lord bless the keyboard.

Can see the videos in link in following thread and comment on them here

Bioware have recently given another interview to CVG talking about the questions the sequel will raise. Senior PR manager Matt Atwood had the following to say about it.

How do we make what you did in the first game affect what’s happening in the second game?… Who is the main character? Who will re-appear in the game? Mass Effect really is all about dramatics and cinematics and choices and exploration, and I think we’ll expand in each of those areas. There is a story arc already written for the whole thing… I do know that the level of impact from a wow factor, a dramatic factor, is going to be really quite compelling in the next game. I think people are going to be thrilled. I will tell you it won’t be three and a half years or four years, which is what the first one took to create. Beyond that we haven’t disclosed anything. We’d like to see it soon, but as the old saying goes, we will sell no wine before it’s time. The team’s working hard already but they’re going to make sure it’s just right… hopefully [it will be] sooner than later… I don’t know if it’s sooner that you expect, or what you expect, so we’ll just wait and see and once we’re ready to divulge the date, we’ll let you know.

Can Read Whole Article And Comment Here