Sept 17, 2007 Dr. Greg Zeschuk, co-founder and president of the mighty BioWare, is always a great interview. It immediately becomes clear as soon as he enters to room that he can't wait to sit down and have a good chat about Mass Effect and where it's going. Would you say this is BioWare's most challenging game to date in terms of ambition and what you want to achieve with it? Greg Zeschuk: Every time we do a new game we want to up the ante. Mass effect has probably covered more territory ... » Read More

Listing of superb games due to be deployed this fall.
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In response to CVG's "news" report of "chunk of Mass Effect team quits BioWare," Chris Priestly from BioWare has posted a message in the official Mass Effect forum. Here is his whole response (with the original typos):

Sorry, but that is just untrue. I like how CVG listens to "tipsters" and reposrts things as possible fact. [roll eyes]

As with all companies, we do lose people here from time to time (some of you may remember Bob McCabe recently left for example). And we do usually lose more after a project than at any otehr time. Why? Well, we have some pretty dedicated people here. Even though they have other real world issues (family concerns, returning to school, other employment opportunities, etc) they put them on hold till they finish the current game. Once their part is done, then they move on.

It happens. It's not a bigthing and is pretty industry standard. I do laugh at the "20+" people mentioned in the quote though.

[End of Chris' message]
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Today, Kotaku got word that two of Microsoft's big first-party releases for the year have got themselves antipodean dates: Project Gotham Racing 4 can be expected on October 11 (9 days later than the US), while Mass Effect is due on November 22 (2 days later than the US).
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It has just been announced that Mass Effect will be released in Europe 23 November, only 3 days after the USA release.

Thanks Microsoft for nearly the same release dates for games in USA&Europe.
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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.
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In an interview with Bioware about Mass Effect, they made clear that the game will get downloadable content just after its release. One can think of new planets to explore/new submissions, new weapons and new possibilities to change your character.
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Fans of upcoming Xbox 360 role-playing games Blue Dragon and Mass Effect by Mistwalker and BioWare, respectively, will be pleased to know that new fan kits have been made available via GameSpot.
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Dick McVengeance, the Features Editor of Destructoid writes this on his blog:

"Really, I'm starting to get sick of seeing people saying that we're giving games a 10/10 just because they sponsor us. This is especially after reading some of the comments in Orcist's Mass Effect post.

Really, it's sad that some people think that Destructoid would be swayed by money. We don't see any of that money that comes from the banners. That only pays for travel to events and server costs. With BioShock, Aaron paid for his own copy of the game. You would think that 2K would at least send us a copy if we were going to give it a boosted score. I mean, hell, it's not like every other site hasn't."
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Mass Effect is nearly complete. The version IGN were shown today at the Leipzig Games Convention had just a few bugs left to quash according to Christina Norman, a programmer for BioWare, who gave IGN the demonstration. The outline of the demo was the same as IGN saw at E3, but IGN didn't just get a rehash of old info. IGN saw a more polished version of the game and a new feature that hadn't yet been revealed...
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Digital Extremes, long-time partner of Epic and developer of Unreal Championship and Dark Sector, has added to the crossfire aimed at Unreal Engine 3. In an interview with Australian site Gameplayer, Dark Sector director Steve Sinclair claims that the company opted out of using Epic's ever-popular engine so that it could hit its desired release date. "A lot of promises were made about the Unreal Engine 3, particularly on PS3," he said. "But as we see now, the time frames haven't been met and ... » Read More

Aug 20, 2007 Several retailers, including GAME, have shifted their listed release dates for BioWare's Mass Effect, and according to them it's been pushed back a month to December (phew! At least it's not 2008, eh?). December 7 is the new date listed online - back from the official projection of "November" which was revealed at E3 last month. Pre-order customers in Australia are also reporting e-mails from retailers alerting them of the date change, though BioWare expectedly has little to ... » Read More

Earlier on this morning, this site was reported that, Mass Effect has been delayed to December 7th 2007 without stating no actual resources.

An official developer over at Mass Effect community has responded to this unsubstantiated rumor . The game is still on schedule and it has not been delayed. They will reveal more news as the due date nears.
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It seems retailers have started emailing all their customers who have preordered Bioware's Mass Effect.

Mass Effect has been delayed for a total of over 8 months now, but the latest delay seems like a strategic move, opposed to the previous delays which required more time for the games development.

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Issue 9 of the free Xbox 360 magazine includes hands-on previews and new screens for Mass Effect and Project Gotham Racing 4. Also includes World in Conflict interview.
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The votes have been tallied and the Best of E3 2007 Winners have been announced.

Rock Band with 3 seperate votes took first...just barely ahead of Mass Effect who placed second with 2 votes. However, the surprise comes with the games that took the rest of the places:

Bioshock
Burnout Paradise
Call of Duty 4
Crysis
Halo 3
Killzone 2
LittleBigPlanet
Madden NFL 08
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Virtua Fighter 5
World in Conflict

Gamecriticsawards.com even broke down the tally further and the console with the most wins was...Xbox 360 (acquiring 11 wins), followed in second by the Playstation 3 (aquiring 8 votes). Third place was the PC (with 4 votes), and tied for fourth was both the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS. Oddly enough, the PSP was last...not even getting one game on the list this year!
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After a great showing at E3, Microsoft Games Studios are proud to announce that "Mass Effect," available this November from Microsoft Game Studios and BioWare Corp, has earned Best of E3 2007 nominations from the Game Critics Awards in the Best in Show, Best Console, and Best RPG title categories.
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The Mass Effect trailer at this year's E3 promised more than a spectacular game. With dramatic voiceover, flashes of heart-beating action, a hint of romance and a truly menacing villain, the trailer also promised a full-blown cinematic experience on the level of something like Star Wars. And, just like a movie studio, developer BioWare is now releasing extended "director's cut" versions of its teasers. The video below contains the same big moments as the original cut, but fleshes out the key ... » Read More

Such is still the case when running between Santa Monica, California, hotels at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, the annual video game convention that serves as a peek into the future of the multibillion-dollar interactive entertainment industry.

This year's invitation-only show, with about 3,000 journalists and analysts, was in other ways dramatically different than in years past, when more than 65,000 attendees would cram into the Los Angeles Convention Center to see the biggest game franchises of tomorrow.
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For many people, the wait for BioWare's Mass Effect has been a terribly arduous one. We've been treated to a few snippets of gameplay action, some very pretty screens, and even a novel, but the game itself is still four months away. We got a chance to take an extended look at the game at E3 this year, and honestly, it looks like it's going to be worth the wait.
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