The Old Republic E3 Trailer

Mass Effect 2 Initial Impressions

   Mass Effect 2 is BioWare‘s hotly-anticipate sequel to 2007′s Mass Effect. The second part of a planned trilogy, Mass Effect 2 makes a number of improvements over its predecessor, and though a few design decisions add little to the experience, it’s an even better ride than the first game.    Mass Effect 2 picks [...]

Whet Your Appetite with ME2 Videos

We’re less than four weeks from the release of Mass Effect 2, and I know that several O514 regulars – myself, Dak, PH and Rusty – are looking forward to January 26th. How to pass the time? By watching neat videos: Here’s the trailer, featuring Illusive Man, Miranda, Grunt, Thane and Commander Shepherd: And here’s [...]

Dragon Age: Origins: Initial Impressions (colon)

BioWare’s latest RPG, Dragon Age: Origins has hit store shelves, and your tireless gamer pal Tanith secured a Day 1 copy so he could provide his initial impressions of the Xbox 360 version of the game. After 12+ hours of gameplay, here’s what he thinks: Story: The game sticks pretty closely to well-established RPG tropes. There [...]

WoSW?

Dialogue trees, irreversible choices, love interests. NPC parties in an MMO… and all of the above by Bioware. This could get sexy.

BioWare should fight its own battles: Level Up

Level Up recently interviewed BioWare co-founder and CEO Greg Muzyka and asked why the developer didn’t step up to defend it’s new title, Mass Effect, when it became the target of wildly inaccurate allegations. Spike TV’s Geoff Keighley did his best to defend the title on TV, and EA (which owns BioWare) demanded a retraction, but [...]

Mass Effect DLC a month away

From Bioware’s Mass Effect Forums: “To date, over 1.6 million gamers have explored the engaging sci-fi universe of Mass Effect. Beginning on March 10, fans everywhere will be able to expand the “Mass Effect” experience with the release of the first ever downloadable content for the award-winning saga. The Bring Down the Sky downloadable content [...]